Listen "#20 - History of Dinosaurs in Film (and Song)"
Episode Synopsis
Welcome to The Penny Men, where the fossils are fresh and the facts are foggy! This week, your three favorite non-paleontologists take a big bite out of dinosaur media! From the silent roars of Gertie the Dinosaur to the Cretaceous chaos of Jurassic Park, Gregory, Tom, and Ben chronicle the prehistoric parade of dinos on screen, in comics, and deep in the toy aisle!We're talking stop-motion legends, lava-lamp lava pits, Land Before Time sequels (all 19?), dino-themed wrestlers, Power Rangers trivia, and that one William Katt movie nobody remembers! Whether it's puppets, pixels, or poorly dubbed pterodactyls, if it has a tail and teeth, it made it into this episode!Plus:DinobotsDevil DinosaurDink the Little DinosaurAnd a very confused discussion about AnimorphsIt’s a prehistoric pop culture rampage—and it’s all off the top of our fossilized heads!Still hungry? Sink your teeth into:The Dino Riders toy line (and its baffling backstory)A surprisingly in-depth ranking of every cinematic T. rexHanna-Barbera’s Valley of the Dinosaurs vs. Denver the Last DinosaurThe era-defining chaos of Cadillacs and DinosaursWhy Tom thinks dinosaurs should be allowed to voteEpisode sponsored by: Was (Not Was), the official band of The Penny Men!Everybody walk the dinosaur!
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