Dude Ranch Rodeo

"Dude Ranch Rodeo" is the eleventh episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on November 17, 1979 on NBC.

Benjy, Ronald, and Spike compete in a rodeo.

Memorable quotes
Miss Twilly: There, don't I look like a real cow patter? Kelly: Don't you mean cow puncher? Miss Twilly: Oh, no, dear girl, we mustn't be cruel to animals.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Miss Twilly
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ronald Radford
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Erwin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benjy Grimm
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wayne Morton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kelly Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Noelle North
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike Hanrahan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Art Metrano
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stretch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clancy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Silver Queen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Wrangler
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clancy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Silver Queen
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Wrangler
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Wrangler
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A

Organizations

 * Yancy Street Gang

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Big Butte Ranch

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

 * Ronald's car
 * Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 17, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * When Clancy knocks Spike to the ground and falls on top of him, Spike reacts grumbles in angry gibberish like Muttley.

Errors

 * Like it made sense for the past half a dozen episodes, Miss Twilly travels to the dude ranch in Ronald's car with the rest of the gang.

==Critical reception=

Home availability

 * Warner Bros. owns the show, while Disney owns the characters, making it difficult to release this episode onto DVD.