Dude Ranch Rodeo

"Dude Ranch Rodeo" is the eleventh episode (part two) of The Thing season one. 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

 * Centerville
 * Big Butte Ranch

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

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

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.

Home availability

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