The Thing Blanks Out

"The Thing Blanks Out" is the fourth episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on September 29, 1979 on NBC.

The Thing gets amnesia after saving his friends on a yacht.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ronald Radford
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Erwin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Miss Twilly
 * 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:#d2d2ff"| All-American Yankee Doodle Bird
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Rabbit
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Owl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ducks
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| All-American Yankee Doodle Bird's family
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Dog
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cat
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Owl
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ducks
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| All-American Yankee Doodle Bird's family
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| All-American Yankee Doodle Bird's family
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Railroad stockyard
 * Centerville Bird Sanctuary

Objects

 * Fine Feathered Friends
 * Benjy's rings
 * Insafellascope

Vehicles

 * Ronald's yacht

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 29, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * According to this episode, Centerville's population is 20,000.

Errors

 * The page says "Yankee Doodle Bird," but Benjy reads it as "All-American Yankee Doodle Bird."
 * Why are the kids taking there school principal, but none of the other teachers or even other students?

Home availability

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