Circus Stampede

"Circus Stampede" is the third episode (part one) of The Thing season one. It aired on September 22, 1979 on NBC.

The Yancy Street Gang cause a ruckus at the circus, which stirs an ape to break free of its cage and kidnap Betty.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Jojo
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * 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"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Truck driver
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Train conductor
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stretch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Wayne Morton
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Spike
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Art Metrano
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Guard
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Elephant
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * 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:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Stanley
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mouse
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bear
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lion
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Seal
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fabulous Bellini
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Erwin
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Betty Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Stanley
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mouse
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bear
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lion
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Seal
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fabulous Bellini
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Lion
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Seal
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fabulous Bellini
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fabulous Bellini
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Fabulous Bellini

Locations

 * Centerville
 * Barney & Bailum Circus

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

 * Benjy's car

Behind the scenes

 * Jojo is a parody of King Kong.

Errors

 * The longer Jojo is out of his cage, the taller he gets.

Home availability

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