April 26, 1991 - July 20, 1994
ABC Situation Comedy
65 Episodes
Cast:
| Earl Sinclair: | Stuart Pankin |
| Fran Sinclair: | Jessica Walter |
| Robbie Sinclair: | Jason Willinger |
| Charlene Sinclair: | Sally Struthers |
| Baby Sinclair: | Kevin Clash |
| Grandma Ethyl: | Florence Stanley |
| Roy Hess: | Sam McMurray |
| B.P. Richfield: | Sherman Hemsley |
Modern-day life and its foibles were seen through the
eyes of a domesticated family of dinosaurs in this unusual
comedy, created by Jim Henson before his death. The
puppet-like figures were brought to life by "audio-animatronics"
at Henson Productions' Creature Shop by his son, Brian,
and the same men responsible for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
The puppets were funny and strikingly realistic, but the plot
was Stone Age sitcom, derived from The Honeymooners
by way of The Flintstones. The year was 60,000,003 B.C. on
the Super-continent of Pangaea. Earl Sinclair was a henpecked,
blustery, cigar-smoking megalosaurus who worked as a tree-
pusher for the Wesayso Development Corporation, which
leveled forests to make way for suburban tract homes like his
own. His sensible wife Fran ran both the household and Earl's
life. Teenage son Robbie was in his rebellious phase, but
also the most enlightened member of the family, questioning
all the foolish dinosaur customs; Charlene was his shop-till-
you drop sister; and Baby, the most recently hatched member
of the family, a smart-mouthed brat who got on Earl's nerves.
Everyone, in fact, got on Earl's nerves, especially his nagging
mother-in-law, Ethyl, who despised him, and his tyrannical
boss B.P. Richfield, a triceratops with fearsome teeth. Earl's
best friend, a confirmed bachelor tyrannosaurus who lived in a
condo at the marina, was Roy Hess. Occasionally, for comic
relief, a few caveman humans were seen scampering around
like wild animals trying to invent the wheel. Although the
series ended its regular run at the end of the 1992-1993
season, a few original additional episodes aired in 1994.
Click HERE to download theme song.
(Theme song provided by Todd Fuller's Sitcoms Online.)
Click on the images above to purchase seasons one through four on DVD!
Click HERE to purchase Dinosaurs videos!
Look for Dinosaurs on The Disney Channel.
Episode Guide
From EpGuides.com
Dinosaurs
From TV.com
Dinosaurs
From Wikipedia
Dinosaurs Message Board
From Todd Fuller's Sitcoms Online
These links were last tested November 2018.
Check out this classic TV Guide cover...
