#Dinosaurs TV show

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Every time Sinclair starts writing abnormality logs

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Heartbroken after learning about Jim Henson's The Land of Gorch from Saturday Night Live, in wich he tried to prove puppets media could be for adults too but the SNL writters looked down on it and didn't let it reach its full potential. (Maybe it should have been MadTV.)

Obsessed with how one of the Land of Gorch characters was essentially a prototype of the skeksis from Dark Crystal, a movie that proved puppets media could be for all ages.

Obsessed and heartbroken with how The Land of Gorch itself was essentially a prototype to Dinosaurs, a series that was a huge hit and proved even harder than Dark Crystal that puppets media could be for all ages, but that Jim Henson didn't live long enough to see.

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guys help me im hyperfixating on Dinosaurs 1991

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Is this anything

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These guys, I think I drew them in January

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Muppet Fact #666

There has been almost 20 instances of demons or the devil appearing in Muppet related media. About three times in The Muppet Show, technically six times in Dinosaurs, twice in Muppet Babies, once in Muppets Tonight, The Muppets, The Jim Henson Hour, The Storyteller, Sesame Street, and Miss Piggy's Guide to Life.

The instances in The Muppets, Muppet Babies, and Miss Piggy's Guide to Life are all examples of the devil (and angel) on your shoulder. The "devil" in Sesame Street is just Maria in a Halloween costume.

Sources:

Sesame Street. Episode 0911. May 10, 1976.

The Muppet Show. Episode 307: Alice Cooper. November 2, 1978.

The Muppet Show. Episode 420: Alan Arkin. March 7, 1980.

The Muppet Show. Episode 509: Debbie Harry. January 25, 1981.

Miss Piggy's Guide to Life. Miss Piggy, as told to Henry Beard. Photos by John E. Barrett. Muppet Press/Alfred A. Knopf. 1981.

Muppet Babies. Episode 204: "The Great Cookie Robbery." October 5, 1985.

Muppet Babies. Episode 412: "The Frog Who Knew Too Much." December 5, 1987.

The Storyteller. Episode 106: "The Soldier and Death." April 28, 1989.

The Jim Henson Hour. Episode 106: Monster Maker. July 9, 1989.

Dinosaurs. Episode 203: "I Never Ate for My Father." October 2, 1991.

Dinosaurs. Episode 222: "Slave to Fashion." March 30, 1992.

Dinosaurs. Episode 311: "Wilderness Weekend." December 18, 1992.

Dinosaurs. Episode 406: "Terrible Twos." July 13, 1994.

Dinosaurs. Episode 408: "Into the Woods." Aired via syndication.

Dinosaurs. Episode 412: "Life in the Faust Lane." Aired via syndication.

No Strings Attached. Matt Bacon. MacMillan. 1997.

Muppets Tonight. Episode 202: Rick Moranis. September 14, 1997.

The Muppets. November 23, 2011.

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Murder, She Wrote guest stars in ‘A Death in Hong Kong’

David Warner- one of my favourite character actors. For you Trek fans out there, he’s the Cardassian who tried to convince Captain Picard (ST:TNG) that there are three lights, not four, and Chancellor Gordon in ST:VI. But he’s been in over 250 projects, including— and certainly not limited to— Z Cars, Twin Peaks, Mystery!, Father Dowling Investigates, Wild Palms, Babylon 5, Titanic (1997), A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1968), Scream 2, Planet of the Apes (2001), The Omen, Providence, Holocaust (1978 miniseries), Time Bandits, Tron, Star Trek V, Perry Mason films, Dinosaurs TV show, Doctor Who tv show and audio dramas) (Last of two appearances on MSW).

Soon-Tek Oh - A brilliant character actor who certainly deserves recognition. You may recognise him from M*A*S*H, Trapper John MD, Hawaii 5-0, Kung Fu, Night Gallery, The Wild Wild West (TV), Charlie's Angels, Quincy ME, Magnum PI, Stargate SG1, Mulan (1998, voice).

Barrie Ingham - Second of two appearances. If you know him, you'll probably know him from primarily British television. Danger Man, Dr Who, Armchair Mystery Theatre, Invasion, The Avengers TV show, Remington Steele. He did a bit in the US- mainly Matlock, The Jeffersons, and ST:TNG.

10.1 Episode aired Sep 12, 1993

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[sundere1181]

"Why is the right thing to do always the one where i have to spend my money on nothing i get?" he's so real for that tbh

[pikkington]

Where’s that post where it shows the last scene of the Dinosaurs sitcom series finale, someone mentions how much it screwed them up as a teen, and it devolves into laughing about how the dinosaur reporter’s last name is Handupme.  Been thinking about it.

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Reviewing every song on the Dinosaurs Big Songs album

I was originally just gonna talk about my favs but I have something to say about all of them apparently lol to condense it to a solid number, so I just wanted to talk about the album as a whole before I started ranking them. Disclaimer, I’m not like a music man, I don’t study music or know the fancy words, I’m just a Dinosaurs fan. Oh yeah. Spoilers for Dinosaurs if you care I guess lol.

Im a Dinosaur (I can do whatever I want) - yknow when you listen to a song and you’re like “yeah i would’ve eaten this up as a kid”. This feels less specific to Baby and more for the children that loved dinosaurs, like the actual animals, and wanted to be one. That was me. So I can rock with that. It’s a little boring and repetitive lyrically but it’s an alright opener, even if it doesn’t really match the vibe of the rest of the album super great imo.

In a Perfect World - Charlene slays. This is so Perfect Day from Legally Blonde core. It’s Charlene singing about how a perfect world for her would be if she could just go shopping all day and date infinitey amount of cute boys and honestly I respect that, love her.

I Wanna Be King - They won me over with the first lines of this song “if I was king of the world, I’d solve everything with mindless teenage enthusiasm and rock n roll”. This is basically the edgy teenage boy version of In a Perfect World sang by Robbie and Spike but I think I like this one a smidge better because I kinda just like rock music more. It’s pretty decent. I find it kinda sad how both of the teenager characters have songs like “if I was in charge, things would be like this!” Highlighting their naivety, enthusiasm for making the world a better place (when I say better place, I mean better place from the perspective of a teenage dinosaur im being lenient) and their optimism, when you pair it with how the show ended and another song later on this list.

Grandma’s Comin - it’s okay. Idk no real feelings about this one tbh. While I’m ambivalent about the song itself, I’ve actually always been a fan of Earl’s singing voice when you get to hear it in the main show and it really shines through here. I like the choice they made to give him a more bluesy song since his voice has almost a Screamin Jay Hawkins quality to it so that was a pretty smart choice to give him this song.

Stone Age Bayou - The more I think about this song, the more annoyed I get. On one hand I really love the vibe here, Monica brings almost a Jimmy Buffet vibe to the table with this, very relaxing and very fun. But the lyrics are what I’m upset with. Monica would never sing about this! I could be wrong, but I thought one of the biggest parts of Monica’s character was how they handled her divorce and how she realized she didn’t need a relationship to be happy and she actively criticizes the misogyny in the dinosaurverse in several episodes. So why is she singing about how she wishes she had a man to live with on the shore and play it all completely serious?? Rubs me wrong in the worst way. So I liked the harmonies and beat n stuff, but also I hate the Monica character assassination here. That’s her one song too, no other cameos or nothing. Idk it’s on the lower end of the tier list for me. This could be fixed if with a few lyrical tweaks, like it could be her singing about her real estate business, since she sings about how cool her fantasy home is in this a lot.

I’m the Baby (gotta love me) - no doubt the breakout of this album and the one everyone remembers the most of these. This song is also shorter than I remember it, since they took out most of the interjections from other characters on the album version. I think this is the only song here that actually appears in the show (80% sure the episode in question in Little Boy Boo at the very end) and yeah it’s pretty good, if I’m comparing it to the other Baby song on here, it’s a lot better to me than I’m a Dinosaur and captures his character a little better. One of my favs here.

Coldblooded Guy - I love Richfield more than anything but I’m not completely sold that his voice sounds super great carrying a song all by himself. Nothing super special imo it’s just him singing about comically evil things he’s done. It’s alright.

He’s a Lizard - Not a massive fan tbh, Fran’s voice is incredible but the song itself ehh. Ethyl’s interjections are pretty funny though lol. Fran and Earl’s relationship is in the same vein as Marge and Homer to me. There’s moments in there that you can tell they genuinely care for eachother. They have a lot of disagreements and rough patches and miscommunication, but they stick together. I like these relationships but these two examples and their execution in their respective shows mostly fall flat for me. The combination of how Earl’s character arc is and also how his more iffy traits are more on display in this song, just makes me sorta sad for Fran. I think it’s great that Fran loves her mediocre husband and sees him no matter what anyone says, but more than anything I just wish Earl’s growth was more obvious by the end of the series or they tries marriage counseling or something idk. But also it’s a sitcom from the 90s so whatever. It could be a bad sign that in my head I started imagining a Squilf and Bramble amv to this lol.

Poor Slobs with Terrible Jobs - my top favorite from the album! How do I start oh man. First things first, it has some great foreshadowing to how the show ends (climate change and mass extinction) as well as noting how absolutely stupid and monotonous their jobs are as tree pushers. Pretty dark melody, I almost got a little bit of a Worthless from Brave Little Toaster in this. Not a lot but a little bit, pointing at the sense of hopelessness and how Roy has a bit here where he dreams of having an actual job he can be proud of but can’t because of his lack of education. I also like how the parts of the song where Richfield interjects, it feels more like an army chant than an actual song. I love Richfield more in this kind of role. Something something about how ceos are more unabashedly evil than ever and Richfield literally causes the ice age that killed them all because of his own greed, folly, and how none of the characters had either the bravery or power to stop him. I love how Earl clearly knows that what he does is wrong even if he doesn’t have all the knowledge to why it is, and still does it because he’s worked for the company 20 years and it’s all he knows. Scream. Prime example of one of the many reasons why I love Dinosaurs, baby!

Eon after Eon - I like how literally no actual character in specific sings this, it’s just a dinosaur themed love song. Pretty good actually I like the 80s synth in this and I feel like if you put this in an actual legit love song playlist, it would fit in pretty well, with a few small changes (feeling 40 feet tall. Lol.) it’s not even like. A romantic love song, it’s just two dinosaurs uplifting eachother and they use the word friendship multiple times. I choose to believe this is a spotlight on how platonic love is just as important and beautiful as romantic love.

Be a Herbivore - Pretty damn short, it’s more skit than actual song but the song parts were pretty okay. Before listening to it I was sorta thinking that there would be a Robbie interjection in here since in the show he actually had an herbivore identity crisis (I’m a bisexual Robbie truther) but it’s just Earl being shamed by his refrigerator. It’s nothing special, just whatever.

Snoozin Time - I love you dinosaur lullaby. I love how it slowly drifts from normal lullaby with a slight prehistoric angle, to a desperate plea of “you destroyed the entire house and ate our neighbors please sleep I’m begging”. Fran sings this and again, I love her voice. I also love the choice they made of putting this song at the very end lmao, shout out to parents of the 90s that had to stick it out to their horrible kids blasting this on loop probably.

Overall a pretty fun time! Bummed out the Earl and Pearl episode came out two years after Big Songs because I would’ve lovveddd some of Pearl’s songs on here (im a country fan I can’t help it). Sorta a shame it’s not on Spotify but if you wanna check it out, it’s easy to find on YouTube, only a half hour long.

And finally, my ranking.

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Old fanart of PEARL Sinclair, Earl's twin sister (ignore that I made her guitar too big)

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Roy: You know, I don't often let people in on this, but there was one time in my life when I had short little stubby arms. [Off Earl's incredulity] Yep, I did.

Earl: Roy, you're a tyrannosaurus.

Roy: Whaddya saying?

Earl... Nothing.

Roy: ... Oh.

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This was literally the plot of an episode of The Dinosaurs.

"Somebody hand me my nails. I'm about to give a church a visit."

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