The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing

The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing
Thing fights tornado, which has become anthropomorphic.
Premiere date	November 3, 1979
Run time	11:35
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing" is the ninth episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on November 3, 1979 on NBC.

Benjy loses the power to transform into the Thing after one of his rings is lost at a dig site, which is then found by Spike.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Ronald Radford	John Erwin
Betty Harkness	Marilyn Schreffler
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Spike Hanrahan	Art Metrano
Turkey	Michael Sheehan
Stretch	Unavailable
Miss Twilly	Marilyn Schreffler
James	N/A
Woman in telephone box	Unavailable
Waitress	Unavailable
Steamroller driver	Unavailable

Organizations

• Yancy Street Gang

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • Hardware World
      • Badger Cave
      • Barnhouse
      • Chinese restaurant
      • Centerville High School
  • Japan (mentioned)

Objects

• Benjy's rings
• Fortune cookies

Vehicles

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

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: November 3, 1979 on NBC

Errors

• We have to put up with all of Kelly's wise-ass comments throughout the series, and here she takes responsibility for one of Benjy's rings, which she loses in seconds. She doesn't even apologize, although Benjy doesn't hold any ill will against her for doing so.
• Since when does Kelly carry a purse?

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.