Dinosaur Update! Living Desert Dinos!

It's time for another Dinosaur Update from the Chiodo Bros! These new puppets are for the Living Desert Zoo and Gardens!

Gary and Eric are at it again!

It seems you can't keep Eric and Gary away from Dinosaurs, as they're back gallivanting around Los Angeles in search of prehistoric beasts.

Dino Gallery!

Due to the successful Kickstarter campaign, the Dino Gallery website is open and ready for business! You can see it here at https://dinogallery.com/

Dinosaur Art Gallery!

Richard Jones, producer of the Gary and Eric dinosaur shows, is at it again on Kickstarter, trying to drum up funds for an online art gallery for dinosaur art! Featured artists at the moment were both involved in the old dinosaur shows: namely William Stout (http://www.williamstout.com/) and Charles Chiodo (http://www.chiodobros.com/).

If you watched any of the old Eric and Gary dino shows, you should instantly recognize William Stout's bright, vibrant, comic-book-esque dinosaurs that were part of his '80s 'The Dinosaurs: A Fantastic View of a Lost Era'.  This book has been updated in the years since as "The New Dinosaurs" featuring newer artwork and dinosaur revisions as our understand of dinosaurs changes.

Charles Chiodo, of the Chiodo Bros. also did various dinosaur artwork for the Gary and Eric dinosaur shows (among other dino shows!), and also had a hand in creating the various stop motion and puppet creations that Gary and Eric interacted with.

So if you want some signed prints or custom artwork from either of those two, be sure to pledge at the Kickstarter! http://kck.st/18iP70g

Albertosaurus Statue Unveiling!

Eric meets with Dave Thomas(not that Dave Thomas!) to talk about his Albertosaurus sculpture which now resides outside the New Mexico Museum of Natural History!

It's Magic!

In Search Of....

Watch as producer Richard Jones and dino enthusiast Joshua Ballze search through the Chiodo Bros. mold mausoleum in search of treasure! But what will they find?!

Videosaurus Promo

Here's an old Videosaurus promotional video for the Son of Dinosaurs show, complete with special TV offer of dinosaur activity book and soundtrack cassette!

Gary and Eric in "La Brea Tar Pits Bloopers!"

Watch as Gary and Eric struggle to move their wheelchairs over the slippery grass (tar?!) of the La Brea Tarpits for the show Prehistoric World.

Even More Garyosaurus

http://p3d.in/anSGD/wireonxray+spin

You can view my Garyosaurus model yourself by clicking on the link above!

Dinosaurs, Weird Animals, and More!

The DVD has arrived! It contains the shows "Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dinosaurs," "Prehistoric World," and "The Wonderous World of Weird Animals"! You can also see me in the bonus feature "Dinosaurs Then & Now," where we toured the various places filmed for the Dinosaur shows all over L.A.

Also included on the DVD are the bonus features of "The Dinosnore," which has clips from Return of Dinosaurs (something more than a few of your had asked me about), as well clips from the Gary and Eric special on Ray Harryhausen, along with some good ol' Dino Bloopers.

You can order both DVD's here, for all your Gary and Eric Dinosaur needs.

http://www.more-dinosaurs.com/buy-more-dinosaurs/

Also remember that are still a few soundtrack CD's from the show you can order from the same site, so be sure to pick those up while they still last!

Garyosaurus, in three dimensions

Dinosaur Tour: COMPLETED

Hey guys, got back from the Dino tour with Eric and crew last week, and while I'll get some photos up here eventually, I've made this in the meantime. For those of you who couldn't go on the tour, don't worry, because I've condensed the entire thing into 1 minute for your viewing pleasure! So be sure to watch it about 720 times to get the full tour experience!

Success!

Well, the Kickstarter campaign was a success! Thanks to all the fans out there who helped complete the Gary and Eric dinosaur documentary package, and especially those of you who joined me in the grand tour! Over time I'll have more Gary and Eric stuff to show you, so stay tuned to this blog for more exciting videos and images.

Gary and Eric at Kingdom of the Dinosaurs

Here is some raw footage of Gary and Eric at Knotts Berry Farm, on their now defunct ride, Kingdom of the Dinosaurs (1987-2004). You can see a lot of good information on the ride here at the Knotts Preserved website, http://www.knottspreserved.com/Site/1982_-_2010/Pages/Kingdom_of_the_Dinosaurs.html

This was shot for Son of Dinosaurs, and you may recognize some of the cuts, only now you can hear Richard Jones in the background!

And don't forget about the Kickstarter! We're halfway there and need to keep the momentum going to get all the dinosaur show re-released in their DVD glory!
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dinos/save-dinosaurs-dinosaurs-dinosaurs-from-extinction

Kickstart A Dinosaur! Save DINOSAURS, DINOSAURS, DINOSAURS From Extinction!

Richard Jones, producer of the Gary and Eric documentaries, has just launched a Kickstarter page to help drum up funds for the next Gary and Eric dinosaur show DVD!


http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/dinos/save-dinosaurs-dinosaurs-dinosaurs-from-extinction

Click that! ^

Is your favorite show not on the first DVD?! (Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dinosaurs sadly isn't!) Then I bet it's probably on the second! With Kickstarter, you can pledge to donate money (and receive various rewards) and you won't be charged unless the project completes its goal; virtually a non-losing proposition!

I've just donated, but between you and me I have my eye on that Grand Tour package sitting around the 2.5k mark...if any 3 people wanna split  625 bucks with me we, drop me a line...

In any case, if you love dinosaurs, if you love Gary and Eric and if you love opening your wallet and pledging money to back wonderful projects such as this one, then who am I to stop you?! Go ahead! And be sure to spread the word to all dinosaur and Gary/Eric fans. Let's do this, people!

The Volcano Show!

Introducing The Volcano Show from Gary and Eric! Originally part of the unfinished shows that I mentioned earlier, the Volcano Show has recently been completed and added to the DVD release of More Dinosaurs and Son of Dinosaurs! In the show, a volcano begins to grow in Eric's backyard, prompting him to find out as much useful info about it as he can before it's too late...

It Has Arrived

The time has come, friends. The DVD of More Dinosaurs, Son of Dinosaurs, and The Volcano Show is here and ready to be ordered! For the moment you can order directly from http://www.more-dinosaurs.com/

Also keep in mind that if your fav Dinosaur show isn't on this release, the sales from the first DVD will help fund the 2nd with shows like Prehistoric World and Dinosaurs Dinosaurs Dinosaurs!

You can also try mentioning this blog and see if Richard will throw anything your way ;)

The Volcano Show, and other Mysterious Gary and Eric Adventures

Remember when I mentioned Gary and Eric had more shows in production besides ones about dinosaurs? No? Well they did! And one will be included on the DVD release of More Dinosaurs and Son of Dinosaurs as "The Volcano Show"!

Producer Richard Jones explains...
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Here’s the deal with “The Volcano Show”, and other unfinished specials that were in various stages of production:

Despite our first home video distributor going out of business in the early 90s, we knew our audience enjoyed the “Dinosaur Shows”, and we enjoyed making them, so Midwich Entertainment plunged ahead trying to finish more specials starring Gary Owens and Eric Boardman. We finished “The Wondrous World of Weird Animals” and “Return of Dinosaurs” so that our new video distributor would have new product to promote while also trying to sell “The Dinosaur Shows” that had already been available on home video. At this point, The Disney Channel was still interested in licensing our shows.

So, we began production on:

The Space Show – segments were shot at the Smithsonian and Space Camp (some of which will be seen on the upcoming “More Dinosaurs” DVD release)

The Bug Show – we shot segments with Gary at The L.A. Natural History Museum’s Insect Zoo, Eric at the Smithsonian’s and The Cincinnati Zoo’s insect exhibits, Gary’s odd encounter with a crabby ladybug (Bill Saluga) and a ditzy bee (Patti Deutsch), and Gary and Eric poking around the Los Angeles County Insect Fair. (This show’s field shooting was pretty close to completion, some segments were edited, and we even had titles!)

The Fish Show – we shot some field segments with Eric at the aquariums in Chicago, Baltimore, and New Orleans. (We may put some of the rough cuts of the segments on the next DVD release)

The Volcano Show – will be making its debut soon on the “More Dinosaurs” DVD. We had shot all the segments over a few years including Eric’s trips to Hawaii and Yellowstone, and Gary’s meeting with Mr. Magma – the talking lava flow (built and operated by Chiodo Brothers Productions). In the mid-1990s, we finished the edit, David Spear scored it, and we did final audio post production… just as our deal with the second video distributor was becoming a problem (after the person who had acquired our shows left the company, they had second thoughts about getting into the kid-vid market) and The Disney Channel was shifting its focus to sit-com type series and no longer was interested in educational specials. Without home video and a cable outlet, production had to cease.

So now, 16 years later, after investing in a little final post production, The Volcano Show is finally going to see the light of day. We think the fans of the “Dinosaur Shows” will enjoy it as both a fascinating look at the spectacle of volcanic activity, and a chance to see Gary and Eric together again after all these years.

Richard Jones-Producer

On the Horizon

It's close ladies and gentlemen.