The Flintstones as children, and yet others featuring Fred and Barney encountering Marvel Comics superhero The Thing and Al Capp's comic strip character The Shmoo – have appeared over the years. The original show also was adapted into a live-action film in 1994, and a prequel, "The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas", which followed in 2000. Unlike its sister show "The Jetsons" (the two shows appeared in a made-for-TV crossover movie in 1987), the revival programs were not widely syndicated or rerun alongside the original series. In 2011, it was announced "Family Guy" creator Seth MacFarlane would be reviving "The Flintstones" for
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