The New Shmoo

The New Shmoo
Created byWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Al Capp
Based onShmoo by Al Capp
Written byGene Ayres
Art Browne Jr.
Douglas Booth
Buzz Dixon
Donald F. Glut
Len Janson
Dale Kirby
Glenn Leopold
Chuck Menville
J. Michael Reaves
Jim Ryan
Directed byRay Patterson
Carl Urbano
Oscar Dufau
George Gordon
Voices ofFrank Welker
Dolores Cantu-Primo
Bill Idelson
Chuck McCann
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 (16 segments)
Production
Executive producersJoseph Barbera
William Hanna
ProducersArt Scott
Alex Lovy
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 22 (1979-09-22) –
December 15, 1979 (1979-12-15)
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The New Shmoo is an American animated television series based on the character from the Li'l Abner comic strip created by Al Capp, produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on NBC from September 22 to December 15, 1979.[1]

The New Shmoo was broadcast as a stand-alone half-hour series from September 22 to December 1, 1979.[2] Beginning December 8, 1979, the remaining five episodes of The New Shmoo were now incorporated into the 90-minute package show Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo which also featured combined reruns of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing.[3] Despite the show's title, Fred, Barney, the Thing, and Shmoo only met each other in brief bumpers between their individual segments.

  1. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 431–432. ISBN 978-1-5381-0373-9.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 588–589. ISBN 978-1-4766-6599-3.
  3. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 202-203. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 14 March 2020.