Quotes
 [Earl wants a raise]
B.P. Richfield: Sinclair, you dog. Twenty-five years you`ve been working here and I never thought you`d have the guts to take me on! But take me on, you do, mano e mano, man to man. That`s guts-balls, Sinclair. I like a guy with guts-balls. LIKE HIM!
[slams the sides of his trailer]
B.P. Richfield: So I guess I`m gonna have to take your little ultimatum seriously.
Earl: Oh I do hope so, sir.
B.P. Richfield: Cuz the someone who puts a gun to my head...
Earl: Oh n-no, sir.
B.P. Richfield: ...MUST BE PREPARED TO BACK UP HIS THREAT! So I`m gonna ask you, d`ya want a raise or what?
Earl: ...uh... or what, sir.
B.P. Richfield: What puts you in the position to ask for more money?
Earl: Well sir, I have a growing family, who I need more money to take care of.
B.P. Richfield: Well, Where is this my fault?
Earl: I`m not blaiming you, sir.
B.P. Richfield: THEN WHY DO I HAVE TO PAY FOR YOUR FAMILY!
Earl: I`m only asking for more money, sir.
B.P. Richfield: No, the way I see it is, you don`t need more money, you need less family!
Earl: But I love my family!
B.P. Richfield: Well obviously you do, since you`re willing to lose your job for them.
Earl: *What*?
B.P. Richfield: You face me down, asking me for more money. I ain`t gonna give it to ya. So ya got no alternative but to look me in the eye and say...
Earl: [leaving] I`m sorry.
B.P. Richfield: ...I QUIT!
Earl: I quit?
B.P. Richfield: Oh, sorry to lose ya, Sinclair, after all these years.
Earl: But sir I like this company. I always dreamed I`d go somewhere with this company.
B.P. Richfield: No dreams, Sinclair. No dreams for you. You are what you are and that`s all you`re ever gonna be. Except not with this company. Best thing for you to do is realize that now. You`ll thank me.
Earl: But sir...
B.P. Richfield: THANK ME!
Earl: uh th-thank you, sir. Baby: I`m the baby, you gotta love me!
Robbie Sinclair: So, Dad, when do I get to take her for a spin?
Earl Sinclair: It`s a new car, Son, it`s not mean to be driven.
Robbie Sinclair: But you just let Mom take it.
Earl Sinclair: Son, your mother is a capable, responsible,
[hears engine roar]
Earl Sinclair: WHAT? WAIT FOR ME.
Fran Sinclair: [They are driving to the doctor`s office] How about a cupcake?
Baby Sinclair: Ooh Cupcake.
Earl Sinclair: [driving] You`re giving a kid a cupcake in a new car? What are you thinking about?
Fran Sinclair: Him. He gets a little nervous whenever I take him to the pediatrician so I`m trying to make the whole experience a little more positive. It`s called parenting, Earl.
Earl Sinclair: Oh please. I`ve been parenting for 15 years, nobody has to tell me how to be a good dad.
[to Baby]
Earl Sinclair: You get one crumb on that seat and you`re crawling home, buster.
Officer Bettleheim: License please.
[Earl shows him]
Officer Bettleheim: Not your driver`s license. Your parent`s license. I`m with the Parent Patrol and you`re in a lot of trouble, Mister.
Fran Sinclair: Well, Earl, see what happens when you lose your temper?
Earl Sinclair: Oh please. He`s just the Parent Patrol, it`s not like he`s the real police.
Officer Bettleheim: Beg your pardon?
Earl Sinclair: Oh nothing. So what`s the problem, Officer, did I stop in a No Diapering zone?
Officer Bettleheim: Parent Code Section 7, Paragraph 3, a crying child must be handled with sympathy and patience. You were screaming at the boy, Mr. Sinclair. I`m giving you a citation, just like the real police.
Officer Brazzelton: Hello, I`m Dr. Brazzelton and I have to give your child a very scary and painful shot.
Earl Sinclair: [to Baby] There was one little boy who wouldn`t let the doctor give him a shot. And you know what happened to him? His toes fell off, his eyes melted and his head swelled up.
[Baby faints]
Earl Sinclair: Okay, Doc, he`s out, stick`em
Earl Sinclair: Dinosaurs. Big laughs. Small brains.
Robbie Sinclair: [Trying to think up a science project] Let`s see. Sneakers. What else? A pump. Sneakers with a pump in them.
[Thinks of a tire pump trying to pump up a sneaker]
Robbie Sinclair: Naw what a stupid idea.
Salesman: Cap`n Willy, the old salt. A collectable mug from the world famous Fernhill Mint. Now you`d probably expect to pay a lot for a hand crafted work of art like this, and you`d be right. It`s absurdly expensive. But can you really afford to live without it?
Earl Sinclair: No.
Salesman: Then call now. And please be patient as we check your credit. Only the select few can qualify for ownership of this limited edition master work.
Earl Sinclair: [Oh phone] Hello.
[Is asked name]
Earl Sinclair: Earl Sinclair.
[Person on other end hangs up]
Earl Sinclair: Hello?
Charlene Sinclair: Could you help me find the continent of Pangea on this map.
[the continent of Pangea is giant and it`s name is in bold print over it]
Robbie Sinclair: [Supreme male] You`re grounded for a week.
Charlene Sinclair: For what?
Robbie Sinclair: Stupidity.
B.P. Richfield: Waiter. Two pieces of bread.
[Glares at Baby]
B.P. Richfield: I`m gonna make a sandwich.
Earl: Good day, family that loves me.
Baby: Not the Momma.
Earl: Alright, that ends right now. I`ve had it up to here with that not-the-momma stuff. I am not Not the Momma, I am the daddy, and you only get one, and that`s what you`re gonna call me. Say "Daddy".
[Baby refuses]
Earl: Say "Daddy".
[Baby still refuses]
Earl: Alright, say "Da"...
Baby: Da...
Earl: "Dee".
Baby: Dee.
Earl: Da...
Baby: Da...
Earl: Dee.
Baby: Dee.
Earl: Daddy.
Baby: Daddy.
Earl: He did it.
Baby: Daddy, Daddy.
Earl: Fran, get in here.
Baby: (singing)Daddy, daddy, da-daddy, daddy, daddy... NOT THE MOMMA.
Earl: Don`t touch that remote control. Don`t you pick that up. You turn off that television, you`re going to be one sorry little dinosaur.
Baby: [Switches off TV] I`m sorry.
Earl: Give me that back.
Baby: Story.
Earl: No story.
Baby: Story.
Earl: No story, give me that back.
[Baby hits Earl with remote]
Earl: Once upon a time, dinosaurs didn`t have families. They lived in the woods and ate their children and it was a golden age.
[the Baby had run away on Ethyl`s wheelchair. Finding the clues, Earl slowly discovers something]
Earl: Some fiend broke in, flushed the baby down the toilet, drank his juice and escaped on Ethyl`s wheelchair. And yet he didn`t take my wallet
[picking it up from the counter]
Earl: We`re obviously dealing with somebody very stupid.
[Said at the beginning of each episode]
Earl Sinclair: Honey, I`m home
Edward R. Hero: What an appalling display. The voters of our nation must choose between a monstrous, bloodthirsty psychopath
[Mr. Richfield]
Edward R. Hero: and a self-confessed brain-dead ignoramus
[Earl]
Edward R. Hero: . Be sure you vote tomorrow.
[Earl dreams he is chief elder and is being plagued by hundreds of demands]
Earl: Why don`t you all just leave me alone?
[accidentally hits the red button]
Earl: Oops.
[all over the world, volcanoes erupt and bombs explode]
Earl: Oh no, and on my first day.
Earl: What`s all this fuzzy stuff? This must be a dream.
[a floating cake appears]
Earl: Ooh, this is the cake dream.
[Doorbell rings]
Earl: That`ll be the centerfold girls.
[Fran is at the door]
Earl: Fran, you`re not supposed to be here.
Fran: The centerfold girls aren`t coming.
Earl: But this is my cake dream.
Fran: Your conscience is intruding, Earl, you know you don`t deserve the cake dream.
Fran: Maybe I`ve learned something today. Good parenting does come from here
[points to heart]
Fran: but when you need a little help, you can find it here
[points to parenting manual]
Fran: .
Earl: Gee, now there`s something you don`t see on TV.
Earl: [Begins to read a poem] "How do I say goodbye to you... ”
[doorbell rings]
Earl: See ya.
Ethyl Phillups: Let me handle this, Fran.
[to Baby Sinclair]
Ethyl Phillups: If you don`t stop saying that word I`m gonna wash your mouth out with soap.
Baby Sinclair: You wouldn`t dare!
Ethyl Phillups: Try me.
Baby Sinclair: Not the mama!
[repeated line]
Baby: Again!
Trivia
Earl`s middle name is Sneed. Robbie`s middle name is Mark.
In the episode, "Earl Wins Big," it was revealed that Mr. Richfield`s first name is Brad
Seven episodes that did not air in prime time aired when the show went into syndication.
Earl is 43. Fran is 38. Robbie is 14. Charlene went from 12 (mentioned from season 1 and 2) to 15 (mentioned in season 4). Baby went from 1 to age 2, but cause of his terrible attitude, Family convinced him he had turned 3. Mr. Richfield is 42.
Grandma Ethyl`s maiden name is Hinkleman.
Most of the characters` names are of petroleum corporations (Sinclair, Hess, BP, Phillips).
Robbie and Charlene go to Bob Labrea High School, where the team mascot is The Rampaging Trilobites.
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# Jim Henson originally got the idea of a live action show featuring animatronic Dinosaurs after being impressed by the technology his Creature Shop was developing for the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film. When the show went into production the same technology was then used to create the Dinosaurs, as Jim Henson envisioned. Many of the Ninja Turtle suit actors even worked as various Dinosaur suit actors for the series.
The Baby character on the show was often referred to as "the baby" during the first two seasons, but was sometimes called "Junior" by various members of the family in a vain attempt to give him an official name. Finally, in a 1992 episode, Baby Sinclair is taken to the Cave of the Elders where he is given his official name: Ooh Ooh Ah Ah I`m Dying You Idiot Sinclair. The name was later taken back in exchange for his new official name: Baby Sinclair.
James Belushi wanting to pursue a film career, turned down the role of Earl Sinclair.
A feature film spin-off was planned during the fourth season. But the show`s falling ratings resulted in the cancellation of the show and the planned film
Another reason for the dinosaur family name to be Sinclair is that when the Sinclair oil company was still in existence, its gas stations had as their logo the image of a green four-legged dinosaur (the brontosaurus or apatosaurus.)
The full-size dinosaur costumes came in two parts, a full body suit and a separate animatronic head. The head contained radio-controlled motors that moved the jaw, lips, eyes, and eyebrows. For closeup speaking and lip-sync, the heads were separated and operated by a team of puppeteers.
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