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Episode 2: "The Mating Dance"
After Fran suffers a sleepless night, Earl volunteers to watch the kids for the
weekend while Fran gets some much needed rest.
Episode 3: "Hurling Day"
Earl gleefully awaits "Hurling Day" when he'll have the ritual honor of heaving
his mother-in-law into the tar pits, but Robbie thinks the tradition should be
chucked.
Episode 4: "The Howling"
Robbie questions howling as a rite of passage, an act that puts bvest buddies
Earl and Ray at odds with each other.
Episode 5: "High Noon"
Earl's blood runs colder when a monstrous male who notices Fran in the
supermarket challenges him to a fight to the death for her -- and everything
else he holds dear."
Episode 6: "Golden Child"
Clawing into a second season, the Sinclair baby sprouts a golden horn, which
looks like just one more thing Earl's going to be stuck with, until the Council
of Elders informs him that the horn means that the baby is the prophesized King
of the Dinosaurs.
Episode 7: "Family Challenge"
A cosmic calamity wrecks the Sinclairs' TV, which is fine by Fran, but Earl,
hoping to win a new set, has the bright idea to have them appear on the game
show "Family Challenge" to maybe win a new one.
Episode 8: "I Never Ate For My Father"
When Robbie flubs his initiation into the Young Males' Carnivore Association,
Earl fears his son may be a weak link in the food chain -- he may be (gasp) ...
a herbivore.
Episode 9: "Charlene's Tale"
Charlene gets a tail, which whips up strange feelings in Earl, whose little
girl is no longer so little.
Episode 10: "Endangered Species"
Earl buys Fran two grapdelites, a rare delicacy that they'll dine on for their
anniversary, until Robbie meets the goodies and they explain that they are the
last two of their kind.
Episode 11: "Employee of the Month"
Earl thinks he's moving up the ladder as he and the family await dinner with
Richfield, while Robbie brings home a "pet" human, who's several evolutionary
rungs below the Sinclairs.
Episode 12: "When Food Goes Bad"
Lurking in the Sinclair refrigerator are delectable creatures that go bad, very
bad, while Charlene is watching the baby.
Episode 13: "Career Opportunities"
The "Job Wizard" dictates that Robbie's to be a tree pusher just like Earl --
who realizes his job isn't all it's cracked up to be.
Episode 14: "Unmarried, with Children"
Monica gets Fran thinking about the state of her union with Earl, and she
addresses the issue by considering not renewing their marriage license.
Episode 15: "How to Pick Up Girls"
Desperate for a date with a certain girl, Robbie turns to a streetwise
contemporary named Spike, who offers primitive pointers on how to approach
girls.
Episode 16: "Switched at Birth"
The yolk's on the Sinclairs, who have a grade-A mess on their hands when they
learn that the baby might have been switched with another when the two were
just eggs.
Episode 17: "Refrigerator Day"
The dinosaurs get a warm and fuzzy feeling as they celebrate the gift of cold
storage, but what's a dinosaur (like Earl) to do when his fridge is
repossessed?
Episode 18: "What 'Sexual' Harris Meant"
Earl helps Fran's friend Monica get a job as a tree pusher, but she's no
pushover when she's subjected to harassment by a predatory male who's the king
of the double-entendre.
Episode 19: "The Clip Show"
A modern archaeologist documents the dinosaurs' way of life as it might have
existed millions of years ago, but clips from previous episodes tell a
different story.
Episode 20: "A New Leaf"
A wild plant has a weird effect on Robbie, Earl, Charlene and others -- it
makes the dinosaurs dopey and happy, so very happy -- but to the exclusion of
everything else.
Episode 21: "Fran Live"
Fran gets a job on TV giving advice to dinosaurs with problems, giving Earl a
problem in need of a solution: how to cope with a wife who works.
Episode 22: "Power Erupts"
A power struggle erupts between the Wesayso Corp. and Robbie after he invents a
cheap, pollution-free way to generate energy as a project for the school
science fair.
Episode 23: "The Last Temptation of Eythl"
Earl thinks Ethyl has died, and he takes the opportunity to bury her. But to
his chagrin, she's sent back from the great beyond with the lowdown on the
afterlife.
Episode 24: "Nuts to War - Part 1"
The dinosaurs who walk on all fours encroach on the swamplands and the
pistachip-nut supply of the "normal" dinosaurs...and that means war.
Episode 25: "Nuts to War - Part 2"
Conclusion. Earl, Roy, and Charlene pose as entertainers and rush to the front
to retrieve Robbie, because it looks like this war thing is getting a little
bit out of hand.
Episode 26: "Slave to Fashion"
Charlene wants to make a fashion statement with a very expensive new coat, but
the coat can speak for itself (really), and it leads her into a vain attempt to
achieve status.
Episode 27: "Leader of the Pack"
When Robbie can't beat a gang of hoods (who keep beating him), he joins them,
and they make him the leader of the pack after it's assumed he's eaten the old
one.
Episode 28: "And the Winner Is"
Earl throws his hat into the ring as a candidate for Chief Elder, but he's
liable to have his head handed to him by his opponent, B. P. Richfield.
Episode 29: "Wesayso Knows Best"
Earl's a real company man -- in fact he might as well be married to it -- after
Wesayso insists Roy replace Earl as the father of the Sinclairs, who are
selected as Wesayso's spokesfamily.
Episode 30: "Network Genius"
Not only does Earl prove that any dinosaur can be a network programming honcho,
he also proves he's a genius by scheduling shows like "The Test Pattern" and
"The Happy Colors Show." Unfortunately, his shows make viewers stupid.
Episode 31: "Nature Calls"
Fran makes potty training the baby Earl's business, but the baby escapes to the
wilderness to do his business any way he wants.
Episode 32: "Baby Talk"
Earl does the dirty work of organizing a civic protest against the TV
powers-that-be when the baby repeats (constantly) a dirty word that he hears on
the tube.
Episode 33: "The Discovery"
Earl hits a bad golf shot that sails off the edge of the known world and into a
new one -- new, that is, to the dinosaurs.
Episode 34: "Dirty Dancing"
When overwhelming urges to do the mating dance arise in Robbie, Earl prefers
not to discuss it, but Fran waltzes into Robbie's classroom to educate the kids
about it.
Episode 35: "Germ Warfare"
An infection makes the Baby very ill, but not as sick as the price of the
Baby's medicine makes Earl.
Episode 36: "Getting to Know You"
Feeling misunderstood, Charlene joins another family as part of a
student-exchange program, leaving the Sinclairs with an insufferable little
squawker in her place.
Episode 37: "Hungry For Love"
Robbie dates Richfield's daughter, whose gluttonous reputation gives Robbie
food for thought: he may be her next meal.
Episode 38: "License to Parent"
Earl believes he's a fine father figure, but parental guidance -- in the form
of a menancing member of the Parent Patrol -- suggests otherwise when Earl's
license to parent is revoked.
Episode 39: "Little Boy Boo"
Robbie weaves a frightening tale for the Baby about Robbie turning into a
caveman monster, which proves a little too hairy for the little guy.
Episode 40: "Charlene's Flat World"
When Charlene's class is assigned to think of an original idea, her
world-is-round theory falls flat, and she's tried for heresy.
Episode 41: "Wilderness Weekend"
The males, including Earl, Robbie, and the Baby, go into the wilderness to
rediscover their "reptiles within," while back home the girls warm their cold
blood with the boys' beer.
Episode 42: "Out of the Frying Pan"
Knocking the daylights out of Earl with a frying pan makes the baby a star on
commercials, puts Fran into show-biz orbit, and leaves Earl marooned as a big
lump of nothing.
Episode 43: "The Son Also Rises"
Robbie challenges Earl's role as the Sinclairs' supreme male, but he's not up
to the challenges that go with the responsibility. In fact, he finds the role
to be a supreme pain.
Episode 44: "Steroids to Heaven"
Robbie feels he's stuck with a wimpy body that's atrophied his social life, and
he decides to pump himself up with "thornoids."
Episode 45: "Green Card"
When the government blames its poor economy on four-legged dinosaurs and enacts
anti-four-legged laws. Roy marries the outlawed Monica so that she can stay in
the country.
Episode 46: "Honey ... I Miss the Kids"
Feeling a need to have a job outside the home, Fran goes to work at a halfway
house for amphibians, leaving Earl to take over the household day shift and
look after the kids.
Episode 47: "If You Were a Tree"
Ethyl tells the baby a tall tale about Earl's soul trading places with the soul
of a tree he's about to push over.
Episode 48: "We Are Not Alone"
Robbie poses as a space alien and orders Earl to get involved in cleaning up
Earth, never imagining that he would quit his job to launch an environmental
crusade.
Episode 49: "The Clip Show II"
An infomercial for a home course in how to become a paleontologist is
supplemented by clips from previous episodes.
Episode 50: "Swamp Music"
Robbie crosses over to the swamps and gets sold on the mannals' "swamp music,"
but they're liable to be sold out in a dinosaur record deal, which Robbie
orchestrated.
Episode 51: "Charlene & Her Amazing Humans"
Charlene grabs the attention of her family and other audiences with her amazing
performing humans.
Episode 52: "Into the Woods" (not shown on US network)
To learn the baby the values of other family members, Earl, Roy and Robbie take
the baby to the woods where he has to do the Solo-Wilderniss Ritual. When the
guys get stuck it's up to the baby to rescue them.
Episode 53: "Scent of a Reptile" (not shown on US network)
Charlene gets a scent-gland and attracs the school-janitor with it. When she
finds out that she has to marry him, she is determined to change her scent.
Episode 54: "Monster Under the Bed"
The animatronic antics of a family of domestic dinosaurs, whose baby is scared
that there's a monster under his bed -- and there is.
Episode 55: "Working Girl" (not shown on US network)
When the Chief Elder decides that big corporations should have female
emploiees, Charlene gets a job at WeSaySo as a supervisor of Earl.
Episode 56: "Earl, Don't Be a Hero"
Earl assumes the powers of a superhero and intends to put them to good use, but
he's powerless before the Wesayso Corp., to which he's contractually bound to
use his might.
Episode 57: "Terrible Twos"
Fran and Earl face an untimely extinction when the baby enters his "terrible
twos" and becomes a little devil.
Episode 58: "The Greatest Story Ever Sold"
Fundamental questions about the meaning of existence plague the population, so
the Elders dictate a belief system called "Potatoism," which Robbie thinks is
just plain nuts.
Episode 59: "Variations on a Theme Park" (not shown on US network)
When Roy kind of 'invents' the vacation, the Sinclair family decides to go to
the WeSaySoLand. It turns out to be 'a bit' boring.
Episode 60: "Life in the Faust Lane" (not shown on US network)
After an advertisement for a "Must-Have-Mug" on TV, Earl trades his soul to
Mephistosaurus. But Earl has to learn that life isn't worth living without a
soul.
Episode 61: "Earl's Big Jackpot"
A workplace injury ends up costing Earl his job -- but it pays off big for him
in court.
Episode 62: "Earl & Pearl" (not shown on US network)
The Sinclairs get a very strange guest: Earl's sister Pearl. Earl doesn't get
along with his sister very well.
Episode 63: "Georgie Must Die!" (not shown on US network)
Baby is a big fan of the television star 'Georgie'. When Earl imitates him, to
avoid a trip to the real Georgie, he is caught and sent to jail. Earl escapes
and is determined to put an end to Georgie.
Episode 64: "Driving Miss Ethyl"
Earl muyst drive Ethyl to her high school reunion, and the kids drive Fran
crazy when she tries to get them to pose for a family portrait.
Episode 65: "Changing Nature"
Efforts to solve an escalating environmental crisis put the dinosaurs on the
road to doomsday.
Note: This is a list with the numbers that Disney(c) gave to the dinosaurs episodes. Episodes 1-20 are guessed (disney episode information prior to episode 21 was not available).
# 1 Earl C. Sinclair.............Stuart Pankin Fran Sinclair................Jessica Walter Robbie Sinclair..............Jason Willinger Charlene Sinclair............Sally Struthers Baby Sinclair................Kevin Clash Roy Hess.....................Sam McMurray B. P. Richfield..............Sherman Hemsley # 2 Mel Luster...................Richard Portnow # 3 Grandma Ethyl................Florence Stanley Larry........................Thom Sharp #14 Monica.......................Suzie Plakson #15 Spike........................Christopher Meloni #26 Mindy........................Jessica Lundy Guest Voices: # 1 Arthur Rizzo.................Brian Henson # 2 [None] # 3 Dinosaur Chief...............Harold Gould Caveman......................Michelan Sisti # 4 [None] # 5 Gary.........................Steve Landesberg # 7 Buddy Glimmer................Sam McMurray Insurance Agent..............Peter Bonerz #10 [None] #11 Sparky.......................Hanna Cutrona #12 General Chow.................Tim Doyle #13 The Job Wizard...............Jason Alexander #14 Bob (DMV Worker).............David Wohl #15 [None] #16 Gus Molehill.................Jason Alexander Glenda Molehill..............Mimi Kennedy Aubray Molehill..............Julianne Buescher Solomon......................Michael Dorn #17 Richard......................Thom Sharp #18 Sexual Harris................Jason Alexander Mr. Otto Lynch...............Allan Trautman Mr. Maxon Dixon..............Steve Whitmire Mr. Teddy Wolfe..............David Leisure Mr. Harold Heffer............Jack Harrell #19 Frank........................Thom Sharp Jerry........................Tony Shalhoub #20 Mr. Ashland..................John Vernon Wesayso Scientist............William Schallert Wesayso Interviewer..........Sam McMurray Shopper......................Edie McClurg #21 Mel Luster...................Richard Portnow Mr. Ugh......................Michelan Sisti Sir David Tushingham.........Paxton Whitehead Kid..........................Jarrett Lennon Worker.......................Bill Capizzi Miss Honeywell...............Eileen Dunn #22 [None] #23 Louie........................Buddy Hackett Lucius.......................John Glover #24 Elder in Chief...............George Gaynes #25 Sarge........................G. W. Bailey General H. Norman Conquest...Jason Alesander Narrator.....................Gary Owens Bob Hack.....................Fred Travalena #26 Fox Jacket...................Tim Curry Heather......................Julia Louis Dreyfus #27 Edward R. Hero...............Jason Bernard #28 Lingo........................Shaun Baker Scabby.......................Stephen Caffrey Andre........................Sam McMurray Crazy Lou....................Ken Hudson Campbell Pterodactyl..................Tim Curray #30 Richard Simmons Dinosaur.....Richard Simmons Pteranodon...................Sally Kellerman #31 Sitcom Wife..................Jessica Lundy Shelly.......................Conchata Ferrell #32 Neighbor #3..................Kate McGregor-Stewart #33 Thighs of Thunder............Suzi Plakson Walter Sternhagen............Thom Sharp Elder Caveman................Michelan Sisti #34 Stu..........................Jason Alexander Ted..........................Robert Picardo #35 Wereman......................Kirk Thatcher Rabid Caveman................Bill Barretta #36 Dr. Ficus....................Charles Kimbrough Zabar........................Dan Castellaneta #37 Wendy Richfield..............Wendy Jo Sperber #38 Battleheim...................Michael McKean #39 Muse.........................Robert Picardo Judge........................Paxton Whitehead Stenographer.................Pat Crawford Brown Guy in the Lab Coat..........Michael McKean Prosecutor...................John Glover #40 [None] #41 Clerk........................Robert Picardo #42 Henri........................Tim Curry #43 Chief Elder..................Joe Flaherty #44 John.........................Sam McMurray Leeza........................Elizabeth Collins Myman........................Michael McKean Sally........................Suzi Plakson Grown Baby...................Jason Alexander #45 Caroline Foxworth............Jessica Lundy Dolf.........................Sam McMurray #46 [None] #47 Howlin' Jay..................Kevin Clash Sonny........................Steve Whitmire Mudbelly.....................Julius Carry Ty Warner....................John Polito #48 Spirit of the Tree...........David Warner Kyle.........................Michael McKean #49 UFO! Host/Announcer..........Jason Alexander #50 Hank Hibler..................Jeffrey Tambor Cavelings....................Ben Ganger, Alyssa McGraw, Tiffany Taubman #51 Bob (Game Show Host).........David Wohl Sitcom Wife..................Jessica Lundy #52 Decker.......................Thom Sharpe Parish.......................Michael McKean #53 Ed...........................Michael McKean #54 Chief Elder..................Tim Curry Elder #3.....................Suzi Plakson #55 Monster......................Glenn Shadix Ansel........................Michael McKean #56 Winston......................Tim Curry Judge........................Bruce Lanoil #57 Bert.........................Thom Sharp Bryant.......................Michael McKean Katie........................Joyce Kurtz