The Thing Goes to the Dogs

The Thing Goes to the Dogs
Roscoe (bottom right hand corner) tricks Countess into getting netted by Stretch.
Premiere date	November 10, 1979
Run time	11:37
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"The Thing Goes to the Dogs" is the tenth episode (part two) of The Thing, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on November 10, 1979 on NBC.

The Yancy Street Gang send in a devious cat to annoy Countess at the dog show.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
Betty Harkness	Marilyn Schreffler
Ronald Radford	John Erwin
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Countess	Unavailable
Ronald's father
The Thing	Joe Baker
Spike Hanrahan	Art Metrano
Turkey	Michael Sheehan
Stretch	Unavailable
Roscoe	Unavailable

Organizations

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

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • Condemned jailhouse
      • Yancy Street
      • Centerville Dog Show building

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 10, 1979 on NBC

Errors

• Kelly, who always takes the back seat, is now complaining about it simply because Ronald's dog is at the front.

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.