The Flintstones' New Neighbors series and its spin-offs. Like many animated series created by Hanna-Barbera in the 1970s, the show contained a laugh track created by the studio, one of the last productions to do so. The Flintstones and the Rubbles welcome a new strange family, The Frankenstones, to their Bedrock neighborhood. The Frankenstone family featured on this special was a different version of the Frankenstones from the episode "Fred and Barney Meet the Frankenstones" of "The New Fred and Barney Show" (1979). The new Frankenstone family members are: A friendship develops between the Flintstones and the Frankenstones, not unlike the rivalry that would
Television in the United States including classic cartoons (such as "Looney Tunes", "Tom and Jerry" and "Woody Woodpecker"), reruns of prime time animated sitcoms (such as "The Flintstones" and "The Jetsons"), foreign acquisitions (such as "Astro Boy" and "Kimba the White Lion"), animated adaptations of films and television series (such as "Back to the Future", "Ghostbusters", "Batman", "ALF" and "Star Trek"), and original programs (such as "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show", "Scooby-Doo", "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids", "The Smurfs", "Alvin and the Chipmunks", "Garfield and Friends" and "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles"). Some locally produced children's programs – which often mixed cartoons, special guests and