The New Shmoo
| The New Shmoo | |
|---|---|
 The NEW, but never before seen animated adventures of Shmoo. | |
| Network | NBC |
| Production company | Hanna-Barbera |
| Distributor | Worldvision Enterprises |
| Original release | September 22, 1979—January 5, 1980 |
| Starring | Frank Welker Dolores Cantu-Primo Bill Idelson Chuck McCann |
| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Producer(s) | Art Scott Alex Lovy Iwao Takamoto |
| Music composed by | Hoyt Curtin |
| Writer(s) | Chuck Menville Gene Ayres Doug Booth Art Browne, Jr. Buzz Dixon Donald F. Gut Len Janson Dale Kirby Glenn Leopold J. Michael Reeves Jim Ryan |
| Director(s) | Ray Patterson Carl Urbano Oscar Dufau George Gordon Art Scott (voices) |
The New Shmoo, also known as The Shmoo, is an American animated comedy TV series produced by Hanna-Barbera for NBC, based on Al Capp's L'il Abner comic strip. It ran from 1979 to 1980, airing 16 episodes that spanned one season; the last five episodes were packaged with The New Fred and Barney Show and The Thing to be released under the banner of Fred and Barney Meet the Shmoo.
Mickey, Nita, and Billy Joe, three teens who work for Mighty Mysteries Comics, also solve crime with an unexplainable white blob-like creature called the Shmoo. The series is the eleventh "clone" of Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!
Shmoo was later incorporated into The Flintstone Comedy Show, despite the fact it was set a million years beforehand.
Production
Development
Casting
Music
The music was composed and conducted by Hoyt Curtin, who was credited as musical director. The musical supervisor was Paul DeKorte.
Episodes
| Episode | Number | Original air date |
|---|---|---|
| "The Amazing Captain Mentor" | 1x01 | September 22, 1979 |
| "The Beast of Black Lake" | 1x02 | September 29, 1979 |
| "The Ber-Shmoo-Da Triangle" | 1x03 | October 6, 1979 |
| "The Crystal Ball of Crime" | 1x04 | October 13, 1979 |
| "Dr. Morton's Monster" | 1x05 | October 20, 1979 |
| "The Energy Robbers from Space" | 1x06 | October 27, 1979 |
| "The Flying Disc of Doom" | 1x07 | November 3, 1979 |
| "The Haunting of Atlantis" | 1x08 | November 10, 1979 |
| "Monster Island" | 1x09 | November 17, 1979 |
| "The Pyramid of Peril" | 1x10 | November 24, 1979 |
| "The Return of Dracula" | 1x11 | December 1, 1979 |
| "Swamp of Evil" | 1x12 | December 8, 1979 |
| "The Terror of the Trolls" | 1x13 | December 15, 1979 |
| "The Valley Where Time Stood Still" | 1x14 | December 22, 1979 |
| "The Wail of the Banshee" | 1x15 | December 29, 1979 |
| "The Warlock of Voodoo Island" | 1x16 | January 5, 1980 |
