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 Gruesomes (The Flintstones) skin and red hair shown previously on "The Flintstones"), and speaks with a faux-Transylvanian accent instead of a high-pitched voice. It is this version of the character that the modern-age villainous "Laff-A-Lympics" character Mrs. Creepley is based upon. The Gruesomes are replaced in later spin-off series by The Frankenstones, another monster-themed family who move next door to the Flintstones. In 1977, a family similar to the Gruesomes were introduced as part of the "Laff-A-Lympics" segment on "Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics". The Creepleys consist of Mr. Creepley (voiced by Don Messick), Mrs. Creepley (voiced by Laurel Page), and their son Junior Creepley