The Thing Meets the Clunk

"The Thing Meets the Clunk" is the fifth episode (part one) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on October 6, 1979 on NBC.

Doctor Quimby activates his new helper robot who malfunctions and goes on a rampage not knowing any different.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Kelly Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Noelle North
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Benjy Grimm
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wayne Morton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Professor Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctor Quimby
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Winchell
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Clunk
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Construction worker
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| John Stephenson
 * style="background-color:#clear"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bank guards
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Maintenance worker
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bus driver
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cab driver
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Freighter captain
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bus driver
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Cab driver
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Old woman
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Freighter captain
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Freighter captain
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Ajax Co.

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Doctor Quimby's lab

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

 * Crane
 * Bus
 * Taxi
 * Freighter

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: October 6, 1979 on NBC

Home availability

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