Dinosaurs 

Dinosaurs follows the life of a family of dinosaurs, living in a modern world. They have TVs, fridges, etc. The only humans around are cavemen, who are viewed as pets and wild animals.

Creators:

Michael Jacobs, Bob Young

Stars:

Stuart Pankin, Jessica Walter, Jason Willinger

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 4 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Stuart Pankin	...	Earl Sinclair 65 episodes, 1991-1994
Jessica Walter	...	Fran Sinclair 65 episodes, 1991-1994
Jason Willinger	...	Robbie Sinclair 65 episodes, 1991-1994
Leif Tilden	...	Robbie Sinclair / ... 65 episodes, 1991-1994
Allan Trautman	...	Fran Sinclair / ... 65 episodes, 1991-1994
Bruce Lanoil	...	Charlene Sinclair / ... 65 episodes, 1991-1994
David Greenaway	...	Roy Hess / ... 65 episodes, 1991-1994
John Kennedy	...	Baby Sinclair / ... 65 episodes, 1991-1994
Sally Struthers	...	Charlene Sinclair 64 episodes, 1991-1994
Kevin Clash	...	Baby Sinclair / ... 64 episodes, 1991-1994
Bill Barretta	...	Earl Sinclair / ... 64 episodes, 1991-1994
Michelan Sisti	...	Charlene Sinclair / ... 63 episodes, 1991-1994
Pons Maar	...	Roy Hess / ... 62 episodes, 1991-1994
Tom Fisher	...	Additional Dinosaur Performer / ... 62 episodes, 1991-1994
Jack Tate	...	Additional Dinosaur Performer / ... 61 episodes, 1991-1994
Steve Whitmire	...	Robbie Sinclair / ... 58 episodes, 1991-1994
Mak Wilson	...	Earl Sinclair / ... 53 episodes, 1991-1994
Tony Sabin Prince	...	Fran Sinclair / ... 53 episodes, 1991-1994
Julianne Buescher	...	Additional Dinosaur Performer / ... 52 episodes, 1991-1994
Star Townsend	...	Additional Dinosaur Performer / ... 51 episodes, 1991-1994
Sam McMurray	...	Roy Hess / ... 50 episodes, 1991-1994
Rickey Boyd	...	Additional Dinosaur Performer / ... 34 episodes, 1992-1994
Florence Stanley	...	Grandma Ethyl Phillips / ... 33 episodes, 1991-1994
Sherman Hemsley	...	B.P. Richfield 29 episodes, 1991-1994

Storyline

The Dinosaurs are an animatronics stone-age working-class family created by Jim Henson for Disney. Incredibly overweight, even for a dinosaur, Earl Sinclair is married to Fran and tries/fails to support 14-year-old valley girl Charlene, 16-year-old Robbie (whose crest eventually turns into a mohawk and gets dyed purple), widowed, cranky Grandma Ethel, and terrible-twos Baby, the true master of the house. Sharp social commentary is 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.

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Plot Keywords:

cavewoman | prehistory | dinosaur | caveman | baby | 

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Taglines:

The Funniest Family in 60 Million Years!

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Genres:

Comedy | Family | Fantasy

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 April 1991 (USA)

Also Known As:

Dinosaurios

Company Credits

Production Co:

Jim Henson Productions,Michael Jacobs Productions,The Jim Henson Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min 25 min (65 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Earl is often seen sighing as he walks across a room. This was done to allow the person inside the costume the chance to see where he was going, as the mouth was the only area the could be seen out of when it was opened.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Baby: I'm the baby; gotta love me!

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Crazy Credits

Although the credits list actors/puppeteers for the characters individually in the credits, the Howard Handupme newscaster character, despite being in multiple episodes, is never listed separately and credited directly (presumably his portrayer(s) is/are listed under the "other actors" credits).

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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.

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Shows Within a Show (2016)

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Soundtracks

Be a Herbivore
Performed by Earl Sinclair and the Food in the Refrigerator

User Reviews

One of the ten greatest sitcoms ever.

This show is hilarious! Whether it's Baby hitting Earl with a frying pan while saying, "Not the mama!" or Robbie accidentally becoming leader of a gang, or Charlene and Fran having another discussion about money... ...this is a show that was guaranteed to make me laugh out loud. People say it's a ripoff of the Simpsons. Well, in my view it's BETTER than the Simpsons.

And then the stupid TV execs decide to give it the axe. Grrrr! But it had one of the best and most heart-tugging final episodes of any TV series.

In fact, the time is right for a new series, in my view...