diff --git a/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.cxx b/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.cxx
index 9604f8003b..1225bae004 100644
--- a/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.cxx
+++ b/direct/src/interval/cInterval_ext.cxx
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ __await__(PyObject *self) {
     return nullptr;
   }
 
-  _this->start();
+  // This may be overridden from Python (such as is the case for Sequence), so
+  // we call this via Python.
+  PyObject *result = PyObject_CallMethod(self, "start", nullptr);
+  Py_XDECREF(result);
   return Dtool_NewGenerator(self, &gen_next);
 }
 
diff --git a/samples/roaming-ralph/main.py b/samples/roaming-ralph/main.py
index 93ed173d5b..a762cc72a5 100755
--- a/samples/roaming-ralph/main.py
+++ b/samples/roaming-ralph/main.py
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ class RoamingRalphDemo(ShowBase):
         entries.sort(key=lambda x: x.getSurfacePoint(render).getZ())
 
         for entry in entries:
-            if entry.getIntoNode().getName() == "terrain":
+            if entry.getIntoNode().name == "terrain":
                 self.ralph.setZ(entry.getSurfacePoint(render).getZ())
 
         # Keep the camera at one unit above the terrain,
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ class RoamingRalphDemo(ShowBase):
         entries.sort(key=lambda x: x.getSurfacePoint(render).getZ())
 
         for entry in entries:
-            if entry.getIntoNode().getName() == "terrain":
+            if entry.getIntoNode().name == "terrain":
                 self.camera.setZ(entry.getSurfacePoint(render).getZ() + 1.5)
         if self.camera.getZ() < self.ralph.getZ() + 2.0:
             self.camera.setZ(self.ralph.getZ() + 2.0)