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
The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series, a.k.a. The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon Series or The Wally Gator Show, was a syndicated television package of animated cartoon series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, starting in 1962. The series included three unrelated short cartoon segments featuring funny animal characters: The package consisted of fifty-two episodes, each with three individual segments and no bridge animation. Each individual cartoon segment, had its own opening theme and closing title. The title "The New Hanna-Barbera Cartoon series" was an off-screen promotional title to distinguish this package from other Hanna-Barbera cartoons (such as "Ruff and