Bigfoot Meets the Thing

"Bigfoot Meets the Thing" is the first episode (part two) of The Thing season one. It aired on September 8, 1979 on NBC.

Stretch plays a prank on Ronald by dressing up as Bigfoot, which gets the attention of a real, lonely Bigfoot looking for love.

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"| The Thing
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Joe Baker
 * 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"| Spike Hanrahan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Art Metrano
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stretch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bigfoot
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Turkey
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Michael Sheehan
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Stretch
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Ronald's father
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bigfoot
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Bigfoot
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Yancy Street Gang

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Harkness residence
 * North Woods
 * Ronald's father's chalet
 * Chickadee Resort Motel
 * Desmon's Fried Chicken (logo)

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

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

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: September 8, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * Turkey's eyes become visible in this episode.

Errors

 * Benjy's depressed about being the Thing, as if this is a body he's trapped in when he still has his human body to go back to in an instant. It's never explained why he has this responsibility to begin with, so there's no reason to feel sympathetic for the guy.
 * What is Benjy's motivation for going to a chalet with two snobbish classmates that only like to ridicule him? If it's because of Kelly, then this seems weird, because she's several years younger than he is. Although this may be partly a favor to her father, Professor Harkness.
 * Despite the name of the episode, the Thing has hardly any interaction with Bigfoot.

Home availability

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