Valley of the Dinosaurs

Valley of the Dinosaurs
GenreAdventure
Action
Drama
Science fiction
Directed byCharles A. Nichols
Voices ofMelanie Baker
Shannon Farnon
Joan Gardner
Kathy Gori
Jackie Earle Haley
Alan Oppenheimer
Mike Road
Frank Welker
Narrated byDon Messick
ComposerHoyt Curtin
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of episodes16
Production
Executive producersWilliam Hanna
Joseph Barbera
Running time30 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkCBS
ReleaseSeptember 7 (1974-09-07) –
December 21, 1974 (1974-12-21)
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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.[1] 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.[2] It debuted on the same day as Land of the Lost.

  1. ^ Woolery, George W. (1983). Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part 1: Animated Cartoon Series. Scarecrow Press. pp. 304–305. ISBN 0-8108-1557-5. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  2. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 884–885. ISBN 978-1476665993.