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Tuesday, February 6, 2024
DINOBORES
DINOSAURS
ABC 1991-1994
Australian MAD #312, June 1992
a: Andrew Goodall
Another show from the US that wasn't parodied here but was in Australia. Dinosaurs was a sitcom conceived by Jim Henson but executed after his death. The characters were the Sinclair family consisting of Charlene (Sally Struthers), Fran (Jessica Walter), Earl (Stuart Pankin), Robbie (Jason Willinger), Baby (Kevin Clash), and Ethyl (Florence Stanley).
The grandmother looks like she's wearing Elmo slippers and Kevin Clash is also Elmo. Elmo wasn't the breakout character of Sesame Street yet so it's probably just my mind making up conspiracies.
Even though it wasn't done in any magazines here, there was a brief gag about it it on The Simpsons.
There was also a cover story about this show in the Brazilian edition of Mad (2nd edition, #87). But it wasn't really a parody; instead, it appears to have been a story about the financial crisis of the time, with Earl standing in for disgraced President Collor.
Dinosaurs is the only sitcom I know of to end with mass extinction, which I'd like to see more of. Curb Your Enthusiasm could still pull it off.
There was also a cover story about this show in the Brazilian edition of Mad (2nd edition, #87). But it wasn't really a parody; instead, it appears to have been a story about the financial crisis of the time, with Earl standing in for disgraced President Collor.
ReplyDeleteDinosaurs is the only sitcom I know of to end with mass extinction, which I'd like to see more of. Curb Your Enthusiasm could still pull it off.