Lights, Action, Thing!

"Lights, Action, Thing!" is the twelfth episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on November 24, 1979 on NBC.

"Bad News" Bedazzle is filming a new movie in Centerville, with his recently fired stuntman sabotaging the entire production and putting everyone's safety at risk.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#clear"| Ronald Radford
 * style="background-color:#clear"| John Erwin
 * 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"| Betty Harkness
 * style="background-color:#clear"| Marilyn Schreffler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Assistant director
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Bedazzle
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Muscle Define
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Retired stuntman #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Retired stuntman #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Muscle Define
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Retired stuntman #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Retired stuntman #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Retired stuntman #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Miracle Pictures

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Centerville
 * Mr. Bedazzle's trailer
 * Stuntmen's Rest Home
 * Bijou

Objects

 * Benjy's rings

Vehicles

 * Ronald's boat
 * Ronald's car

Music
The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: November 24, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * The episode title is a play on the cliche director's cue of "Lights, camera, action." You're welcome.
 * This episode is somewhat similar to the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Never Ape an Ape Man."
 * Ronald quotes William Shakespeare's Hamlet when he says, "To be or not to be."

Errors

 * On the board that says Miracle Pictures' slogan, "If it's good... It's a miracle!!," the second apostrophe is missing.
 * When Ronald hands over his money to Mr. Bedazzle, the latter has a poster of a movie that was never there before.

Home availability

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