Denver, the Last Dinosaur
Denver, the Last Dinosaur is an animated series produced by World Events Productions and Groupe IDDH. 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 modern times, and is befriended by a group of teenagers. Episodes often focused on issues of conservation, ecology, and greed.
| Denver, the Last Dinosaur | |
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| Genre | Animated series |
| Created by | Peter Keefe |
| Written by | Marc Handler |
| Directed by | Tom Burton |
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| Composer | Dale Schacker |
| Country of origin | United States France |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 50 |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Peter Keefe Ed Ascheman |
| Producers | Tom Burton Seok-ki Franklin Cofod (co-producer) Kim Mario Piluso (associate) Claudia Zeitlin Burton (associate) Dick Sebast (associate) |
| Running time | 30 minutes |
| Production companies | World Events Productions Calico Entertainment Groupe IDDH Centre National Cinématographie La Ville D'Angoulême |
| Original release | |
| Network | Syndication FR3 |
| Release | September 12 – November 22, 1988 |
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. The new series was produced by Zagtoon.