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The New Shmoo
The New Shmoo is a 30-minute Saturday morning animated 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, 1979 to November 15, 1980.
"The New Shmoo" was broadcast as a stand-alone half-hour series from September 22, 1979 to December 1, 1979. Following its cancellation and beginning December 8, 1979, the remaining episodes of "The New Shmoo" were
operation in "Li'l Abner Dailies: 1954 Volume 20" (Kitchen Sink, 1994):
There was also a separate line of comic book titles published by the Caplin family-owned Toby Press, including "Shmoo Comics" featuring Washable Jones. Cartoonist Mell Lazarus, creator of "Miss Peach" and "Momma", wrote a comic novel in 1963 titled "The Boss Is Crazy, Too" which was partly inspired by his apprenticeship days working with Capp and his brother Elliot at Toby. In a seminar at