Dino: The Great Egg-Scape
| Dino: The Great Egg-Scape | |
|---|---|
| Written by | Joseph Barbera |
| Directed by | Joseph Barbera |
| Voices of |
Frank Welker Russi Taylor Nick Jameson Rob Paulsen Gary Owens |
| Music by | Gary Lionelli |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Buzz Potamkin |
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| Editor(s) | Paul Douglas (supervising) |
| Running time | 7 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Hanna-Barbara Cartoons |
| Release | |
| Original network | Cartoon Network |
| Original release | March 5, 1997 |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows |
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Dino: The Great Egg-Scape is a 1997 animated short film and a spin-off of The Flintstones starring Dino, the pet dinosaur of Fred and Wilma Flintstone. It was written and directed by Joseph Barbera, produced by Hanna-Barbera Cartoons and broadcast as a part of World Premiere Toons by Cartoon Network on March 5, 1997.
Dino is working as a night watchman at the Bedrock Museum and when a last-of-its-kind brontosaurus egg is stolen while he's sleeping on duty, Dino must find it or else he loses his job.
Fred Seibert became president of Hanna-Barbera Cartoons in 1992 and helped guide the struggling animation studio into its greatest output in years with shows like 2 Stupid Dogs and SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron. Seibert wanted the studio to produce short cartoons, in the vein of the Golden Age of American animation. Although a project consisting of 48 shorts would cost twice as much as a normal series, Seibert's pitch to Cartoon Network involved promising 48 chances to "succeed or fail," opened up possibilities for new original programming, and offered several new shorts to the thousands already present in the Turner Entertainment library. According to Seibert, quality did not matter much to the cable operators distributing the struggling network, they were more interested in promising new programs.
Seibert's idea for the project was influenced heavily by Looney Tunes. William Hanna, with partner Joe Barbera, as well as veteran animator Friz Freleng, taught Seibert how the shorts of the Golden Age of American animation were produced. As was the custom in live action film and television, the company did not pay each creator for the storyboard submitted and pitched. For the first time in the studio's history, individual creators could retain their rights, and earn royalties on their creations.
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