Do the Rad Thing

Do the Rad Thing
Premiere date	September 15, 1990
Run time	23:07
Writer(s)	Charlie Schoon and Ernie Contreras and Glenn Leopold
Director(s)	Robert Alvarez Oscar Dufau Don Lusk Paul Sommer Carl Urbano Ray Patterson (supervising) Gordon Hunt (voices)
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"Do the Rad Thing" is the second episode of Gravedale High season one. It aired on September 15, 1990 on NBC. It was written by Charlie Schoon, and series developers, Ernie Contreras and Glenn Leopold, and directed by Robert Alvarez, Oscar Dufau, Don Lusk, Paul Sommer, and Carl Urbano.

Gill neglects his schoolwork and friendship with Frankentyke to spend more time on the waves with his surfing hero, Kahuna Bob.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Gill Waterman	Jackie Earle Haley
Frankentyke	Frank Welker
Kahuna Bob
Headmistress Crone	Georgia Brown
Iggy	N/A
Max Schneider	Rick Moranis
J.P. Ghastly III	Frank Welker
Reggie Moonshroud	Barry Gordon
Blanche	Shari Belafonte
Sid	Maurice La Marche
Duzer	Kimmy Robertson
Cleofatra	Ricki Lake
Sal	Maurice LaMarche
Christopher Columbus
Mrs. Waterman (voice only)	Unavailable
Wally Waterman
Dave	Unavailable
Sam	Unavailable
George Washington
Mr. Boneyard	Brock Peters
Long John Silver
Trent Flaplip	Unavailable
Jimbo	N/A
Corky Lagoon	N/A
Monty Zoomer	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Beach
    • Gravedale High School
    • Delaware River (mentioned)
  • Romania (indirectly mentioned)
    • Transyvlania (mentioned)
  • Spain (mentioned)
  • Black Lagoon (mentioned)
• The Moon

Vehicles

• Niña (unclear if seen or mentioned)
• Pinta (unclear if seen or mentioned)
• Santa Maria (unclear if seen or mentioned)
• School bus

Production

Filming

It was copyrighted in 1990.

Music

The music was composed by the Tyrell Music Group. The theme song was written by John Parker, Randy Peterson, Kevin Quinn, Stephanie Tyrell, and Steve Tyrell.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 15, 1990 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• The episode title is a play on "Do the right thing." You're welcome.
• Gill refers to a shark as "Jaws," in reference to the film of the same name.
• Gill's surname is revealed.
• Kiwi Kola is a parody of Coca-Cola.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

• Not available. 😥