Valley of the Dinosaurs facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Valley of the Dinosaurs |
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| Genre | Adventure Action Drama Science fiction |
| Directed by | Charles A. Nichols |
| Voices of | (See article) |
| Narrated by | Don Messick |
| Composer(s) | Hoyt Curtin |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Executive producer(s) | William Hanna Joseph Barbera |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbera Productions |
| Distributor | Taft Broadcasting (1974–1979) Worldvision Enterprises (1979–1989) Great American Broadcasting (1989–1991) Turner Program Services (1991–1996) Warner Bros. Television Distribution (1996–present) |
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| Original network | CBS |
| Original release | September 7 – December 21, 1974 |
Valley of the Dinosaurs is an American animated television series produced by the Australian studios of Hanna-Barbera Productions and broadcast on CBS from September 7 to December 21, 1974, and in syndication from 1977 to 1983. The series, about a contemporary family sucked by a vortex back to the Stone Age was intended to be educational as well as entertaining, demonstrating the early human uses of fire, clothing, weapons and cooking.
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Plot
Science professor John Butler and his family - wife Kim, teenage daughter Katie, young son Greg (the siblings always go barefoot), and dog Digger - are on a rafting trip along the Amazon River when their raft hits a rock and capsizes. They are swept through a cavern and caught in a whirlpool; upon resurfacing, they find themselves in a mysterious realm where humans coexist with various prehistoric creatures, including dinosaurs. The Butlers meet and befriend a clan of Neanderthals led by: Gorok; his wife Gara; their teenage son Lok; and their young daughter Tana. Gorok and his family have a pet of their own, a baby Stegosaurus named Glump. Gorok and Company aid the Butlers' efforts to find a means of returning home; for their own part, John and his family do what they can to make the Neanderthals' daily lives easier. (Examples of such included introducing Gorok's family to basic technology, such as simple machines - particularly the lever and the wheel - sailboats and windmills.)
Episode list
| Nº | Title | Air date |
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| 1 | "Forbidden Fruit" | September 7, 1974 |
| 2 | "What Goes Up" | September 14, 1974 |
| 3 | "A Turned Turtle" | September 21, 1974 |
| 4 | "The Volcano" | September 28, 1974 |
| 5 | "Smoke Screen" | October 5, 1974 |
| 6 | "Pteranodon" | October 12, 1974 |
| 7 | "The Saber-Tooth Kids" | October 19, 1974 |
| 8 | "After Shock" | October 26, 1974 |
| 9 | "Top Cave, Please" | November 2, 1974 |
| 10 | "S.O.S." | November 9, 1974 |
| 11 | "Fire" | November 16, 1974 |
| 12 | "Rain of Meteors" | November 23, 1974 |
| 13 | "To Fly a Kite" | November 30, 1974 |
| 14 | "Test Flight" | December 7, 1974 |
| 15 | "The Big Toothache" | December 14, 1974 |
| 16 | "Torch" | December 21, 1974 |
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Popular culture
Characters from the show appeared in the Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law episode "Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs" with Gorok voiced by Chris Edgerly and Tana voiced by Mary Birdsong.
Comics
Charlton Comics published 11 issues of a comic book series based on the TV cartoon featuring new stories from April 1975 until December 1976.
