The Thing Meets the Clunk

The Thing Meets the Clunk
The Thing struggles with Clunk, after it grabs him by the leg.
Premiere date	October 6, 1979
Run time	11:36
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"The Thing Meets the Clunk" is the fifth episode (part one) of The Thing season one. It aired on October 6, 1979 on NBC.

Doctor Quimby activates his new helper robot who malfunctions and goes on a rampage not knowing any different.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Professor Harkness	John Stephenson
Doctor Quimby	Paul Winchell
Clunk	Unavailable
Construction worker	John Stephenson
The Thing	Joe Baker
Bank guards	N/A
Maintenance worker	N/A
Bus driver	Unavailable
Cab driver	Unavailable
Old woman	Unavailable
Freighter captain	Unavailable

Organizations

• Ajax Co.

Locations

• Centerville
  • Doctor Quimby's lab

Objects

• Benjy's rings

Vehicles

• Crane
• Bus
• Taxi
• Freighter

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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