Above are the great two art prints by Charlie Chiodo that are now available over at thedinostore.devhub.com.  If all goes well, we plan to offer new ones at regular intervals.

We decided to create a site that features all the products available from Midwich Entertainment's
Dinosaur Shows. Come visit http://thedinostore.devhub.com/

Where else can you buy extinct things like The Return of Dinosaurs VHS cassette.

 or the Music For Dinosaurs Audio cassette tape.

Original Dino Hunters Art

The original Dinosaur Hunters Club newsletter issued by Twin Tower Home Video (the first distribution company of the Gary and Eric dinosaurs shows) encouraged members to submit drawings. It would be interesting to know what the artists are up to today.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAY!

Ray Harryhausen is 92 years old today. That's Ray standing between Eric Boardman and Gary Owens at a signing event in the early 90s. 

Steggie!

My standard question for any guest on our shows---or anybody standing within 10 feet of me is, “What’s your favorite dinosaur?”

I have asked that all over the world: in England’s Crystal Palace, on a dig in Drumheller, Alberta, at a paleontologists’ conference in Berkeley, CA, at a statue unveiling (and ice cream social) in Albuquerque, N.M. or closer to home at Los Angeles’ Museum of Natural History’s Dinosaurs Ball. (You may recall the legendary actor Jimmy Stewart told me he was “a brontosaurus fan.”)

Well, most folks say T. Rex or one of the other raptors, but for me the dinosaur of choice is stegosaurus. First of all, I like the nickname “Steggie”, but mostly I relate to his lifestyle. He was a plant-eater. That’s a healthy way to go. He lived in a herd, possibly in a family unit. (We have found tracks of large and small stegosaurs walking together. That says family to me.) He wasn’t aggressive, but had the tools to defend himself if attacked. Those 17 triangular plates on his back were not for fighting (most likely they helped with temperature control and to impress a mate), but his spiked tail was a mighty weapon. Imagine the punch he could deliver! Plus his skin was a type of armor, like today’s crocodiles and alligators. No matter how sharp his teeth a predator would have trouble penetrating Steggie's tough-as-nails skin and quickly figure out there was an easier meal down the road. Finally, I like the fact that stegosaurus could be found mostly in North America and Europe. Me too.

Wouldn’t be great if we could go back to the Late Jurassic Period (150 million years ago) and get to know Steggie better?  I’d grab a nice bunch of ferns for my favorite dino’s lunch. A really big bunch. Those guys were 30 feet long and weighed close to 7000 pounds, so you know he had quite an appetite.

Oh, and by the way…what’s your favorite dinosaur?

ERIC BOARDMAN

In case you're wondering why this blog is called the Dinosaurs Hunter's Club...

It was the name of the fan club sponsored by the first video (VHS) distribution company of the Gary and Eric dinosaur shows. Below is the mail-in membership card that was sent out with the tapes. Anyone out there happen to be a member back in the olden days, when you had to use a pen and a stamp to join?

Happy Father's Day...