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Ep
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Title
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Original air date
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1 | 1 | "The Picnic Panic" | September 8, 1979 (1979-09-08) |
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Benjy and his friends attend their high school picnic at the Centerville Picnic Grounds, but when the Yancy Street Gang shows up at the picnic and causes trouble, Thing must save the day. |
2 | 2 | "Bigfoot Meets the Thing" | September 8, 1979 (1979-09-08) |
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Benjy and his friends confront a real Bigfoot while on a ski trip at North Woods Ski Lodge. |
3 | 3 | "Junkyard Hijinks" | September 15, 1979 (1979-09-15) |
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Benjy and his friends decide to transform the Yancy Street Gang's junkyard into a playground for the neighborhood children. |
4 | 4 | "Gone Away Gulch" | September 15, 1979 (1979-09-15) |
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Benjy and his friends visit the town of Gone Away Gulch and, during a storm, the group seeks shelter in a deserted hotel haunted by an old prospector. |
5 | 5 | "Circus Stampede" | September 22, 1979 (1979-09-22) |
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Benjy and his friends attend the Barney and Baillum Circus where the Yancy Street Gang sets loose a mouse causing the elephants to stampede and all the other animals to escape. |
6 | 6 | "The Thing and the Queen" | September 22, 1979 (1979-09-22) |
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When Betty runs for homecoming queen, the Yancy Street Gang (whose friend Sophie is also vying for the same title) resorts to their usual dirty tactics as they try to sabotage Betty's campaign. |
7 | 7 | "Carnival Caper" | September 29, 1979 (1979-09-29) |
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Benjy and his friends visit a local carnival and after stopping a runaway ferris wheel and fixing it, Thing is offered a job at the carnival by its owner. |
8 | 8 | "The Thing Blanks Out" | September 29, 1979 (1979-09-29) |
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Benjy and his friends enjoy a trip aboard Ronald's father's yacht. Thing saves the group from crashing into a downed drawbridge, but then he is stricken with amnesia following the closing drawbridge's impact on his head. |
9 | 9 | "The Thing Meets the Clunk" | October 6, 1979 (1979-10-06) |
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Professor Harkness' friend Dr. Quimby introduces his latest invention – a robot called Clunk who is programmed to do good. However, the robot malfunctions, goes out-of-control, and causes trouble for Thing. |
10 | 10 | "Beach Party Crashers" | October 6, 1979 (1979-10-06) |
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Benjy attends a beachside surf party with Kelly, Betty, Ronald and Principal Twilly, but the Yancy Street Gang are up to their old tricks as they crash the party and sabotage a volleyball game. |
11 | 11 | "Decepto the Great" | October 13, 1979 (1979-10-13) |
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A magician named Decepto the Great performs his magic show at the high school fair, but Benjy discovers Decepto is stealing from the school kids and it's up to Thing to stop him from escaping town. |
12 | 12 | "The Thing's the Play" | October 13, 1979 (1979-10-13) |
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Betty studies with acting teacher Ferdinand Bestmore so she can audition for a TV crew coming to Centerville High School to shoot a commercial. However, Bestmore confuses Betty with an old actress he once discovered and whom she resembles so he kidnaps her. |
13 | 13 | "Double Trouble for the Thing" | October 20, 1979 (1979-10-20) |
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An evil scientist named Danton Blackwood creates a robot Thing to commit crime to make the citizens believe Thing has gone bad, but which also lands the real Thing in jail. |
14 | 14 | "To Thing or Not to Thing" | October 20, 1979 (1979-10-20) |
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Benjy takes an experimental cure for his condition. During a trip to the mountains with Kelly, Betty, and Ronald, it makes him switch back and forth between Benjy and Thing. |
15 | 15 | "The Big Bike Race" | October 27, 1979 (1979-10-27) |
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Benjy enters a cross country bike race because the winner gets to escort the Race Queen to the dance. |
16 | 16 | "The Thing and the Treasure Hunt" | October 27, 1979 (1979-10-27) |
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While on an afternoon trip aboard Ronald's boat, Benjy and his friends find an old box that contains a treasure map and the Yancy Street Gang resort to their old tricks to beat them to the treasure. |
17 | 17 | "Out to Launch" | November 3, 1979 (1979-11-03) |
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Benjy and his friends are going to a ship launching but the world's greatest demolition expert intends to ruin the day. |
18 | 18 | "The Day the Ring Didn't Do a Thing" | November 3, 1979 (1979-11-03) |
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The Yancy Street Gang decides to steal Benjy's ring causing no end of trouble for Thing. |
19 | 19 | "A Hot Air Affair at the Fair" | November 10, 1979 (1979-11-10) |
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Benjy enters a hot air balloon race, but the Yancy Street Gang plans on doing whatever it takes to make sure he loses. |
20 | 20 | "The Thing Goes to the Dogs" | November 10, 1979 (1979-11-10) |
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Ronald has entered his dog Countess in the Centerville Dog Show, but chaos ensues when Countess is dognapped by the troublesome Yancy Street Gang and it's up to Thing to rescue her. |
21 | 21 | "The Thing Goes Camping" | November 17, 1979 (1979-11-17) |
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Benjy, his friends, and Principal Twilly go on a camping trip as part of a special school project which is anything but relaxing with a bear running loose at their campsite and a big storm triggering a landslide that threatened the entire camp. |
22 | 22 | "Dude Ranch Rodeo" | November 17, 1979 (1979-11-17) |
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Benjy, his friends, and Principal Twilly visit the Big Butte Ranch where Ronald, Thing, and the Yancy Street Gang compete in a rodeo. |
23 | 23 | "Photo Finish" | November 24, 1979 (1979-11-24) |
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Benjy accompanies his friends to the Centerville Zoo which is sponsoring a photo contest and the Yancy Street Gang resorts to their usual dirty tactics to win. |
24 | 24 | "Lights, Action, Thing!" | November 24, 1979 (1979-11-24) |
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Ronald and Betty are hired to appear in a movie currently filming at a local lake, but problems occur when a mechanical octopus monster (controlled by an angry and fired stuntman) attacks the set, trying to sabotage the entire production. It's up to Thing to make sure the film goes off without a hitch. |
25 | 25 | "The Thing and the Captain's Ghost" | December 1, 1979 (1979-12-01) |
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The Yancy Street Gang dares Ben and his friends to stay on a haunted ship for a night. |
26 | 26 | "The Thing and the Absent-Minded Inventor" | December 1, 1979 (1979-12-01) |
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Benjy and his friends attend Centerville's annual inventors show where they meet the absent-minded Fenwick Twilly (Principal Twilly's uncle) who unveils his gigantic vacuum cleaner Supervac, which sucks everything in sight and destroys all the other inventions during its rampage. |