For Flentstones fans:Does anyone remember a character called The Schmoo?

Question

He was an adorable white sorta ghost like looking creature that had a high pitched voice. I remember loving it as a kid.Does anyone know what I am talking about or which season he was featured on so I can buy it?

Answer 1

A shmoo is a fictional cartoon creature, created and first drawn by the cartoonist Al Capp in his newspaper comic strip Li'l Abner. Their first appearance occurred on August 31, 1948. The shmoo is shaped like a plump bowling pin with legs, but no arms.

The Shmoo ancestors Gleep and Gloop were members of the Herculoids, also a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

The Shmoo gained its own animated series in the late 1970s, as part of the animated series Fred and Barney Meet The Shmoo (which consisted of reruns of The New Fred and Barney Show mixed with the Shmoo's own cartoons; the two pairs of characters didn't actually "meet"). The two pairs of characters did meet, however, in the early 1980s Flintstones spinoff The Flintstone Comedy Show. The Shmoo appeared in the segment Bedrock Cops as a police officer alongside part-time officers Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble; however, this Shmoo had little relationship to the L'il Abner character other than appearance. Also in one episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, "Billy and Mandy Begins" the Shmoo can be seen dancing in the cauldron that held the Grim Reaper.

Another Hanna-Barbera venture in 1979 included Shmoo as a title character, The New Shmoo, where he is pegged as the helpful, shape-shifting mascot of Mighty Mysteries Comics, a group of teens who solve Scooby-doo-like mysteries. In this series, the Shmoo could morph into any shape.

I hope this was helpful :-)

Answer 2

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schmoo

below is a copy/paste right from the site about the characters;

A shmoo is a fictional cartoon creature, created and first drawn by the cartoonist Al Capp in his newspaper comic strip Li'l Abner. Their first appearance occurred on August 31, 1948. The shmoo is shaped like a plump bowling pin with legs, but no arms.

The primary purpose of the character was to satirize political debates about the supposed loss of personal incentive due to the growth of the "welfare state". According to the storyline in the comic strip, the leaders of government and big business spend great amounts of energy trying to exterminate the shmoo as a dangerous threat to civilization as we know it.

The Schmoo ancestors Gleep and Gloop were members of the Herculoids, also a Hanna-Barbera cartoon.

The Shmoo gained its own animated series in the late 1970s, as part of the animated series Fred and Barney Meet The Shmoo (which consisted of reruns of The New Fred and Barney Show mixed with the Shmoo's own cartoons; the two pairs of characters didn't actually "meet"). The two pairs of characters did meet, however, in the early 1980s Flintstones spinoff The Flintstone Comedy Show. The Shmoo appeared in the segment Bedrock Cops as a police officer alongside part-time officers Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble; however, this Shmoo had little relationship to the L'il Abner character other than appearance. Also in one episode of The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, "Billy and Mandy Begins" the Shmoo can be seen dancing in the cauldron that held the Grim Reaper.

Another Hanna-Barbera venture in 1979 included Shmoo as a title character, The New Shmoo, where he is pegged as the helpful, shape-shifting mascot of Mighty Mysteries Comics, a group of teens who solve Scooby-doo-like mysteries. In this series, the Shmoo could morph into any shape


pretty interesting reading.....

Answer 3

The schmoo was from Li’l Abner, not the Flintstones. Schmoos reproduced by fission, laid down and died when you asked them to, or even if you looked at them hungrily. They laid a dozen eggs and gave a quart of milk each day. When fried they tasted like chicken, when broiled they tasted like steak. They were sort of limbless white peanut shapes or ameba shapes with big beautiful eyes and happy smiles. They had whiskers that you could use as toothpicks after you ate them.

Maybe there was another character you were thinking of, from the Flintsones…? The description you gave doesn’t sound familiar. Try going to Toonopeida, and looking up the entry for the Flintstones. They have more info there.

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Answer 4

The Shmoo gained its own animated series in the late 1970s, as part of the animated series Fred and Barney Meet The Shmoo (which consisted of reruns of The New Fred and Barney Show mixed with the Shmoo's own cartoons; the two pairs of characters didn't actually "meet").
More info here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo

Answer 5

I remember 'em but not from the Flintstones-- Al Capp's Lil' Abner comic had the Shmoos (no 'c'). They were white, bounced, loved people and would turn into any kind of food you wanted them to be.

There's a picture at the wikipedia article
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shmoo

which mentions the TV series, but I remember them from the strip.

Answer 6

The little green dude who bothered Fred?

Answer 7

I remember. I thought he had his own show, but you're right.
Here's a link :
http://www.geocities.com/corvenpage_miami2/Scripts/OtherCartoons/Schmoo.html

Thanks for the blast from the past!