Retro Dino Goodness

Someone has been kind enough to upload "Dinosaurs!: A Fun-Filled Trip Back in Time!" to YouTube and it has definitely made me feel a bit nostalgic. Now the trouble is that I've got "Mesozoic Mind" stuck in my head...











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omg! this is the best news ever. i definitely had this on tape and watched it constantly. and now i can watch it constantly again.

Hey I remember watching the claymation part when I was very young!

Additionally, I remember another claymation dinosaur video too, which had two deinonychus chasing another bipedal dinosaur. It was more realistic looking than the Dinosaurs! claymation. Also I believe there was a battle between a T-rex and a triceratops. I believe the end had an opossum crawling over a dinosaur skeleton.

This is all I can remember - does anyone know what this program was(or these programs were)?

I also have a fond memory of a dinosaur video that had two hosts, one had a mustache and glasses...

By Tom DiVito (not verified) on 01 Apr 2008 #permalink

Hey I just searched for that stuff and found you already posted on it! That's awesome!

By Tom DiVito (not verified) on 01 Apr 2008 #permalink

I've been looking foe this for sooo long! Thank you for posting about it, and Tom DiVito for the Youtube link. Funny how many people I've had the conversation with about how we wish could remember enough to find this amazing bit of childhood. Hope all is well. :D