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| Stuart Pankin | ... |
Earl Sinclair
(65 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Jessica Walter | ... |
Fran Sinclair
(65 episodes, 1991-1994)
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Jason Willinger | ... |
Robbie Sinclair
(65 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Leif Tilden | ... |
Robbie Sinclair
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(65 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Allan Trautman | ... |
Fran Sinclair
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(65 episodes, 1991-1994)
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Bruce Lanoil | ... |
Charlene Sinclair
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(65 episodes, 1991-1994)
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David Greenaway | ... |
Roy Hess
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(65 episodes, 1991-1994)
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John Kennedy | ... |
Baby Sinclair
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(65 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Sally Struthers | ... |
Charlene Sinclair
(64 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Kevin Clash | ... |
Baby Sinclair
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(64 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Bill Barretta | ... |
Earl Sinclair
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(64 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Michelan Sisti | ... |
Charlene Sinclair
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(63 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Pons Maar | ... |
Roy Hess
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(62 episodes, 1991-1994)
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Tom Fisher | ... |
Additional Dinosaur Performer
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(62 episodes, 1991-1994)
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Jack Tate | ... |
Additional Dinosaur Performer
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(61 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Steve Whitmire | ... |
Robbie Sinclair
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(58 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Mak Wilson | ... |
Earl Sinclair
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(53 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Tony Sabin Prince | ... |
Fran Sinclair
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(53 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Julianne Buescher | ... |
Additional Dinosaur Performer
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(52 episodes, 1991-1994)
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Star Townsend | ... |
Additional Dinosaur Performer
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(51 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Sam McMurray | ... |
Roy Hess
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(50 episodes, 1991-1994)
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Rickey Boyd | ... |
Additional Dinosaur Performer
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(34 episodes, 1992-1994)
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| Florence Stanley | ... |
Grandma Ethyl Phillips
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(33 episodes, 1991-1994)
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| Sherman Hemsley | ... |
B.P. Richfield
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(29 episodes, 1991-1994)
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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 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. Written by Dave Blake
The comedy never ends in this amazing show--it ranges from small but hilarious expressions to in-depth jokes. The characters are entertaining and believable, and their situations are unique and enhanced by their different ways of dealing with them. The dinosaurs themselves are very realistic, and make you want to truly believe in their prehistoric world that is so much like our own. There are also important and much-needed lessons to be learned from this wonderful show, and the humour is almost completely clean.