Decepto the Great

For the character himself, see Decepto the Great (character).

Decepto the Great
Decepto the Great disappears in a puff of smoke before the Thing can get him.
Premiere date	October 13, 1979
Run time	11:35
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"Decepto the Great" is the sixth episode (part one) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on October 13, 1979 on NBC.

A phony stage magician and his wife come to Benjy's school fair to steal from all the kids.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Decepto the Great	Unavailable
Decepto the Great's wife	Unavailable
Professor Harkness	John Stephenson
Betty Harkness	Marilyn Schreffler
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Clio the Wonder Pigeon	N/A
Ronald Radford	John Erwin
Mr. Janson	Unavailable
The Thing	Joe Baker
Miss Twilly	Marilyn Schreffler

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • Centerville High School
      • Decepto's Magic-Park

Objects

• Benjy's rings

Vehicles

• Decepto's van

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 13, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• Betty asks Benjy if he wants to go out on a date, despite the fact she is dating Ronald.
• This is the first time Benjy loses one of his rings and is wrongly accused of a crime.

Errors

• From a long shot, Decepto's wife is missing when the camera is on his side of the van, and the same happens to him when the camera is on her side.

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.