The Thing Blanks Out

"The Thing Blanks Out" is the fourth episode (part two) of The Thing season one. 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.