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''Dinosaurs'' is an American family sitcom that was originally broadcast on ABC from April 26, 1991 to July 20, 1994. The show, about a family of anthropomorphic dinosaurs (portrayed by puppets), was produced by Michael Jacobs Productions and Jim Henson Productions in association with Walt Disney Television and distributed by Buena Vista International, Inc.. ''Dinosaurs'' initially featured a laugh track: it was eventually dropped as the show grew in popularity.〔(tvtropes.org )〕 The show utilized voice actors for the characters, which are performed by different actors and puppeteers. ==Origins== News stories written at the time of the show's premiere highlighted ''Dinosaurs connection to Jim Henson, an American puppeteer who died the year before. "Jim Henson dreamed up the show's basic concept about three years ago," said a ''New York Times'' article in April 1991. "'He wanted it to be a sitcom with a pretty standard structure, with the biggest differences being that it's a family of dinosaurs and their society has this strange toxic life style,' said (son ) Brian Henson. But until ''The Simpsons'' took off, said Alex Rockwell, a vice president of the Henson organization, 'people thought it was a crazy idea.'"〔Kahn, Eve M. ("All in the Modern Stone Age Family", ''The New York Times'' (Apr. 14, 1991). ) Accessed Feb. 20, 2009.〕 In the late 1980s, Henson worked with William Stout, a fantasy artist, illustrator and designer, on a feature film starring animatronic dinosaurs with the working title of ''The Natural History Project''; a 1993 article in ''The New Yorker'' said that Henson continued to work on a dinosaur project (presumably the ''Dinosaurs'' concept) until the "last months of his life."〔Owen, David. "Looking Out for Kermit", ''The New Yorker'' (Aug. 16, 1993.)〕 The television division of the Walt Disney Company began working on the series in 1990 for CBS before the series landed on ABC, which Disney eventually acquired.〔Grover, Ron. ''The Disney Touch''. Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin, 1991. pp. 167-168.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Dinosaurs (TV series)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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