Talk:Dinosaurs (TV series)

message: What ever happened to the costumes?﻿ are they still around and if so, who owns them?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mdc19 (talk • contribs) 08:39, 3 September 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: What happened to the shows costumes?

message: Every single "topical issue" has had a "citation needed" added to it? Is this necessary... we are talking about a television show here. Anyone who has seen the show knows these issues were covered. Is it really necessary to have a episode name and/or broadcast date for everyone? How could we possibly get those? If no one objects I will delete the ridiculous and pedantic "citation needed", "citation needed", "citation needed" from the topical issues section.Grant Gussie (talk) 19:22, 21 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Are all the Citations Needed Requests necessary

message: "There are many reused side characters in a full body suit with an articulated faces/head include an orange/brown Ceratosaurus, a generic green Theropod, a purple Stenonychosaurus, a tan, turtle-faced dinosaur, and two indistinct females."
Those where used but... Which goal in mind? (for example, there is aside character who operatesthe news, pretty much the same guy always)
:The news anchor, Howard Handupme, is always the same character, and always in the same costume (actually, it's a hand puppet).  But some costumes are used for more than one character.  For instance, there's one dinosaur named Sexual Harris who played a large role in one episode.  The same costume has been used for a different dinosaur, the one who works at the marriage licensing building.  I think the costume was also used for the job wizard.  It's easy to see that these dinosaurs all look the same; you're supposed to suspend your disbelief.  This allowed the creators of the show to not spend all the money on many different costumes.  I hope I answered your question.  --Brandon Dilbeck 22:53, 29 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Generic info leads nowhere

message: Could Roy Hess be a reference to Harry_Hess the geologist that created the theory of sea floor spreading? This fact would be relevant reference to the setting of Pangaea. Blue Leopard 21:25, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: More probably it's a reference to Hess stations. Recury 00:45, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Roy Hess

message: Isn't the name 'Earl' a pun on the southern pronunciation of 'oil'?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 209.122.29.211 (talk) 20:11, 10 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Earl Sinclair

message: The article states that 
The show has also aired in the UK on Disney Channel.
However I remember watching it, so it must also have been on one of the four main channels can't remember which though so I can't edit the article to add it.
pjb007 21:47, 7 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dinosaurs on UK TV 

message: Does anyone have actual sources to back up the claims that the show is alluding to homosexuality in the guise of herbivorism? This could refer to any number of things. It should be removed if there is no proof. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.229.189.123 (talk • contribs) 
  
:I disagee. Whether or not anyone has any proof that the references to herbivorism were allusions to homosexuality, say for example in a recorded interview with a writer or producer saying so, the referenced passage should remain in place in my opinion. The entire tone of the "herbivorism" references on the show, as well as those to "cross eating," are so highly reminiscent of how unconventional sexual practices were discussed in the trashy current events programming of that time that the intended connection is obvious. -- Grant Gussie 10:44, 21 May 2007
:I think I was the one who initially added this to the article. The controversy of herbivorism in the show is VERY similar to the controversy in our society concerning homosexuality, or at least at the time the show aired. -- WiccaIrish 18:48, 31 May 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: imo it was meant as an allusion to drug use as well as homosexuality; like when Earl and Fran find the celery in the zip up bag hidden in Robbie's sock draw. --86.146.162.73 (talk) 21:26, 2 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Allusions to homosexuality?

message: In the paragraph about the episode "I Never Ate For My Father" the link for "irreverence" links to Reverence / Irreverence Mullhawk (talk) 02:33, 27 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Inappropriate Link

message: Is such a gigantic list necessary? Couldn't you just use a few examples? Such a large list just so...unattractive. -Sukecchi (talk) 13:45, 27 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  List of TV Shows 

message: The bosses name is British Petroleum Richards? I know the show was meant to have a petrol theme, but naming a character "British Richards" just to fit with the theme sounds a bit off to me. Is there anyway to verify that the characters name really was British? JayKeaton (talk) 16:09, 12 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Earl's boss, named B.P. Richfield 

message: The introduction to the article describes this series as "one of the most popular children's television programs of the mid-90s", but the article cited to back up this claim seems to compare it to The Simpsons, which is arguably not a children's show, and nowhere in the cited article can I find the series described as a children's show.  The show's satirical nature, and Baby's relationship to his father, suggest to me that it wasn't intended as a children's show. B7T (talk) 11:09, 10 November 2010 (UTC)
replies: text: Agreed. 174.18.5.2 (talk) 18:29, 12 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Americans are so unsophisticated (that's the polite way of putting it), they think animated cartoons and puppet shows are kiddie entertainment. This unquestionably hurt Jim Henson's attempts to produce programming intelligent adults would appreciate. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 09:42, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Children's television"? 

message: "racism (in the form of a dispute between the two-legged dinosaurs and the four-legged dinosaurs)"
Having literally just watched this episode, I thought it was more a commentary on going to war for oil. What with the We Are Right logo and the repeated references to "fighting for pistachios" 80.192.232.123 (talk) 22:35, 30 September 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  References to war 

message: "Richfield dismisses this as a cold snap and states that WESAYSO is currently producing blankets, heaters, and hot cocoa to help guarantee the dinosaurs' survival"
Actually, I'd say he seems more interested in the profit he is making from selling those things, rather than displaying any interest in helping dinosaurs survive. I realise it is a just a little thing, but the first version makes Richfield sound like a philanthropist who is doing it out of the goodness of his heart, where as he is just happy he is making lots and lots of money.
Which fits in with the theme of the episode - big business screwing everyone over for profit.
80.192.232.123 (talk) 21:33, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changing Nature 

message: While I get the reference to masturbation in regard to Robbie doing The Mating Dance, I got the idea that the episode was more related to the way sex education was taught in schools - safe-sex vs abstinence, the fact it is done in "the confines of a safe, monogamous relationship" and so forth.
80.192.232.123 (talk) 22:37, 4 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Mating Dance 

message: Is Jason Alexander the voice of Mr. Molehill in "Switched At Birth" (Season 2, Episode 4)? It sounds (to me anyway) like Jason Alexander. Is there anyway to prove/disprove this? Vyselink (talk) 02:58, 1 November 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Jason Alexander?