Shining Time Station/Billy's Party

Billy's Party
Season 3, Episode 7
Airdate	April 21, 1993
Written by	Brian McConnachie
Directed by	Wayne Moss Thomas director David Mitton
← 3x06 Billy Saves the Day	3x08 → Fortune Teller Schemer
Shining Time Station — Season Three

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Billy's Party is the seventh episode of the third season of Shining Time Station, and the forty-seventh episode overall.

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Plot Overview

It is Thanksgiving and everyone is very busy. Ginny is preparing to have Thanksgiving at her house with her nephew and his wife, Midge Smoot is attending the Thanksgiving party hosted by the Wellington Hooventons, and Billy is planning to spend his Thanksgiving with the Boomers and the Hobos whom he describes as very special railroad people. Schemer dresses up as a Pilgrim for Thanksgiving hoping that people will give him presents and he will say to them "thanks for giving". Dan, Becky, and Kara don't understand what's so special about Thanksgiving, so Mr. Conductor explains to them that Thanksgiving is a time to give thanks and he tells them a Thomas story. After Mr. Conductor's story is over, the kids go ask Billy about the Boomers and the Hobos. But before Billy can tell them, they hear Ginny outside with Stacy and rush out to find out that Ginny's new dog, Mr. Filthy, destroyed her turkey. So Billy offers to take her to a place in town that sells turkeys. Stacy tells the kids about the Boomers and the Hobos. She says that the Boomers are engineers and that the Hobos are people who would hitch a free ride on the railroad. She also tells how the Boomers and the Hobos were once enemies, but after the Hobos saved the Boomers' life from closing a switch that got stuck on the tracks, the Boomers came to the Hobos' campfire that night and shared their Thanksgiving dinner with them and they agreed to spend their Thanksgivings together. After Stacy's story, the kids watch a music video in the picture machine about Thanksgiving. After the song, Billy returns and prepares to leave, but then he hears the kids telling Stacy that Schemer got on the last train hoping that passengers would give him presents and that the train left before Schemer could get off. So Billy decides to use the train Old Dependable to catch up to Schemer. After Billy gets Schemer home, he returns to the station, runs to get the cramberry sauce, and rushes outside to catch the last train, but misses it. As Billy sits down wondering what to do, Stacy comes in with Ginny, carrying her turkey. Then J.B. King appears and asks Billy if he can attend the Thanksgiving party too, to which Billy says yes. Then the kids come in and sit down and Midge Smoot comes in, choosing not to attend the Wellington Hooventons' Thanksgiving party as she prefers to spend the holiday with people she knows. Then Schemer appears with some peas for dinner. After saying grace, they all sit around and have a good Thanksgiving dinner.

Thomas Story

• "Thomas and Percy's Mountain Adventure"

Jukebox Band Segment Song

• "We Gather Together"

Music Video

• "Thanksgiving"

Credits

• Executive Producers: Britt Allcroft, Rick Siggelkow
• Producer: Nancy Chapelle
• Associate Producer: Julia Weinstein
• Jukebox Band Puppets and Marionettes by "The Flexitoons" Craig Marin, Olga Felgemacher Marin
• Puppets Staged by Craig Marin
• Additional Material Supplied by Craig Marin
• Additional Puppet Staging by Steven Feldman
• Jukebox Band Music by Steve Horelick
• Theme Composer: Joe Raposo
• Score Composer: Stacey Hersch
• Associate Directors: Larysa Fenyn, Joanne Malo
• Floor Director: Stephen Wright
• Technical Director: Gord Bell
• Continuity: Frances Handelman
• Production Coordinator: Lynne Buchman
• Post Production Supervisor: Toni Stevens
• Casting: Tina Gerussi Casting
• Art Director: Lisette St. Germain
• Production Designer: Harley Morden
• Costume Designer: Heather Blurton
• Lighting Designer: Barney Stewart
• Make-Up Artists: Barb Barkey, Lilly Marchenski
• Hair Stylists: Carol Bentley, Vincent Sullivan
• Children's Coordinator: Laurie Farrance
• 2nd Assistant Director: Tony Poffandi
• Production Secretary: Michelle Melanson
• Production Assistants: Tracey Anderson, Jim Chapman, James Christie, Elaine Falzon, Jason Palter, Miles Raine
• Props Assistants: Graham Smith, Kate Smith, William Roboly
• Wardrobe Assistant: Sue Ward
• Audio: Rick Penn, Gary Ventem
• Audio Assistant: Pete Kettlewell
• Engineering: Ron Deland
• Gaffer: Bentley Miller
• Lighting Assistant: Phil Sutherland
• Cameramen: Steve Cruickshank, Simon Dalrymple, Frank Harber, Ted Hart, Alfie Kemp
• Boom Operators: Mike Josselyn, Cory Siddall
• Video: Cliff Davis, Peter Tome
• VTR Operator: Glen Castello
• Editor: Dennis Kutchera
• Audio Engineers: Bruce Fleming, Bill Mather, Vlado Pavicic
• Assistant Editor: Paul Hessell
• Television Assistants: Chris Stoyan Eric Schurman, Chris Stoyan
• Series Advisor: Dr. Ron Slaby
• Additional Material by Brian O'Connor

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

• Based on the Railway Series by The Rev W. Awrdy
• Television Stories by Britt Allcroft, David Mitton
• Producers: Britt Allcroft, David Mitton
• Executive Producer: Angus Wright
• Production Supervisor: Steve Asquith
• Art Director: Robert Gauld Galleries
• Lighting Director: Terence Permane
• Music Composed and Arranged by Junior Campbell, Mike O'Donnell
• Editors: Rebecca De Burgh Mound, Michael Dixon, John Wright

• Facilities provided by Studioasis, Northern Edge Productions, YTV Productions, Inc., Soundsinterchange
• Executive Consultant: Jerry Hamza