Fan Made DINOSAURS Animated Video Now Online

Today we are thrilled and proud to present an incredible fan-made video based on Dinosaurs. The video was made by Davide Maugeri and his talented team of animators. Here's a brief blurb about the animated short from Davide himself...

Recently I've teamed up with some workmates to make a CG tribute to Jim Henson. A one and a half minute animated short featuring two characters from one of our favorite Jim Henson shows, Baby and Earl Sinclair from Dinosaurs. We'd like to stress that it is only meant as a homage and tribute to the genius of Jim Henson which made the series possible. Since this was a big hit in the early 90s and it ended up forgotten, our main goal is to bring these characters back to life and remind people they still exist, and they still can make us laugh like they used to

And without further ado, here it is: "I'm the Baby, Gotta Love Me" completely and expertly rendered in gorgeous CGI. Enjoy it, because it's almost impossible not to. I love it. I hope you do too.



The Muppet Mindset would like to thank Davide Maugeri and his team for choosing us to showcase this incredible video.





The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com

(Kind of) Weekly Muppet Quotes Spotlight: Baby Sinclair

Casey Daron - So, recently, I bought seasons 1 and 2 of Dinosaurs. You know, that show from the ‘90s? One of Jim Henson’s least credited work? Anyways, I realized what a great show this was, with amazing puppetry. Each member of the Sinclair family has their own special quality about them. Earl’s stupidness, Charlene’s typical teenage girl persona, and not to mention Baby’s aim with a frying pan! For the next couple of weeks, I will be spotlighting the characters of Dinosaurs. Today, I have collected quotes from Baby Sinclair, one of the most recognized characters from the show.

“This is your brain. This is your brain on a frying pan. (Baby hits Earl on the head.) Any questions?” 

~ Baby Sinclair, Dinosaurs, Episode 217

“Hi, I’m the baby. Brand new! Just came out! Gotta love me!”

~ Baby Sinclair, Dinosaurs, Episode 101

“Not the Mama! Not the Mama! NOT THE MAMA!” 

~ Baby Sinclair, Dinosaurs, Episode 209

“Daddy! Daddy dad dad daddy dad daddy! NOT THE MAMA!”

~ Baby Sinclair, Dinosaurs, Episode 204

“I’m gonna bite you know.”

~ Baby Sinclair, Dinosaurs, Episode 101

“Are we dead?”

“No, sweetheart.”

“You promised!” 

~ Baby Sinclair and Fran Sinclair, Dinosaurs, Episode 105

The Muppet Mindset by Ryan Dosier, muppetmindset@gmail.com

Weekly Muppet Wednesdays: Baby Sinclair

Michael Wermuth, Jr. returns with a different kind of Weekly Muppet spotlight... This week, we focus on Baby Sinclair from the acclaimed Henson/Disney puppet sitcom, Dinosaurs. This is the first time we've featured a Dinosaurs character on The Muppet Mindset!

BABY SINCLAIR

Performed by...

Kevin Clash (body and voice) 

First appearance...
Dinosaurs Episode 101 "The Mighty Megalosaurus" (1991)

Most recent appearance...
Dinosaurs Episode 407 "Changing Nature" (1994)

Memorable quotes...

“Not the mama!”

“Again!”

“I’m the baby, gotta love me!”

“I’m gonna bite you now!”

“This pan is pretty good!”

Memorable songs...

“I’m the Baby”

“I Can Do Whatever I Want!”

Memorable moments...

His birth sequence in the first episode, “The Mighty Megalosauras,”  is quite memorable. He hatches out of his egg and then falls onto the floor, before meeting his family and being introduced to Earl (and no, his first meeting with Earl wasn’t destructive).

In “I Never Ate for My Father,” he mistakes his tail for something to eat, and screams after biting it and stabbing it with a fork.

In “Getting to Know You,” Baby has an argument with the Sinclair’s foreign exchange guest, telling the guest that he has a present for him (in his diaper) and then eating him.

In “Baby Talk,” Baby constantly repeats a dirty word ("smoo") that he hears on TV. In an attempt to clean his mouth of the word, Fran washes his mouth out with soap. Then Baby hiccups bubbles out of his mouth, and when the bubbles pop the popping sound sounds like somebody saying “smoo!”

WHO IS BABY SINCLAIR?

Baby Sinclair is the baby in the Sinclair household on the Henson/Disney TV series Dinosaurs. He can talk and likes to hit his father, Earl, on the head with a frying pan. Unlike the rest of his family, who are green, Baby is pink. Over the course of the series, the Baby has grown a golden horn which made him king of the dinosaurs (until it broke off), had his own war against a “cookie creature,” had to deal with potty training (though he stayed in diapers up until the last episode), and lived to be three years old (though technically two… the family tricked him out of his “terrible twos” by celebrating his birthday early).

At first he didn’t have a name. Then, in “And the Winner Is…" Earl and Fran went to the Chief Elder to give him a name. The chief elder died right when he was about to name the baby (causing dinosaurs to think he intended on naming him “Ugh Ugh I’m Dying You Idiot"), but at the end of the episode they took the baby to the new Chief Elder, who chose to name him “Baby”.

The Baby’s favorite TV shows include “Ask Mister Lizard” and “Captain Action Figure”.

WHY DID DINOSAURS NEED BABY?

The Baby is to Dinosaurs what Bart Simpson is to The Simpsons: Good for marketing! Though not many episodes starred him, Baby is perhaps the show’s signature character (though Earl is really the star). Baby was on most of the home video covers, and was in the majority of Dinosaurs merchandise. He also had many memorable quotes (most of the quotes I listed are his catch phrases, though some were limited to only one episode). He spoke so many quotable lines... it’s a wonder that there aren’t any t-shirts with these phrases. And I suppose his popularity during the show’s run helped prepare performer Kevin Clash for when Elmo became super popular!

The Muppet Mindset b Ryan Dosier