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Jim Henson’s Dinosaurs turns 35: An interview with writer/designer Kirk Thatcher

Polygon.com·Brian VanHooker·about 1 month ago
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Along with Steve Urkel ’s high-pitched confession “Did I do that?” and Joey Tribiani’s surprisingly suave come-on “How you doin’?,” one of the most recognizable sitcom catchphrases of the ‘90s was, “Not the mama!” The ABC sitcom Dinosaurs , about a Megalosaurus family living 60 million years ago, imagined a prehistoric era when dinosaurs began to settle down, get married, have children, and live in houses. The show starred Stuart Pankin as the voice of Earl Sinclair, a dim-witted, temperamental tree-pusher with a wife, Fran (Jessica Walter), and two teenage children, Robbie (Jason Willinger) and Charlene (Sally Struthers). Finally there was the Baby (Kevin Clash), an adorable-yet-violent newborn who loved to inflict pain on his father while shouting, “Not the mama!” That catchphrase, as well as Dinosaurs' notoriously dark series finale — which concludes with the family's imminent extinction — are what people remember most about Dinosaurs , but there was much, much more to the show.…

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