No. We’re not talking about that fat retarded purple dinosaur that likes to hang out with little kids all day and annoy the crap out of anyone over age 6. We’re talking about REAL dinosaurs. Blue Collar Dinosaurs. A hard working,  middle class family trying to keep up with the jones’s in the crazy mixed up world that was 60,000,003 BC.

Just Some Working Class Dinos

According to the wikipedia entry, there were some pretty strong political undertones that played into this whole show that I was completely ambivalent to when I was a kid. In addition to that, I was unaware that essentially every character name in the show was somehow associated with an oil company. Every character name except for everyone’s favorite character.

You can't handle the truth!

There were entire episodes dedicated to this baby dinosaur going batshit insane for various reasons where he always ends up hitting father in the head with a frying pan and shouting “Not the mama!”  As an 8 year old, this cracked my ass up. Little did I know that this show would remain funny when I was an adult. I recently rewatched one of my favoritte episodes from my childhood titled: When Food Goes Bad. The episode revolved around the two teenagers being left alone to watch the baby while Fran and Earl go out to enjoy themselves at a nice restaurant. The baby is tricked into opening the fridge (by some food) and releases General Chow and his minions onto the unsuspecting teenagers and the baby. They demand the following as a ransom:

• Jogging outfits
• Comprehensive Dental Plan
• $40 million and a helicopter
• Own Saturday morning cartoon show

If you watched this show when you were a kid and you were amused, you should go back and rewatch. It’s still hilarious, but you finally get all the other jokes and not just the frying pan on the head schtick. However, if you’re still into the frying pan on the head, then you’ll enjoy the opening to the show:

While we’re on the topic of dinosaurs and stuff that was cool, I’d like to give a nod to Jurassic Park. Not only did you show the world that you can’t just toy with life or it’ll come back and eat your ass while your sitting on the john. But you helped to make it common knowledge that a Tyrannosaurus Rex has vision based on movement and that Velociraptors are more than just ‘clever girls.’ Thank you Stephen Spielberg.

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