Stop the Press is the fourteenth episode of the second season and overall the thirty-fifth episode of Shining Time Station.
Plot
The kids write a newspaper, but by mistake, they create different stories. They learn that news stories are meant to be real ones.
Cast and Characters
Main Cast
- George Carlin as Mr. Conductor
- Didi Conn as Stacy Jones
- Tom Jackson as Billy Twofeathers
- Erica Luttrell as Kara Cupper
- Ari Magder as Dan Jones
- Danielle Marcot as Becky
- Brian O'Connor as Schemer
Flexitoon Performers
- Jonathan Freeman as Tito Swing
- Olga Felgemacher-Marin as DiDi
- Craig Marin as Tex
- Peter Baird as Grace
- Kenny Miele as Grace
- Alan Semok as Rex
Guest Starring
It is unknown who played the Mime.
Mentioned Characters
Thomas Stories
- Percy enjoys playing tricks, but Gordon and James make a plan to pay him back.
- Thomas wishes he could pull a train, but his chance comes with unexpected results when Henry is ill.
Jukebox Band Segment Song
- Tennessee Central No. 9
Trivia
- The Thomas stories are listed in reverse order in the end credits.
- In the Fox Family version, the story "A Big Day for Thomas" was cut out.
- This episode marks the last appearance of Jake Scoop.
- A traveling boy from the The Picture Machine song segment, Home, which will later be fully sung in All's Fair, cameos at the beginning before Mr. Scoop comes in and after the mime leaves for his trip to Lucy's Leap.
Goof
- "A Big Day for Thomas" was mistakenly dated 1986 in the end credits when the episode was made in 1984.
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| #01 Scare Dares | #10 Washout | #19 Jingle, Jingle, Jingle |
| #02 Oh, What a Tangled Web | #11 Crackpot | #20 All's Fair |
| #03 The Magic is Believing | #12 Yabba, Yabba, Yabba | |
| #04 Win, Lose or Draw | #13 Nickel in a Pickle | |
| #05 Sweet and Sour | #14 Stop the Press | |
| #06 Achoo | #15 He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not | |
| #07 A Dog's Life | #16 Double Trouble | |
| #08 Field Day | #17 Is Anybody There? | |
| #09 Wrong Track | #18 Do I Hear | |