Dude Ranch Rodeo

Dude Ranch Rodeo
Thing saves Kelly & Betty on runaway wagon from going over a cliff.
Premiere date	November 17, 1979
Run time	11:35
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"Dude Ranch Rodeo" is the eleventh episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on November 17, 1979 on NBC.

Benjy, Ronald, and Spike compete in a rodeo.

Memorable quotes

Miss Twilly: There, don't I look like a real cow patter?
Kelly: Don't you mean cow puncher?
Miss Twilly: Oh, no, dear girl, we mustn't be cruel to animals.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Miss Twilly	Marilyn Schreffler
Ronald Radford	John Erwin
Betty Harkness	Marilyn Schreffler
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
The Thing	Joe Baker
Spike Hanrahan	Art Metrano
Stretch	Unavailable
Turkey	Michael Sheehan
Clancy	Unavailable
Silver Queen	Unavailable
Wrangler	N/A

Organizations

• Yancy Street Gang

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • Big Butte Ranch

Objects

• Benjy's rings

Vehicles

• Ronald's car
• Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 17, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• When Clancy knocks Spike to the ground and falls on top of him, Spike reacts grumbles in angry gibberish like Muttley.

Errors

• Like it made sense for the past half a dozen episodes, Miss Twilly travels to the dude ranch in Ronald's car with the rest of the gang.

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.