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Dinosaurs

  • TV Series
  • 1991–19941991–1994
  • PGPG
  • 30min
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
18K
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Dinosaurs (1991)
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This show follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have televisions, refrigerators, et cetera. The only humans around are cavemen, who are viewed as pets and... Read allThis show follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have televisions, refrigerators, et cetera. The only humans around are cavemen, who are viewed as pets and wild animals.This show follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have televisions, refrigerators, et cetera. The only humans around are cavemen, who are viewed as pets and wild animals.

IMDb RATING
7.4/10
18K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,013
343
  • Creators
    • Michael Jacobs
    • Bob Young
  • Stars
    • Stuart Pankin
    • Jessica Walter
    • Jason Willinger
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  • Creators
    • Michael Jacobs
    • Bob Young
  • Stars
    • Stuart Pankin
    • Jessica Walter
    • Jason Willinger
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    • 59User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 5 wins & 3 nominations total

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    Top cast

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    Stuart Pankin
    Stuart Pankin
    • Earl Sinclairas Earl Sinclair
    65 episodes65 eps • 1991–1994
    Jessica Walter
    Jessica Walter
    • Fran Sinclairas Fran Sinclair
    65 episodes65 eps • 1991–1994
    Jason Willinger
    • Robbie Sinclairas Robbie Sinclair
    65 episodes65 eps • 1991–1994
    Leif Tilden
    Leif Tilden
    • Robbie Sinclairas Robbie Sinclair…
    65 episodes65 eps • 1991–1994
    Allan Trautman
    Allan Trautman
    • Fran Sinclairas Fran Sinclair…
    65 episodes65 eps • 1991–1994
    Bruce Lanoil
    • Charlene Sinclairas Charlene Sinclair…
    65 episodes65 eps • 1991–1994
    David Greenaway
    • Roy Hessas Roy Hess…
    65 episodes65 eps • 1991–1994
    John Kennedy
    John Kennedy
    • Baby Sinclairas Baby Sinclair…
    65 episodes65 eps • 1991–1994
    Sally Struthers
    Sally Struthers
    • Charlene Sinclairas Charlene Sinclair
    64 episodes64 eps • 1991–1994
    Kevin Clash
    Kevin Clash
    • Baby Sinclairas Baby Sinclair…
    64 episodes64 eps • 1991–1994
    Bill Barretta
    Bill Barretta
    • Earl Sinclairas Earl Sinclair…
    64 episodes64 eps • 1991–1994
    Michelan Sisti
    Michelan Sisti
    • Charlene Sinclairas Charlene Sinclair…
    63 episodes63 eps • 1991–1994
    Pons Maar
    Pons Maar
    • Roy Hessas Roy Hess…
    62 episodes62 eps • 1991–1994
    Tom Fisher
    • Additional Dinosaur Performeras Additional Dinosaur Performer…
    62 episodes62 eps • 1991–1994
    Jack Tate
    • Additional Dinosaur Performeras Additional Dinosaur Performer…
    61 episodes61 eps • 1991–1994
    Steve Whitmire
    Steve Whitmire
    • Robbie Sinclairas Robbie Sinclair…
    58 episodes58 eps • 1991–1994
    Mak Wilson
    Mak Wilson
    • Earl Sinclairas Earl Sinclair…
    53 episodes53 eps • 1991–1994
    Tony Sabin Prince
    • Fran Sinclairas Fran Sinclair…
    53 episodes53 eps • 1991–1994
    • Creators
      • Michael Jacobs
      • Bob Young
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    Storyline

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    The Dinosaurs are an animatronics stone-age working-class family created by Jim Henson for Disney. Incredibly overweight, even for a dinosaur, Earl Sinclair (Stuart Pankin) is married to Fran (Jessica Walter) and tries and fails to support fourteen-year-old valley girl Charlene (Sally Struthers), sixteen-year-old Robbie (Jason Willinger) (whose crest eventually turns into a mohawk and gets dyed purple), widowed, cranky Grandma Ethyl Phillips (Florence Stanley), and terrible-twos Baby Sinclair (John Kennedy and Kevin Clash), the true master of the house. Sharp social commentary was featured surprisingly often. Earl is a tree-pusher for the Wesayso Development Corp., which regularly implements schemes to screw their workers even more and destroy the world for marginal profit increment. Chilled, but live prey, are kept in the refrigerator and are helpful when you can't find the milk, and caveman humans make occasional appearances as wild animals and pets. —Dave Blake
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    • Taglines
      • The Funniest Family in 60 Million Years!
    • Genres
      • Comedy
      • Family
      • Fantasy
    • Certificate
      • PG
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Earl often sighs as he walks across a room. This allowed the person inside the costume a chance to see where he was going. He could only see through the open mouth.
    • Goofs
      The last episode of the series indicates that the dinosaurs' abuse and pollution of nature are what ultimately lead to the planet becoming uninhabitable. This was meant as an allegory to humans and the environmental movement: the harsh changes in the Earth's environment are what ultimately lead to the dinosaurs' extinction. In reality, the extinction of the dinosaurs was caused by a crashing meteor into the Earth that ultimately led to the planet becoming uninhabitable for them.
    • Quotes

      [repeated line]

      Baby: I'm the baby; gotta love me!

    • Crazy credits
      The Jim Henson Productions logo at the end of the credits features a pterodactyl that does something different from episode to episode (from a small assortment of 3 things, not something unique each time).
    • Alternate versions
      Original airings of season one featured a laugh track, which was deleted from all network repeats, syndicated re-runs, and home video releases.
    • Connections
      Featured in ABC TGIF: Episode #4.11 (1992)
    • Soundtracks
      I'm a Dinosaur (I Can Do Whatever I Want)
      Performed by Baby Sinclair

    User reviews59

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    If you haven't seen it, buy the video's!
    Our dinosaur family are as follows Earl, a megalosaurus. Earls name I'd always heard as Earl Sneath Sinclair (not Sneed as the trivia says). Fran (who we didn't know if she had a middle name), Robbie (Robert Mark Sinclair), Charlene (no, no middle name there either) and Baby Sinclair (who was originally named Argh, argh, I'm Dying you idiot Sinclair). Family friends Roy Hess a t-Rex, Monica Devertaborough (some sort of diplodocus or bronotsaurus). Other people included Ethel Phillips (Fran's mum) and B.P. Richfield (earl's boss, a triceratops who seems to be a carnivore). Howard Handupme (a TV presenter of news), Spike (school bully & friend to Robbie), Mister Lizard ( a science presenter) and Timmy (who Mister Lizard kills in every episode, WE LOVE IT!)

    The family are like a Dinosaur version of The Simpsons only funnier and more entertaining with actual messages in their shows.

    Jim Henson only created 65 episodes which was enough to put the show into syndication in the US.

    The show was and is still well loved if you go by the amount of interest all Henson Dinosaurs ebay sales create. I own all the videos that were released in the Uk. I was annoyed to see there were holiday specials that never made it to VHS and will have to wait until there is ever an official DVD release.

    This was an excellent show and provided me with many afternoons of entertainment and still does. I can still watch the video's and enjoy them on many levels especially "Ask Mister Lizard" which I love and think should have got it's own show.

    RELEASE THE WHOLE THING ON DVD, PLEASE?
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    • Jul 8, 2005

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 31, 1995 (Canada)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dinosaurios
    • Production companies
      • Jim Henson Productions
      • Michael Jacobs Productions
      • The Jim Henson Company
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      • 30min
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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