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.
- Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 6 wins & 5 nominations total
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- TriviaEarl 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.
- Quotes
Earl: Good morning, my family who loves me.
Baby: Not the mama.
Earl: All right, that ends right now. I've had it up to here with this "not the mama". I am not "not the nama", I'm your daddy, and you only get one, buster, and that's what you're gonna call me. Daddy. Now say "Daddy".
[Baby refuses]
Earl: Say "Daddy".
[Baby still refuses]
Earl: Okay, all right, all right. Say "da".
Baby: Da.
Earl: Say "dee".
Baby: Dee.
Earl: Da...
Baby: Da...
Earl: Dee.
Baby: Dee.
Earl: Daddy!
Baby: Daddy!
Earl: Frannie!
Baby: Daddy.
Earl: [chuckles] Fran!
Baby: Daddy.
Earl: He loves me, listen to him!
Baby: Daddy, Daddy!
[sings]
Baby: Daddy, Da-Daddy, Da-Daddy, Daddy, Daddy. NOT THE MAMA!
- Crazy creditsThe 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 versionsOriginal airings of season one featured a laugh track, which was deleted from all network repeats, syndicated re-runs, and home video releases.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Best of Disney: 50 Years of Magic (1991)
- SoundtracksI'm a Dinosaur (I Can Do Whatever I Want)
Performed by Baby Sinclair
Fran & Earl getting their marriage license renewed ("Earl, let's go upstairs and pretend it's Thursday" is a line I *still* quote to this day).
Robbie "coming out"...as a vegetarian. ("I can't be an herbivore! My dad's a carnivore, my mom's a carnivore..." "Well, it's not necessarily hereditary.").
Robbie's howling (featuring Robbie buying the "So You Want to Learn to Howl" 8-track).
The two-episode "Nuts to War" ("What happened to your eye?" "A pointed stick with my name on it." "Gee, what are the odds?").
And although the finale was extremely heavy-handed and depressing, I give them credit for doing a completely unexpected and serious one instead of the traditional "and they all lived happily ever after".
Best self-referential joke: Real watching sock puppets on TV. "Hey, Fran, you gotta see this. Sure, they're puppets, but they're really funny." To which Fran says, "Forget it - I'm not watching puppets." Probably the reason the show didn't make it.
- justplainalf
- Apr 15, 2005
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