The Thing and the Treasure Hunt

The Thing and the Treasure Hunt
The Yancy Street Gang spy on Benjy's gang as they figure out the treasure map's next spot.
Premiere date	October 27, 1979
Run time	11:36
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
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"The Thing and the Treasure Hunt" is the eighth episode (part two) of The Thing season one, and came as a segment of Fred and Barney Meet the Thing. It aired on October 27, 1979 on NBC.

Benyj's gang follows a treasure map into the town's cove, with the Yancy Street Gang on their trail.

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
Benjy Grimm	Wayne Morton
Kelly Harkness	Noelle North
Ronald's father
Stretch	Unavailable
Spike Hanrahan	Art Metrano
Turkey	Michael Sheehan
Eagle	Unavailable
Demolition guy #1	Unavailable
Demolition guy #2	Unavailable
Bank teller	Unavailable
Bank president	Unavailable

Organizations

• Yancy Street Gang

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Centerville
      • Anchor Inn
      • Crescent Bay
      • 1st National Bank
  • The Alps (mentioned)
    • Matterhorn (mentioned)
  • Asia (mentioned)
    • Mount Everest (mentioned)

Objects

• Benjy's rings
• Dynamite

Vehicles

• Ronald's dingy
• Yancy Street Gang's motorcycles
• Seadog

Music

The score was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: October 27, 1979 on NBC

Behind the scenes

• The bank president resembles a darker-haired version of Mr. Carswell, from the Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! episode "Jeepers, It's the Creeper."
• The bank president also calls the 1st National Bank the 1st City National Bank.
• Turkey's eyes are visible when he falls.

Errors

• Benjy gets hot under the collar when Betty flirts with him, despite the fact he's technically an adult in a teenager's body.
• The name on the boat says The Seadog, yet the lifebuoy says S.S. Seadog.
• The Yancy Street Gang are riding the motorcycles in the bank.

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.