The Thing Meets the Clunk

The Thing Meets the Clunk
The Thing struggles with Clunk, after it grabs him by the leg.
Premiere date	October 6, 1979
Run time	11:36
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"The Thing Meets the Clunk" is the fifth episode (part one) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on October 6, 1979 on NBC.

Doctor Quimby activates his new helper robot who malfunctions and goes on a rampage not knowing any different.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Professor Harkness	John Stephenson
Doctor Quimby	Paul Winchell
Clunk	Unavailable
Construction worker	John Stephenson
The Thing	Joe Baker
Bank guards	N/A
Maintenance worker	N/A
Bus driver	Unavailable
Cab driver	Unavailable
Old woman	Unavailable
Freighter captain	Unavailable

Organizations

• Ajax Co.

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • Doctor Quimby's lab

Objects

• Benjy's rings

Vehicles

• Crane
• Bus
• Taxi
• Freighter

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 6, 1979 on NBC

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.