Carnival Caper

Carnival Caper
The Thing stops the runaway Ferris wheel with passengers inside.
Premiere date	September 29, 1979
Run time	11:32
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"Carnival Caper" is the fourth episode (part one) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on September 29, 1979 on NBC.

A carnival owner tries to hire the Thing as his next act.

Memorable quotes

P.T. Bombast: But this contract is as good as gold.
Percy: And guess who gets the gold?

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
P.T. Bombast	John Stephenson
Percy	Unavailable
The Thing	Joe Baker
Madame Eva
Sheriff	Unavailable
Professor Harkness	N/A

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • P.T. Bombast Carnival
      • Harkness residence
    • Alaska (mentioned)

Objects

• Benjy's rings

Vehicles

• Alien saucer

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: September 29, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• P.T. Bombast is a parody of American showman P.T. Barnum.

Errors

• When the Ferris wheel breaks loose, all hell breaks loose on the coloring of the hair and clothes of the passengers.
• Bombast and Kelly approach the Thing after he fixes the Ferris wheel, then when he starts the announcement of the new ride, Kelly and the Thing disappear. When Bombast adds about the extra cost, Kelly pops back in next to him to make her snippy remark.
• When Bombast gives the Thing his second offer, the Thing is missing his blue underwear, making him look naked.

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

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