 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".Despite the show's title, Fred, Barney, the Thing and Shmoo only met each other in brief bumpers between their individual segments.Similar to "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!"