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The Legend of Dinosaurs

The Legend of Dinosaurs

1989TV Episode⏱️ 1h 41mTV-14
ComedySci-Fi
6.8
IMDB Rating
325 votes

Joel and the Bots suffer through "Planet of the Dinosaurs," the US version of "Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)," a dreary 70s Japanese dinosaur movie. Where's Doug McClure when you need him?

Director
Vince Rodriguez
Writers
Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein
Stars
Joel Hodgson, J. Elvis Weinstein, Trace Beaulieu
Release Date
May 28, 1989
Language
English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Joel Hodgson
Joel Hodgson
as Joel Hodgson
J. Elvis Weinstein
J. Elvis Weinstein
as Tom Servo
Trace Beaulieu
Trace Beaulieu
as Crow T. Robot
Kevin Murphy
Kevin Murphy
as Cambot
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Ralph Smith
👤
Linda Smith

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
KTMA Studios, St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Production
KTMA-TV, Hair Brain Productions

🏷️ Keywords

local tvinsane man

🎯 Categories

ComedySci-Fi

⭐ Featured Review

"Mount Fuji" (a lot)
by ericstevenson2016-12-21
7/10

"It's easy to see how this show got a lot better later. This is still passable. I actually really liked the segments out of the theater and it was probably more enjoyable than the actual riffs! It was just really funny to see them make fun of the "Paul Is Dead" hoax. There were so many hidden things that you could find to justify your crazy positions. It does say "was" in the title. This is the earliest example I can see of a parody of a standard sitcom, at least with the laugh track. Glad to know they had support as far back as this. There were still good lines in thi..."

💡 Did You Know?

This was the last episode produced for KTMA. Over the summer the station filed for bankruptcy and the future members of Best Brains successfully pitched the series to executives at HBO for a slot on a new cable venture known as The Comedy Channel.

📖 Synopsis

Joel and the Bots suffer through "Planet of the Dinosaurs," the US version of "Legend of Dinosaurs and Monster Birds (1977)," a dreary 70s Japanese dinosaur movie. Where's Doug McClure when you need him?