The Thing Goes Camping

The Thing Goes Camping
Benjy's shock of seeing a bear, scares the bear, too.
Premiere date	November 17, 1979
Run time	11:36
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"The Thing Goes Camping" is the eleventh episode (part one) 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.

While camping, a bear tries sleeping in everyone's tents before an avalanche occurs.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Miss Twilly	Marilyn Schreffler
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
Ronald Radford	John Erwin
Betty Harkness	Marilyn Schreffler
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
The Thing	Joe Baker
Bear	Unavailable
Andre	Unavailable
Duck	Unavailable
Fish	Unavailable

Organizations

• Centerville Fire Department
• Yancy Street Gang
• Centerville Police Department

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • Centerville State Park Campground
      • Radford residence

Objects

• Benjy's rings
• Deluxe Inflatable Tent

Vehicles

• Ronald's car

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

• Andre was introduced in "The Thing's the Play."

Errors

• Ronald is driving around Miss Twilly on another school trip again. Ain't nothing wrong with that scenario.
• And again it's another school field trip with only three high school students and a junior high student tag along, who for some reason never goes to her own classes with classmates her own age.

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.