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A news bulletin announces a nationwide shortage of pistachio nuts, which is blamed on the four legged dinosaurs. War breaks out between the two-leggers and four-leggers and Robbie and Spike are drafted into the battle. Earl supports the fight at first but questions how truthful the government is being with them after a news reporter mistakenly reveals all is not going as well as planned. Written by
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The title is based upon the reply by General Anthony Clement McAuliffe to the German Army's request for the surrender of the American troops trapped in Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944: "Nuts!"
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Earl Sinclair:
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Richfield picks up a large rock]
Oh my gosh, look out, a rock!
B.P. Richfield:
Not just any rock you bonehead, this is a Peacekeeper 3000. I'm not talking about poked eyes, one of these babies can bust a head wide open.
Earl Sinclair:
You sell those to the enemy? But my son is out there, he may even be killed!
B.P. Richfield:
I didn't know that, I also don't care!
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The dinosaur version of "The Honeymooners" or "The Flintstones" this is NOT. This and the following episode, "Nuts to War: Part 2," were what made me a huge fan of this show, when I realized that it wasn't a "kids" show *at all*. It's both a hilarious and poignant message about nationalism spiraling out of control. There's so many references to the rise of Nazism in Germany, the first Gulf War, the Vietnam War, McCarthyism/The Red Scare in the USA... pay particular attention to the newscaster and the names that scroll quickly behind him. If I had never seen the show and read comments like what I've just written about it, I'm not sure I would have believed it. But once seen, there's no mistaking that this was show with a mission.