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The Thing
Thing (1978)
Information
Title: The Thing
Format: Animated
Running time: 11 min.
country: USA
Network: NBC
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13/26
Production
Production company: Hanna-Barbera Productions
Executive producers: William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
Principal cast: Wayne Morton; Joe Baker
Air dates
First aired: September 8th, 1979
Last aired: December 1st, 1979

The Thing, also known as Fred and Barney Meet the Thing, is an American animated series of the superhero fantasy genre, based on characters and concepts developed by Marvel Comics. As part of a package program, The Thing comprised two vignettes per episode, spanning a total of thirteen episodes and twenty-six individual stories. The show was produced by Marvel Enterprises and Hanna-Barbera Productions and ran on NBC from September 8th to December 1st, 1979. The show featured Wayne Morton as the voice teenager Benjy Grimm who, activating his "Thing Ring", transforms into the rocky super-strong Thing, which was voiced by Joe Baker.

Episodes[]

Episode Title Airdate
1x01 "The Picnic Panic" September 8th, 1979
1x02 "Bigfoot Meets the Thing" September 8th, 1979
1x03 "Junkyard Hijinks" September 15th, 1979
1x04 "Gone Away Gulch" September 15th, 1979
1x05 "Circus Stampede" September 22nd, 1979
1x06 "The Thing and the Queen" September 22nd, 1979
1x07 "Carnival Caper" September 29th, 1979
1x08 "The Thing Blanks Out" September 29th, 1979
1x09 "The Thing Meets the Clunk" October 6th, 1979
1x10 "Beach Party Crashers" October 6th, 1979
1x11 "Decepto the Great" October 13th, 1979
1x12 "The Thing's the Play" October 13th, 1979
1x13 "Double Trouble for the Thing" October 20th, 1979
1x14 "To Thing or Not to Thing" October 20th, 1979
1x15 "The Big Bike Race" October 27th, 1979
1x16 "The Thing and the Treasure Hunt" October 27th, 1979
1x17 "Out to Launch" November 3rd, 1979
1x18 "The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing" November 3rd, 1979
1x19 "A Hot Air Affair at the Fair" November 10th, 1979
1x20 "The Thing Goes to the Dogs" November 10th, 1979
1x21 "The Thing Goes Camping" November 17th, 1979
1x22 "Dude Ranch Rodeo" November 17th, 1979
1x23 "Photo Finish" November 24th, 1979
1x24 "Lights, Action, Thing!" November 24th, 1979
1x25 "The Thing and the Captain's Ghost" December 1st, 1979
1x26 "The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor" December 1st, 1979

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