The Thing Blanks Out

The Thing Blanks Out
The Thing tries to find his place among the ducks.
Premiere date	September 29, 1979
Run time	11:37
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"The Thing Blanks Out" is the fourth episode (part two) 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.

The Thing gets amnesia after saving his friends on a yacht.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Betty Harkness	Marilyn Schreffler
Ronald Radford	John Erwin
Miss Twilly	Marilyn Schreffler
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
The Thing	Joe Baker
All-American Yankee Doodle Bird	Unavailable
Professor Harkness	John Stephenson
Rabbit	N/A
Dog	Unavailable
Cat	Unavailable
Owl	Unavailable
Ducks	Unavailable
All-American Yankee Doodle Bird's family	Unavailable

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • Railroad stockyard
      • Centerville Bird Sanctuary

Objects

• Fine Feathered Friends
• Benjy's rings
• Insafellascope

Vehicles

• Ronald's yacht

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

• According to this episode, Centerville's population is 20,000.

Errors

• The page says "Yankee Doodle Bird," but Benjy reads it as "All-American Yankee Doodle Bird."
• Why are the kids taking there school principal, but none of the other teachers or even other students?

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.