Fred and Barney Meet the Thing

Fred and Barney Meet the Thing was a 60-minute Saturday morning animated package show produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions from September 8, 1979 to December 1, 1979 on NBC. It contained the following segments: Despite the title, the two segments remained separate and did not cross over with one another. Fred, Barney and the Thing were only featured together during the show's opening title sequence and in brief bumpers between segments. For the 1979-80 season, the series was expanded to ninety-minutes with the addition of The New Shmoo episodes and retitled Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo. The first segment, a very loose adaptation of Marvel Comics' character The Thing, consisted of stories following the Thing as a teenager named Benjy Grimm who transforms into the rock-skinned superhero by touching together magic rings and reciting the words "Thing ring, do your thing!" The stories centered mostly around Benjy at Centerville High School with his friends Betty, her rich boyfriend... full article at wikipedia