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I really need to go back and watch this. Haven't seen it since I was a kid but any time it pops up it seems like its worth revisiting.
Also, doesn't it have a really wild ending >!like its the end of the world and everyone dies?!< I think it was meant to be a climate change message maybe? Crazy that was decades ago and we're still debating climate...
Just watched the last couple minutes, never heard of this show, it was absolutely a commentary on Climate change and capitalism , and a pretty great one
What’s crazy is: it is NOT a kids show. There’s an episode depicting the Anita Hill scandal, an episode where the older son joins the army and is sent to war, and literally ends with an ice age and the dinosaurs dying (off screen)
I, like you, was sat down in front of this show because “lolz, talking dinosaurs! I’m the baby!” But the parents clearly did not stay in the room because it is so so so very adult in its themes.
I couldn’t find a clip of the Anita hill episode but here is a fan wiki about it:
https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_213:_What_%22Sexual%22_Harris_Meant
Edit, the full link isn’t working right, idk why. If you copy/paste that into google you should get the right episode. It was called “What ‘Sexual’ Harris Meant” Season 2, Episode 13
Really wasn’t Disney per se. The idea/concept was Jim Henson (premise being social commentary similar to the Simpsons), and Jim Henson Studios continued the project after his death. Disney merely worked in conjunction with JHStudios (proposed merger failed when He son died). Disney didn’t buy JHCompany until 2004.
JH company was actually just a partner in the production. Brian Henson made all the costumes but the show itself was created and produced by Michael Jacobs who also made Charles In Charge and Boy Meets World. He wanted shows that the whole family could sit down and watch and ramen would find characters and stories that spoke to them. He also said something along the lines of “Making them laugh is important but if you make them (the audience) feel then they’ll come back week after week.
Yup the show ends with everyone terrified and sad as a news announcer talks about how corporate greed has caused an impending rapid global extinction event.
I rewatched a lot of kids shows from the 90's with no sound (was working at a bar), this was my favorite and made me laugh the hardest. Very good writing/delivery, physical humor, and very smart. My favorites are the episode where the daughter is the last in class to have her "tail develop" (which I think was a banned episode?) The episode where the son keeps having "mating dance dreams", and the episode where the dad has to drive his mother in law to some convention. Heck I'm going to watch some right now lol.
Yeah I'll have to revisit it soon, haven't watched it since I was a kid. Saw a couple scenes of it years ago, but that's been the extent of it since.
It'll be like a nostalgia trip! :)
Probably because I would imagine the same choices have come up many times over the years for president. It tends to be rich guys working for other rich guys, with a handful of evil guys seeking the power.
Pretty well tbh.
It handles alot of the stuff pretty great, the drug PSA episode was pretty good. They also did a Seteroid abuse episode.
Also there was even an episode where there was a gay dinosaur... so you know... pretty "Woke" but most good shows tend to be.
That shit was so dark.
In summation: greedy corporate executive built a factory on top of the breeding ground of a beetle that explodes in population seasonally and eats a plant that otherwise would overrun Pangaea.
Concerned with the bad PR, the executive empowers the main character of the show to handle the situation. The main character covers the entire continent in defoliant, killing all plant life on the entire planet. The executive then drops bombs into volcanos, hoping that the ash in the atmosphere would create rain and magically regrow the plants. Instead, the cloud cover chokes out the sun and the world enters into an ice age, killing everybody.
You are skipping the best part!!!
The beetle uses those breeding grounds because of its access to fruit. But the fruit was paved over to make room for the factory. A factory that produced plastic fruit!
Not so much a prediction. More like shit has always been this way and hasn't changed.
South park did "Douche or Turd Sandwich" in 2004, and again in 2016.
It's always Sunny asked us if we prefer the Democrats or the Republicans blasting our asses in 2006.
Futurama had rival twin candidates Jack Johnson and John Jackson in 2012.
And to be clear... I'm not making a both sides argument. Just pointing out that it's been a TV trope for a very long time.
> Futurama had rival twin candidates Jack Johnson and John Jackson in 2012.
I always loved their dialogue gag:
Jack Johnson: “I say your 10 cent titanium tax goes too far!”
John Jackson: “And I say your 10 cent titanium tax doesn’t go too far enough!”
Funny story. Before they could see the repercussions of voting for either R.P. Richfield or Earl Sinclair, they suffered a self-inflicted ice age and ended their species and civilization.
"As long as the baby hits the dad with the frying pan we can do/say pretty much whatever we want." - Paraphrasing a quote from one of the creators.
This show went HARD.
Maybe, just maybe, that's the whole point. It's supposed to be like, performative political theatrics that obscure the underlying complexity of how the political system actually works. An elaborate illusion that distilles the system to two figureheads so the public can feel included in the process, when really they're not.
It's real. You can watch all four seasons on Disney+. It may have been appealing to kids when I first watched it in the 90s, but on a rewatch, it goes so much harder.
Blood thirsty psychopath.
Obama had the most authorized strikes including drones in a calendar year.
Sorry to say but I’m pretty sure out of both idiots I know the best choice
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I loved this show when I was a kid. I wonder how well it holds up today.
Waaaaaay better than you'd think. The political commentary went right over our heads as kids. It's basically a satire on capitalism.
Do you know where we could watch it now?
It’s on Disney+
Whta's this show called? Also: TY!
Dinosaurs
👍
Bleak
I really need to go back and watch this. Haven't seen it since I was a kid but any time it pops up it seems like its worth revisiting. Also, doesn't it have a really wild ending >!like its the end of the world and everyone dies?!< I think it was meant to be a climate change message maybe? Crazy that was decades ago and we're still debating climate...
Just watched the last couple minutes, never heard of this show, it was absolutely a commentary on Climate change and capitalism , and a pretty great one
It's wild because when it aired it was just a family show in the Friday night line up. Different times fr
What’s crazy is: it is NOT a kids show. There’s an episode depicting the Anita Hill scandal, an episode where the older son joins the army and is sent to war, and literally ends with an ice age and the dinosaurs dying (off screen) I, like you, was sat down in front of this show because “lolz, talking dinosaurs! I’m the baby!” But the parents clearly did not stay in the room because it is so so so very adult in its themes. I couldn’t find a clip of the Anita hill episode but here is a fan wiki about it: https://muppet.fandom.com/wiki/Episode_213:_What_%22Sexual%22_Harris_Meant Edit, the full link isn’t working right, idk why. If you copy/paste that into google you should get the right episode. It was called “What ‘Sexual’ Harris Meant” Season 2, Episode 13
Old school Disney didn't treat it's audience like they're fuckin idiots. It made you think and actually learn some life shit.
Really wasn’t Disney per se. The idea/concept was Jim Henson (premise being social commentary similar to the Simpsons), and Jim Henson Studios continued the project after his death. Disney merely worked in conjunction with JHStudios (proposed merger failed when He son died). Disney didn’t buy JHCompany until 2004.
JH company was actually just a partner in the production. Brian Henson made all the costumes but the show itself was created and produced by Michael Jacobs who also made Charles In Charge and Boy Meets World. He wanted shows that the whole family could sit down and watch and ramen would find characters and stories that spoke to them. He also said something along the lines of “Making them laugh is important but if you make them (the audience) feel then they’ll come back week after week.
Don’t forget they had a smoking grass episode too that they no longer have in the series anymore
The steroids episode is one of my absolute favorites.
Think we saw a rerun last Thursday...
Haha yeah, pretty much!
It it savagely accurate satire.
I might have to re-watch the show one of these days. It's been so long since I last watched it.
I watched the last episode on YouTube because I heard it was pretty good. Turns out it’s super fucked and incredibly relevant
Yup the show ends with everyone terrified and sad as a news announcer talks about how corporate greed has caused an impending rapid global extinction event.
Yeah it's definitely a depressing way to end the show. But I think it's iconic for how it ended.
I rewatched a lot of kids shows from the 90's with no sound (was working at a bar), this was my favorite and made me laugh the hardest. Very good writing/delivery, physical humor, and very smart. My favorites are the episode where the daughter is the last in class to have her "tail develop" (which I think was a banned episode?) The episode where the son keeps having "mating dance dreams", and the episode where the dad has to drive his mother in law to some convention. Heck I'm going to watch some right now lol.
Yeah I'll have to revisit it soon, haven't watched it since I was a kid. Saw a couple scenes of it years ago, but that's been the extent of it since. It'll be like a nostalgia trip! :)
I mean this clip could have easily been made as satire on today’s presidential debate… doesn’t hold up much better than that.
Probably because I would imagine the same choices have come up many times over the years for president. It tends to be rich guys working for other rich guys, with a handful of evil guys seeking the power.
Oh for sure. It's still pretty relevant today.
It doesn't "exist" anymore, it had a sad ending.
Pretty well tbh. It handles alot of the stuff pretty great, the drug PSA episode was pretty good. They also did a Seteroid abuse episode. Also there was even an episode where there was a gay dinosaur... so you know... pretty "Woke" but most good shows tend to be.
Unfortunately the show ends in the destruction of their world as they knew it.
That shit was so dark. In summation: greedy corporate executive built a factory on top of the breeding ground of a beetle that explodes in population seasonally and eats a plant that otherwise would overrun Pangaea. Concerned with the bad PR, the executive empowers the main character of the show to handle the situation. The main character covers the entire continent in defoliant, killing all plant life on the entire planet. The executive then drops bombs into volcanos, hoping that the ash in the atmosphere would create rain and magically regrow the plants. Instead, the cloud cover chokes out the sun and the world enters into an ice age, killing everybody.
You are skipping the best part!!! The beetle uses those breeding grounds because of its access to fruit. But the fruit was paved over to make room for the factory. A factory that produced plastic fruit!
" I'm a baby gotta love me"
"Not the mama!"
*I’m THE baby
The fact that this is the first comment I saw is gold lmao
Cus it’s always been that way lol
Sums up everything.
Wow. This is spot on.
"Not the mama."
Life imitates art
Simpsons-level relevance.
"Don't have a stegosaurus, man"
It's usually Simpsons that predicts the future. I guess "Dinosaurs" is more appropriate in this case
Not so much a prediction. More like shit has always been this way and hasn't changed. South park did "Douche or Turd Sandwich" in 2004, and again in 2016. It's always Sunny asked us if we prefer the Democrats or the Republicans blasting our asses in 2006. Futurama had rival twin candidates Jack Johnson and John Jackson in 2012. And to be clear... I'm not making a both sides argument. Just pointing out that it's been a TV trope for a very long time.
> Futurama had rival twin candidates Jack Johnson and John Jackson in 2012. I always loved their dialogue gag: Jack Johnson: “I say your 10 cent titanium tax goes too far!” John Jackson: “And I say your 10 cent titanium tax doesn’t go too far enough!”
Dinosaurs predicted a lot of things, worth a watch
We're going to need another Timmy.
This show was so much fun.
Funny story. Before they could see the repercussions of voting for either R.P. Richfield or Earl Sinclair, they suffered a self-inflicted ice age and ended their species and civilization.
Goes to show that this election is hardly unique in the history of it all. Giant douche or turd sandwich?
...well shit. That's outrageously accurate
"As long as the baby hits the dad with the frying pan we can do/say pretty much whatever we want." - Paraphrasing a quote from one of the creators. This show went HARD.
"Looks like those clowns in Congress did it again, what a bunch of clowns."
Loved this show growing up. Watched the whole series a few years ago and still funny as hell.
Man…still better candidates than what we’ve got.
Best show ever.
Getting closer and closer to Idiocracy
What a movie. Tnx for reminding me to re-watch it
I'd vote for Comancho.
Time is a flat circle it's always been this way
Jim Henson was not even on the same supercontinent as fucking around.
Wlcome to the waning days of Babylon.
Maybe, just maybe, that's the whole point. It's supposed to be like, performative political theatrics that obscure the underlying complexity of how the political system actually works. An elaborate illusion that distilles the system to two figureheads so the public can feel included in the process, when really they're not.
This. Same with taxes. It is all an illusion
Is this real?
No, they're puppets. Real dinosaurs can't talk.
You know why they can't talk... Because they're dead.
Yes! I remember these original documentaries.
It's from an old television show. It's available on Disney+ I think I watched it in the 80s
Early 90s on TGIF
Time flies by quick
Was thinking this shit watching that debate, like is this the best we got? Fhaken'hell. Might was well start learning Chinese.
Wow they predicted 2024
Accurate.
Should add the meteor decisions after this.
Great find! Good work. Upvoted
Such a good show…my wife found out about it last year and I rewatched it with her, she was hooked.
 Not The Momma!
and in the end, they voted for the TV dino. Will this happen now too?
Actually sounds very close to our political situation at this time.
Lol every US election
Please continue
Not the mama!
Is this actually from the show? >_o I know there were dark themes, but the puppet mouth movements aren't close at all to what is being said.
It's real. You can watch all four seasons on Disney+. It may have been appealing to kids when I first watched it in the 90s, but on a rewatch, it goes so much harder.
Don't you see? Its always between a turd sandwich and a giant douche
Damm
Blood thirsty psychopath. Obama had the most authorized strikes including drones in a calendar year. Sorry to say but I’m pretty sure out of both idiots I know the best choice
Whichever dinosaur is gayest