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) annoyance to everyone. Fred then discovers that they can't stand "Bug Music" played by a band called the Four Insects. Fred enlists the Gruesomes to scare them away, but they are unsuccessful, because the Hatrocks are immune to horror. Fred eventually enlists his family and the Gruesomes to sing "Bug Music" to chase The Hatrocks back to the hills. This episode features the Flintstones, the Rubbles, and the Gruesomes all singing "She Said Yeah Yeah Yeah", a parody of the Beatles' song "She Loves You". After "The Flintstones" ended, the Gruesomes returned for a final appearance on the spin-off "The