Dinosaurs was a sitcom created by The Jim Henson Company and Disney, revolving around a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs, headed by father Earl Sinclair.
Barney Parodies[]
In spoofing popular culture (notably things popular in the 90's), Barney and Barney & Friends were spoofed twice on the series.
Blarney[]
Blarney, a red dinosaur hand-puppet, was featured in two episodes, being shown on the Sinclair family's TV. In the episode "Into the Woods", he is shown advertising the "Blarney Home Video Library", which mainly spoofs Time Life's own Barney & Friends video series commercials. The titles not only spoof the Barney series, but other mail order videos as well. His theme song is sung to the tune of "Old MacDonald Had a Farm", parodying the use of Yankee Doodle as Barney's theme. He was played by Steve Whitmire.
Blarney Home Video Library[]
- Blarney at the Zoo
- Blarney on the Farm
- Blarney on the Bottom of the Ocean
- Blarney Just Sits There
- Blarney Reads From the Phone Book
- Blarney and Omar Sharif Teach You Contact Bridge
- Blarney Improves Your Golf Swing
- Hooked on Blarney
- Blarney's No-Money-Down Real Estate System
- Blarney Helps You Stop Stop Smoking
- Blarney Increases Your Personal Power
- Blarney's Juice Your Way to Better Health
- Blarney Helps you Organize Your Blarney Video Tapes
- Blarney! Blarney! Blarney!
- Blarney's Greatest Bloopers
- The Making of Blarney
- Blarney's Cure for Baldness
- Blarney's Search for Noah's Ark
- Blarney Teaches You Microsoft Windows
- Blarney's Forty Days to a Flatter Stomach
Georgie[]
Georgie is a full bodied puppet character (much like most characters on Dinosaurs) who appeared in an episode entitled "Georgie Must Die". Like Barney, he hangs out with his Backdoor Pals and sings a song sung to "This Old Man". In reality, Georgie is a money-craving monster who wants to take over children's minds. Earl Sinclair exposes him on live television and he is sent to prison for racketeering and tax evasion. It's rumored that this episode was created after the creative team received a warning from The Lyons Group. The character was played by Jack Tate and voiced by Allan Trautman (Normal Georgie) and Edward Asner (Evil Georgie)