Denver, the Last Dinosaur

Denver, the Last Dinosaur
GenreComedy
Created byPeter Keefe[1]
Written byMarc Handler
Directed byTom Burton
Voices of
ComposerDale Schacker
Country of originUnited States
France[1][2]
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes50
Production
Executive producersPeter Keefe
Ed Ascheman
ProducersTom Burton
Seok-ki
Running time30 minutes
Production companiesWorld Events Productions
Calico Entertainment
Groupe IDDH [fr]
Centre National Cinématographie
La Ville D'Angoulême
Original release
NetworkSyndication
FR3
ReleaseMarch 31, 1988 (1988-03-31) –
April 14, 1990 (1990-04-14)
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Denver, the Last Dinosaur is an animated series produced by World Events Productions and Groupe IDDH [fr]. It was nationally syndicated throughout the United States in 1988 with reruns airing until 1990. In the show, a dinosaur hatches from a petrified egg in the modern era, and is befriended by a group of teenagers.[3] Episodes often focused on issues of conservation, ecology, and greed.[4]

The show ran for two seasons, as the dinosaur boom that had followed the film The Land Before Time (1988) waned until Jurassic Park (1993), causing viewership to drop. The series received a recommendation from the National Education Association.

A CG-animated reboot, which originally went under the name Denver and Cliff, premiered on M6 on August 27, 2018.[5] The new series was produced by Zagtoon.[6]

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  2. ^ "Décès – Le producteur Bruno-René HUCHEZ nous a quitté", MangaMag, September 24, 2016. Retrieved on August 5, 2017.
  3. ^ Perlmutter, David (2018). The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 151. ISBN 978-1538103739.
  4. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. pp. 240–241. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  5. ^ "ON kids & family on Instagram". Archived from the original on 2021-12-24.
  6. ^ "The world of Zag". www.zag-inc.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-22. Retrieved 2017-06-16.