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 Flintstones' New Neighbors be depicted later between Fred and Frank on "The Flintstone Comedy Show". This version of the Frankenstones continued to appear throughout the run of the specials. "The Flintstones' New Neighbors" was nominated for Outstanding Individual Achievement - Animated Programming at the 33rd Primetime Emmy Awards in 1981. "The Flintstones' New Neighbors" was included as a bonus episode on the 1989 VHS release of "The Flintstones Meet Rockula and Frankenstone". On October 9, 2012, Warner Archive released "The Flintstones' New Neighbors" on DVD in region 1 as part of their Hanna–Barbera Classics Collection, in a release entitled "The Flintstones Prime-Time Specials