Shining Time Station/Happy Accidents

Happy Accidents
Season 1, Episode 10
Airdate	April 2, 1989
Written by	Alan Kingsberg
Directed by	Matthew Diamond Thomas director David Mitton
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Shining Time Station — Season One

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Happy Accidents is the tenth episode of the first season of Shining Time Station.

Starring:

Guest Starring: Karen Gersch (Acrobat), Barbara Rhind (Acrobat), Susan Greenhill (Passenger)

Co-Starring:

=Plot Overview

Matt and Tanya are building a tower. Matt accidentally knocks it down, much to Tanya's dismay. Harry gets a call alerting him a train will be late and changes the schedule to accommodate this. He then goes to work out on the platform. He gives the kids a note to give to Stacy if he isn't back when she comes. Stacy arrives and just as Matt is about to give her the note an acrobatic group comes in and gives them a performance. After they leave, Stacy notices the schedule is changed, so she changes it back to the incorrect time. Unfortunately, the kids forget about the note. A passenger comes in and sees the incorrect sign and thinks she missed her train, when she actually didn't. Dismayed, she leaves. Harry, Schemer, and Stacy come in and the kids tell them about the woman. Harry tells Stacy about the change and that he left her a note. After replying that she didn't get a note, the kids feel bad after they forgot about it. She goes to find the unhappy passenger and Schemer criticizes them. Mr. Conductor arrives and he tells them that Henry had his fair share of problems. After, he suggests they can make rhymes for Stacy to cheer her up. When she comes back, they do indeed cheer her up. They try it out on Schemer. Schemer says that to make a rhyme is a waste of time. He catches himself, but says 2 more rhymes. He goes over to put a nickel in the jukebox. The band is sleeping and Schemer is very impatient. He goes off to get tools to fix it. The kids tell Harry this, who says that Schemer needs to learn patience. He says that no patience is how most accidents start. Later, Mr. Conductor is fixing his roof when he falls off the ladder. The kids ask if he's all right, but he says everyone has accidents, including Henry. Stacy tells Matt and Tanya a poem she wrote for them. Tanya accidentally spills ink on it, but Stacy folds it in half and opens it up again to show them an ink picture. The passenger comes back and Stacy apologizes for the incorrect sign. Matt tries to carry her bag to the platform when everything spills out. Stacy sees the invitation and tells her the date is one day later than she thought, which means she didn't miss her train. Stacy says that some accidents can be very happy.

Thomas Stories

• "Henry's Special Coal" and "The Flying Kipper"

Jukebox Band Segment Song

• "The Wreck of Old '97"

Credits

• Producers: Britt Allcroft, Rick Siggelkow
• Jukebox Band Puppets and Marionettes by "The Flexitoons" Craig Marin, Olga Felgemacher Marin
• Casting: Julie Mossberg Casting
• Production Designer: Wayne White
• Art Director: Rosaria Sinsi
• Costume Designer: Michael Landry
• Music Director: Steve Horelick
• Theme Composer: Joe Raposo
• Indiviual Score Co-Composers: Joe Raposo, Paul Derrick Mason
• Associate Producer: Andrea Miller
• Associate Director: Jay Millard
• On-Line Editor: Bonnie Rae Brickman
• Stage Manager: Terry Benson
• Technical Director: John Martin
• Lighting Designer: Dikran Hazirjian
• Lighting Director: Robert Diaz, Jr.
• Associate Producer for Post Production: Rocco Andrew Caruso
• Edit Associate Directors: Jay Millard, Wendy Cornell, Terry Benson
• Off-Line Editor: Robert R. Affrunti
• Production Manager: Sandi Vernon
• Production Controller: Kevin Moriarty
• Production Administrator: Nancy J. Golden
• Assistant to the Producers: Mindy H. Levine
• Assistant Production Manager: Roslyn Davis
• Production Associate: Beth Einhorn
• Assistant to the Stage Manager: Annette Holloway
• Production Assistants: Valerie Desjardins, Julia Fraser, Michael Shoemaker, Jess Siegler
• Camera: Robert Long, Jr., Dorothy McGrath, Steve Zinn
• Audio Mixer: Rich Jacob
• Audio: Jeff Picnus
• Studio Manager: John Hopkins
• Boom Operators: Leo Just, Jr., Edward Rutolo
• Video: Stephen Chauncey
• Videotape Operators: Lonnie Benesch, Bill Lombardi
• Property Master: Michael Gillen
• Model Builder: Barbara Galucci
• Scenic Artist: Alida G. Fraftarola
• Outside Property Man: Robert C. Mongioi
• Wardrobe Supervisor: Lavonne K. Richards
• Hair & Make-Up Supervisor: Debra Reece
• Make-Up: Kendrick H. Lowry
• Series Advisor: Dr. Ron Slaby
• Creative Play Consultant: Susan Striker
• Railroad Consultant: John Hankey

Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends

• Based on the Railway Series by The Rev W. Awrdy
• Producer: Britt Allcroft
• Music Composed and Arranged by Junior Campbell, Mike O'Donnell
• Art Director: Robert Gauld Galleries
• Lighting Cameraman: Terence Permane
• 1st Assistant Director: Steve Asquith
• Models and Sets: Pennicott, Payne & Lille, Ltd., DBP Models and Effects, Albatross Models & Effects, Bernard Carr
• Editors: Michael Dixon, Rebecca De Burgh Mound

• Facilities provided by WNET/Thirteen, MTI-TV City, New York City, Sync Sound, Lebowitz/Gould/Design, Inc., Oasis Music, Inc.
• Executive Producers: Donald Johnson, Angus Wright