@TheSlickAndroid The origin is right there - Kelly and her father turn Thing into Benji (instead of back to the adult Benjamin Grimm, which is what they'd intended). In fact, one of the episodes tries to change him back to his adult form again (and fails, of course, because Status Quo Is God).
@zazelby I've only seen episodes of this version of "The Thing" as fillers on CN or Boomerang years. And I had to go look it up. My jaw dropped when I saw the transformation sequence ("Thing Rings, do your thing!"). The true irony of this whole, forgive me, THING, is that the 'real' Benjamin Grimm would LOVE to have a device like the "Thing Rings" which would allow him to change back and forth between his human form and that of The Thing.
@TheMidknightryder13 Unless, of course, you believe that it's his subconscious fear that Alicia loves him BECAUSE he is The Thing that prevents any 'cure' Reed attempts from working. btw, does anyone know WHY it is SO DIFFICULT to find animated series based on Marvel characters on DVD? There are only a few available. I'd actually buy "The Thing" part of this series. (As I recall, the only time Fred, Barney and The Thing interact is in this intro.)
@steveasat2 Hey, hey hey -- there are several Marvel theme songs that are less than stellar. However, the 1967 'Theme From Spider-Man' is NOT one of them. It's FORTY-FIVE years old and people STILL remember it -- and can sing parts or all of it. But, how many people remember "When Captain America Throws His Mighty Shield"? (It's here on You Tube, if you want to look it up.)
@TheMidknightryder13 True dat. Rhyming "shield" with "yield" and "shield" again verges on being a felony. Imagine what they'd have dredged up for "Thing". Oh wait, the whole premise of the cartoon was based on a rhyme, "Thing-Ring do your thing!" Jeez, Stan never ceased to marvel at the fact that a word rhymes with itself, did he? (Okay, to be fair, DC's Batman theme was just one word over and over.)
@steveasat2 You have a point about the 1966 "Batman" theme, but can you REALLY call those LYRICS? Also, it's not as if Bob Kane was directly involved with that show. As to the Cap theme, as I recall there were 4 other heroes involved in that show (The Hulk, The Sub-Mariner, Thor and Iron Man) and they ALL had theme songs. But Cap's is the only I can recall -- so can you imagine how bad the other ones were?
@TheMidknightryder13 The Hulk song is audio torture, but SM's tune finally settles the debate over whether his name is pronounced "sub-ma-REEN-er" or not.
@zenobia10127 Hey, this is the SAME era that gave us "The Scooby Doo/Little Rascals/Richie Rich/Pac-Man Show" (or something like that. I seem to recall that the Monchichis were in there somewhere, too.) For some reason, network execs felt that combining unrelated features into one giant program would keep the viewers tuned in.
It was the 70's, whatta expect? All sorts of weird stuff was crossed over then. Dont forget the Harlem Globtrotters meet Snow White. Somewhere, a group of animators are looking back and saying "What the f*** were we thinking? Well...it was a job. Now lets finish those Sponge-Bob storyboards."
@TWMAN454 I loved this cartoon sooo much growing up in Nigeria, Africa in the early 80s. I really missed the ound track. many thanks for the post, theelusiveyeti.
@TWMAN454 Of course many of these guys either retired or are dead these days (the young though had it pretty rough in their early starts in this industry then).
I just read about this in a book today and had to see if it was real.
I wish I hadn't <=0(
From what I read, I don't know why they even bothered optioning the Thing character, if they were going to change so much about it. They may as well have just given this character his own name and given him a different design.
I remember bits and pieces of this show when i was a kid. A doctor and his daughter, while attempting too cure the Thing, instead caused him too revert too a human teenage version of himself. One episode I do remember was when the doctor developed some kind of cure, where he was ordered too not turn into the Thing for so many hours. But he had too too save his friends.
Heres an idea Batman and Robin meet the Mystery Ga wait they already did that one...sadly. K hows about Bugs Bunny vs Deadpool. who honestly wudn't remortgage their house 2 c that fight
Fred and Barney were shown with The Thing during intermission skits between episodes, but never together in a cartoon feature. Fred and Barney only appeared with "The Shmoo" or "Captain Caveman." But I love this show, too bad Boomerang never played it :(
Fred and Barney were shown with The Thing during intermission skits between episodes, but never together in a cartoon feature. Fred and Barney only appeared with "The Shmoo" or "Captain Caveman." But I love this show, too bad Boomerang never played it :(
what other ideas were Hanna Barberra thinking of? Shaggy and Scooby Doo meet Spiderman, The Jetsons and Deadpool Family Hour, Quickdraw Mcgraw and Jonah Hex, wait I have an idea Tom and Jerry meet the Punisher.
I do not like what the thing does to that group of motorcycles. As a motorcycle rider, that is wrong what thing did to those bikes. I saw this as a kid and was cussing at the thing after what he did to those motorcycles. I could have gotten 6 bars of soap or a bottle of mouthwash if you heard what I said then.
this is totally out of the The Thing story arc....how come he met the Flinstones? and how come he is a young boy?? and how come he can come back to human form with a ring?
@martianmister to quote Stan Lee circa 1985: "Norman Lear wanted to produce a Marvel cartoon via Hanna-Barbera and had mentioned he always liked the Thing. He also asked if I could come up with a way the Thing could pal around like Archie but still be the Thing when needed. I knew comics, he had the #1 show; if that's what he wanted, that MUST BE what will work!"
I have never heard of this in my life. It had 13 episodes, even. What.
SashaNein 1 week ago
My mind simply rejected what I saw
jannecechmanek 1 month ago
Fred and Barney Meet The Thing? A horrible and awkward title
CrunchyDaddy 1 month ago
That intro fucked my brain
eazybe1 1 month ago
Blu-ray quality
eazybe1 1 month ago
Short lived indeed!
Murrangurk2 2 months ago
Last time I checked, Thing didn't have the ability to transform into a scrawny white kid.
TheSlickAndroid 2 months ago
@TheSlickAndroid The origin is right there - Kelly and her father turn Thing into Benji (instead of back to the adult Benjamin Grimm, which is what they'd intended). In fact, one of the episodes tries to change him back to his adult form again (and fails, of course, because Status Quo Is God).
Yeah, I remember this show too well, somehow.
zazelby 2 weeks ago
@zazelby I've only seen episodes of this version of "The Thing" as fillers on CN or Boomerang years. And I had to go look it up. My jaw dropped when I saw the transformation sequence ("Thing Rings, do your thing!"). The true irony of this whole, forgive me, THING, is that the 'real' Benjamin Grimm would LOVE to have a device like the "Thing Rings" which would allow him to change back and forth between his human form and that of The Thing.
TheMidknightryder13 6 days ago
@TheMidknightryder13 Unless, of course, you believe that it's his subconscious fear that Alicia loves him BECAUSE he is The Thing that prevents any 'cure' Reed attempts from working. btw, does anyone know WHY it is SO DIFFICULT to find animated series based on Marvel characters on DVD? There are only a few available. I'd actually buy "The Thing" part of this series. (As I recall, the only time Fred, Barney and The Thing interact is in this intro.)
TheMidknightryder13 6 days ago
Could be worse. There could by lyrics. Marvel properties usually come with idiotic lyrics. "Is he strong? Listen bud. He's got radioactive blood!"
steveasat2 2 months ago
@steveasat2 Hey, hey hey -- there are several Marvel theme songs that are less than stellar. However, the 1967 'Theme From Spider-Man' is NOT one of them. It's FORTY-FIVE years old and people STILL remember it -- and can sing parts or all of it. But, how many people remember "When Captain America Throws His Mighty Shield"? (It's here on You Tube, if you want to look it up.)
TheMidknightryder13 6 days ago
@TheMidknightryder13 True dat. Rhyming "shield" with "yield" and "shield" again verges on being a felony. Imagine what they'd have dredged up for "Thing". Oh wait, the whole premise of the cartoon was based on a rhyme, "Thing-Ring do your thing!" Jeez, Stan never ceased to marvel at the fact that a word rhymes with itself, did he? (Okay, to be fair, DC's Batman theme was just one word over and over.)
steveasat2 6 days ago
@steveasat2 You have a point about the 1966 "Batman" theme, but can you REALLY call those LYRICS? Also, it's not as if Bob Kane was directly involved with that show. As to the Cap theme, as I recall there were 4 other heroes involved in that show (The Hulk, The Sub-Mariner, Thor and Iron Man) and they ALL had theme songs. But Cap's is the only I can recall -- so can you imagine how bad the other ones were?
TheMidknightryder13 5 days ago
@TheMidknightryder13 The Hulk song is audio torture, but SM's tune finally settles the debate over whether his name is pronounced "sub-ma-REEN-er" or not.
steveasat2 5 days ago
I'm more upset at the fact that some kid turned into the Thing' lol
Always changing the original story lol
218Ghost 2 months ago
And in the comics. Archie meets the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
theburntshadow 3 months ago
@theburntshadow Don't forget he met The Punisher too.
TWMAN454 2 months ago
I love early 80's animation. Or is it the late 70's?
DISnut 3 months ago
What's next? George Jetson meets Spider-Man?
navinkb100 3 months ago
@navinkb100 or george j as spiderman.
bloodhoof66 2 months ago
And to think I actually watched this as a kid.
Good times.
vinylrecord68 3 months ago
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......and this existed?....... i wanna throw up.
MynamesnotSteve100 3 months ago
If Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein can become a bona fide classic, I see no reason this can't be.....
DanZero77 4 months ago
KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE!!!
UNCARING1 5 months ago
Just cracked up at the shark rowing away in the boat!
BaronVonPenguin 5 months ago
Best Show ever!!!
shermanthemerman 6 months ago
what year is this from ?
Reborn8303 7 months ago
Was this a hoax? If not, then I can't wait for Unicron meets the Smurfs to come out.
YungReg88 7 months ago
weird, lol
56thAlbanyProd 7 months ago
0:28 probably the most underwhelming beatdown I've ever seen.
PunkyBear36 8 months ago
At least it's better then some of the crap they show today!!!!
TR50003 9 months ago
LOL at the shark!
RatBatSpiderCrab 9 months ago
Worst thing I could have watched whilst being drunk. I feel like the 1970s have just beat me up for my shoes.
PoisonInc 9 months ago 2
What. The. Hell.
The creators of this show must have been free basing on a daily basis!
zenobia10127 9 months ago
@zenobia10127 Hey, this is the SAME era that gave us "The Scooby Doo/Little Rascals/Richie Rich/Pac-Man Show" (or something like that. I seem to recall that the Monchichis were in there somewhere, too.) For some reason, network execs felt that combining unrelated features into one giant program would keep the viewers tuned in.
TheMidknightryder13 6 days ago
It was the 70's, whatta expect? All sorts of weird stuff was crossed over then. Dont forget the Harlem Globtrotters meet Snow White. Somewhere, a group of animators are looking back and saying "What the f*** were we thinking? Well...it was a job. Now lets finish those Sponge-Bob storyboards."
TWMAN454 10 months ago 3
@TWMAN454 I loved this cartoon sooo much growing up in Nigeria, Africa in the early 80s. I really missed the ound track. many thanks for the post, theelusiveyeti.
etimsam 9 months ago
@TWMAN454 Of course many of these guys either retired or are dead these days (the young though had it pretty rough in their early starts in this industry then).
RetroToledo 2 months ago
Were they high? Am I high?
Tareltonlives 10 months ago
Oh christ, how much acid must you drop to see this?
Jaffersin 10 months ago
"Why...." that is all I can say about everything in this
butchdeadlift10 10 months ago
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Benjy: THING RING! DO YOUR THING!
*Fred and Barney walk by carrying a pile of rocks, which fly away from them and start piling onto Benjy, turning him into the Thing*
Fred: BAHNEY, MAH PEBBLES!
TheAverageGuyTAG 10 months ago
So... where is the Fonz? He's the only one missing here. Even the shark is there
AcidGuardianPT 10 months ago 8
Jeezus - what god damned drugs were they on??
EllPro 10 months ago
Cracked bitches
TheDopeheads 10 months ago 4
this happened?
manintheryanmask 10 months ago
ahh..The Golden Age when nothing made sense, and franchises that had nothing in common merged just to get more viewers and money.
sevyyves937 11 months ago 5
So... not only do they turn the thing back into a person kinda ruining the whole point of him but they also make him a teenager?!
The hell?!
NekoValtz 1 year ago
WHAT
spottySTC 1 year ago
No, seriously. Why!?
RedLightBulbs 1 year ago
Why?
RedLightBulbs 1 year ago
la mole uno de los mejores dibujos animados de mi infafancia sigan bajando capitulos en castellano
ruben60011 1 year ago
I just read about this in a book today and had to see if it was real.
I wish I hadn't <=0(
From what I read, I don't know why they even bothered optioning the Thing character, if they were going to change so much about it. They may as well have just given this character his own name and given him a different design.
taffysaur 1 year ago
WORST CARTOON EVER!!!!
cuceritorul1 1 year ago
I remember bits and pieces of this show when i was a kid. A doctor and his daughter, while attempting too cure the Thing, instead caused him too revert too a human teenage version of himself. One episode I do remember was when the doctor developed some kind of cure, where he was ordered too not turn into the Thing for so many hours. But he had too too save his friends.
hulkster46a 1 year ago
Heres an idea Batman and Robin meet the Mystery Ga wait they already did that one...sadly. K hows about Bugs Bunny vs Deadpool. who honestly wudn't remortgage their house 2 c that fight
227060 1 year ago
My.god. Just...my god
227060 1 year ago
I was always kind of curiois about this as much as I hate to admit
loonytunescrazy 1 year ago
MARVEL VS HANNA BARBERA XD
farias1280 1 year ago
Hey I got one Captain Planet meets the Thundercats
geardog24 1 year ago
This makes the Super-Friends cartoon look like fuckin' Shakespeare.
swingersfan 1 year ago 35
@swingersfan
That's because the fuckin' super friends were shakespeare
melloncollieromance 10 months ago 2
@melloncollieromance Can you say that about DC's live action shows? I think not.
Clay3613 10 months ago
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Fred and Barney were shown with The Thing during intermission skits between episodes, but never together in a cartoon feature. Fred and Barney only appeared with "The Shmoo" or "Captain Caveman." But I love this show, too bad Boomerang never played it :(
mrmoore1970 1 year ago
Fred and Barney were shown with The Thing during intermission skits between episodes, but never together in a cartoon feature. Fred and Barney only appeared with "The Shmoo" or "Captain Caveman." But I love this show, too bad Boomerang never played it :(
mrmoore1970 1 year ago 2
I don't think I will ever call another crossover matchup stupid again.
Blahdalizer 1 year ago
Well this crossover was random. Quick Draw and Ricochet Rabbit should have a crossover.
Johnny2071 1 year ago
I'm not going to lie, I don't get it.
superdeeduper51 1 year ago
Aneis magicos,entrem em ação.
Fur78 1 year ago
what other ideas were Hanna Barberra thinking of? Shaggy and Scooby Doo meet Spiderman, The Jetsons and Deadpool Family Hour, Quickdraw Mcgraw and Jonah Hex, wait I have an idea Tom and Jerry meet the Punisher.
CyberSpartan66 1 year ago 2
@CyberSpartan66 EPIC LOL XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD
Ra1Va 1 year ago
@CyberSpartan66 At the risk of being a geek, Deadpool wasn't introduced until 1991.
swingersfan 1 year ago
@swingersfan Agreed
jasondorsey2001 1 year ago
@CyberSpartan66 To be fair, The Scooby gang met Batman & Robin, Twice! and will do it again on Batman The brave and the bold.
MexiGojira 1 year ago
Worlds craziest crossovers :D
"It's Clobberin' Time!"
"Yabba Dabba Doo!"
cha5 1 year ago
It just doesn't seem right without the Harlem Globetrottrs.
amiman23 1 year ago 2
i wonder if that's ben grimm from f f...
devidfrank 1 year ago
@devidfrank Yes it is...kinda!
JonChesterfield 1 year ago
I do not like what the thing does to that group of motorcycles. As a motorcycle rider, that is wrong what thing did to those bikes. I saw this as a kid and was cussing at the thing after what he did to those motorcycles. I could have gotten 6 bars of soap or a bottle of mouthwash if you heard what I said then.
AFGSANFORD2 1 year ago
this is totally out of the The Thing story arc....how come he met the Flinstones? and how come he is a young boy?? and how come he can come back to human form with a ring?
adrianko2001 2 years ago
@adrianko2001 trick is that: he DOESNT meet them at ALL!
martianmister 1 year ago
@martianmister to quote Stan Lee circa 1985: "Norman Lear wanted to produce a Marvel cartoon via Hanna-Barbera and had mentioned he always liked the Thing. He also asked if I could come up with a way the Thing could pal around like Archie but still be the Thing when needed. I knew comics, he had the #1 show; if that's what he wanted, that MUST BE what will work!"
At least Stan knew he was out of his element....
theelusiveyeti 1 year ago
Up next: Yogi and Boo-boo meet Spawn!
albee1000 2 years ago 47
@albee1000 - Well, I know *I* would want to watch a Yogi & Boo-Boo / Spawn team-up...
theelusiveyeti 1 year ago 23
@albee1000 awesome
optimus57 1 year ago
@albee1000 What channel is this on? (Just kidding.) I would see that!
pyrogyra72 1 year ago
@albee1000 Spawn would make one bad ass park ranger, that's for sure.
mikeysaur65 1 year ago
@albee1000 How about the Top Cat, Mighty Thor Comedy Adventure Hour?
cegross 6 months ago 3
Yes,in the tradition of the Groovie Goolies meeting the Looney Tunes comes.....!
ctdsnark 2 years ago 2
I think this was just a legend.
cavazitos 2 years ago
@cavazitos No, sadly, it was 4-realz.
theelusiveyeti 1 year ago 9
Wow I remember this COOL!
kissssik76 2 years ago