Valley of the Dinosaurs

1 9 7 4 (USA)
16 x 30 minute episodes

“Deep in the heart of the Amazon, the Butler family was exploring an uncharted river canyon. Suddenly, caught up in a violent whirlpool, they were propelled through an underground cavern and flung into a hostile world of giant prehistoric creatures – a world that time forgot. Now, befriended by a family of cave dwellers, each day is an adventure in survival for the Butlers in The Valley of the Dinosaurs.”

Valley of the Dinosaurs debuted on Saturday 7 September 1974 and featured the cartoon adventures of a modern-day family stranded in a valley where dinosaurs still roam.

White-haired high school science teacher John Butler (voiced by Mike Road) and his wife Kim (Shannon Farnon) were taking their two children, Katie (Kathy Gori) and Greg (Jackie Earle Haley), on a rafting trip in an uncharted river canyon in the Amazon (talk about responsible parenting!) accompanied by the family dog, Digger.

Their boat was caught in a dangerous current and capsized in a mysterious whirlpool, depositing the Butlers in a prehistoric valley where they met caveman Gorak (Alan Oppenheimer), his wife Gara (Joan Gardner) and their two children, Lok (Stacey Bertheau) and Tana (Melanie Baker), who had a pet Stegosaurus named Glump.

The two families became friends, and Gorak and his family helped the Butlers in their many attempts to find a way to return home while trying to survive in the valley, where together they must contend with an angry brontosaurus, a dangerous sabertooth tiger, earthquakes and volcanoes.

John Butler
Mike Road
Kim Butler
Shannon Farnon
Katie Butler
Kathy Gori 
Greg Butler
Jackie Earle Haley
Gorak 
Alan Oppenheimer
Gara
Joan Gardner
Tana
Melanie Baker
Lok
Stacey Bertheau
Digger 
Frank Welker

Episodes

Forbidden Fruit | What Goes Up | A Turned Turtle | Smoke Screen | The Volcano | Pteranodon | Sabertooth Kids | After Shock | Top Cave, Please | S.O.S | Fire! | Rain of Meteors | To Fly a Kite | Test Flight | The Big Toothache | Torch

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