Dino Dan
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Dino Dan is a Canadian/American television series for children ages 2-17, which is currently airing on TVO Kids in Ontario, and Nick Jr.
in Australia and the USA. The series was created and directed by J.J. Johnson and produced in Toronto, Canada, by Sinking Ship Entertainment. It was co-written by J.J. Johnson and Christin Simms.
Dino Dan follows the adventures of the paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson (played by
Jason Spevack
, who starred in Sunshine Cleaning
as Oscar) and his friends, who uncover clues about the past and secrets of the dinosaurs. The show combines live action with CGI dinosaurs.
Dino Dan was nominated for a 2010 Gemini Award
for Best Preschool-to-4th Grade Program or Series.
Dino Dan won the 2010 Shaw Rocket Prize for best independently produced Canadian children's, youth, or family program.
The cast won a 2011 Young Artist Award
for Most Outstanding Young Ensemble In A TV Series.
Dino Dan was originally a Canadian cartoon but later they turned it in to a television show
Canada: Knowledge Kids, TVO Kids
United States: Nick Jr.
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. was a programming block on the Nickelodeon television channel, seen on Nickelodeon weekday mornings. It was aimed at a preschool-age audience ages 6 and under. On September 28, 2009, Nick Jr. became its own official channel, replacing Noggin...
in Australia and the USA. The series was created and directed by J.J. Johnson and produced in Toronto, Canada, by Sinking Ship Entertainment. It was co-written by J.J. Johnson and Christin Simms.
Dino Dan follows the adventures of the paleontologist-in-training Dan Henderson (played by
Jason Spevack
Jason Spevack
Jason Spevack , is a Canadian child actor. He has dual citizenship with Canada and the United States. Spevack has appeared in over 40 commercials for radio and television. He is most famous for his roles in Fever Pitch, Sunshine Cleaning and Ramona and Beezus...
, who starred in Sunshine Cleaning
Sunshine Cleaning
Sunshine Cleaning is a 2008 comedy-drama film starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt. Directed by Christine Jeffs and written by Megan Holley, the film premiered at the 2008 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2008. It was purchased by Overture Films for distribution and opened in limited release in...
as Oscar) and his friends, who uncover clues about the past and secrets of the dinosaurs. The show combines live action with CGI dinosaurs.
Dino Dan was nominated for a 2010 Gemini Award
Gemini Award
The Gemini Awards are annual television broadcasting industry awards in Canada.First awarded in 1986, the Geminis celebrate the achievements of TV members of the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Essentially, it presents awards for the best television productions in Canada. Awards are...
for Best Preschool-to-4th Grade Program or Series.
Dino Dan won the 2010 Shaw Rocket Prize for best independently produced Canadian children's, youth, or family program.
The cast won a 2011 Young Artist Award
Young Artist Award
The Young Artist Award is an accolade bestowed by the Young Artist Foundation, a non-profit organization founded in 1978 to recognize and award excellence of youth performers, and to provide scholarships for young artists who may be physically and/or financially challenged.The Young Artist...
for Most Outstanding Young Ensemble In A TV Series.
Synopsis
10 year old Dan Henderson learns about dinosaurs as he conducts experiments on dinosaurs he sees in his environment. Though they appear to be the result of his active imagination, some animals have also seen them, such as his dog, and in the episode Dino Trackers, Dan's younger brother can also see the dinosaur tracks.Dino Dan was originally a Canadian cartoon but later they turned it in to a television show
Cast Members
IMDb reports the following series cast| Series Cast | Character |
|---|---|
| Jason Spevack Jason Spevack Jason Spevack , is a Canadian child actor. He has dual citizenship with Canada and the United States. Spevack has appeared in over 40 commercials for radio and television. He is most famous for his roles in Fever Pitch, Sunshine Cleaning and Ramona and Beezus... |
Daniel "Dan" Henderson |
| Ricardo Hoyos Ricardo Hoyos Ricardo Hoyos is a Canadian teen actor, best known for his role as Ricardo in the TV series Dino Dan. He will also portray the new character "Zig" on Degrassi: The Next Generation for the upcoming season.-Filmography:... |
Ricardo Sanchez |
| Isaac Durnford Isaac Durnford Isaac Durnford is a young Canadian actor, best known for his role as Cory Schluter in the Canadian TV series Dino Dan.-Filmography:-External links:*... |
Cory Schluter |
| Jaclyn Forbes | Kami Douglas |
| Allana Harkin | Jessica Henderson |
| Keana Bastidas | Jordan Miralles |
| Sydney Kuhne | Angie Elia |
| Alana Bridgewater Alana Bridgewater Born in Newmarket, ON, raised in Scarborough, ON, Alana Bridgewater discovered her love for performing at an early age. She was a member of The Canadian Children's Opera Chorus, The Toronto Mendelssohn Youth Choir and founding member of The Nathaniel Dett Chorale. She attended The University of... |
Mrs. Nicholls |
| Sarah Carver | Mrs. Carver |
| Trek Buccino | Trek Henderson |
| Tristan Samuel | Tristan |
| Andrea Martin Andrea Martin Andrea Louise Martin is an American and Canadian actress and comedienne. She has appeared in films such as My Big Fat Greek Wedding, on stage in productions such as My Favorite Year, Fiddler on the Roof and Candide, and in the television series, SCTV.-Personal life:Martin, the oldest of three... |
Mrs. Hahn |
| Jayne Eastwood Jayne Eastwood Jayne Eastwood , also credited as Jane Easton or Jane Eastwood, is a Canadian actress most famous for appearing in the 2002 film Chicago. She was one of the original cast members of the Toronto branch of The Second City, and was a semi-regular on SCTV... |
Dan's grandmother |
| Mark McKinney Mark McKinney Mark Douglas Brown McKinney is a Canadian comedian and actor, best known for his work in the sketch comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall. Following the run of their television series and feature film , he went on to star in Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 1997... |
Mr. Dumbheller |
Paleontological inaccuracies
- The show depicted the juvenile TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
as a miniature version of the adult. However, a recent study by paleontologist Jack Horner suggests that juvenile TyrannosaurusTyrannosaurusTyrannosaurus meaning "tyrant," and sauros meaning "lizard") is a genus of coelurosaurian theropod dinosaur. The species Tyrannosaurus rex , commonly abbreviated to T. rex, is a fixture in popular culture. It lived throughout what is now western North America, with a much wider range than other...
had elongated snouts and grew deeper skulls as they aged. Also, juvenile (and possibly adult) tyrannosaurs may have actually been feathered. - It is mentioned that CompsognathusCompsognathusCompsognathus was a small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur. The animal was the size of a turkey and lived around 150 million years ago, the early Tithonian stage of the late Jurassic Period, in what is now Europe. Paleontologists have found two well-preserved fossils, one in Germany...
is the smallest known dinosaur, however, there are now smaller dinosaurs known like MicroraptorMicroraptorMicroraptor is a genus of small, four-winged dromaeosaurid dinosaurs. Numerous well-preserved fossil specimens have been recovered from Liaoning, China...
and AnchiornisAnchiornisAnchiornis is a genus of small, feathered, deinonychosaurian dinosaur. The genus Anchiornis contains the type species Anchiornis huxleyi, named in honor of Thomas Henry Huxley, an early proponent of biological evolution, and the first to propose a close evolutionary relationship between birds and...
. - Also, some dinosaurs, such as Compsognathus are pronounced wrong. Compsognathus is pronounced in the show Comp-so-naw-thus, Ankylosaur is An-kee-la-saur, and Euoplocephalus is U-ep-la-cepp-lus.
- The BrachiosaurusBrachiosaurusBrachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
is shown having a longer tail than it does in reality.
Dinosaurs and other reptiles
- Tyrannosaurus rex
- DromaeosaurusDromaeosaurusDromaeosaurus was a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived during the Late Cretaceous period , sometime between 76.5 and 74.8 million years ago, in the western United States and Alberta, Canada. The name means 'running lizard'....
- CompsognathusCompsognathusCompsognathus was a small, bipedal, carnivorous theropod dinosaur. The animal was the size of a turkey and lived around 150 million years ago, the early Tithonian stage of the late Jurassic Period, in what is now Europe. Paleontologists have found two well-preserved fossils, one in Germany...
- SpinosaurusSpinosaurusSpinosaurus is a genus of theropod dinosaur which lived in what is now North Africa, from the lower Albian to lower Cenomanian stages of the Cretaceous period, about 112 to 97 million years ago. This genus was first known from Egyptian remains discovered in 1912 and described by German...
- DiplodocusDiplodocusDiplodocus , or )is a genus of diplodocid sauropod dinosaur whose fossils were first discovered in 1877 by S. W. Williston. The generic name, coined by Othniel Charles Marsh in 1878, is a Neo-Latin term derived from Greek "double" and "beam", in reference to its double-beamed chevron bones...
- BrachiosaurusBrachiosaurusBrachiosaurus is a genus of sauropod dinosaur from the Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America. It was first described by Elmer S. Riggs in 1903 from fossils found in the Grand River Canyon of western Colorado, in the United States. Riggs named the dinosaur Brachiosaurus altithorax,...
- EdmontosaurusEdmontosaurusEdmontosaurus is a genus of crestless hadrosaurid dinosaur. It contains two species: Edmontosaurus regalis and Edmontosaurus annectens. Fossils of E. regalis have been found in rocks of western North America that date from the late Campanian stage of the Cretaceous Period 73 million years ago,...
- CorythosaurusCorythosaurusCorythosaurus is a genus of duck-billed dinosaur from the Upper Cretaceous Period, about 77-76.5 million years ago. It lived in what is now North America...
- TriceratopsTriceratopsTriceratops is a genus of herbivorous ceratopsid dinosaur which lived during the late Maastrichtian stage of the Late Cretaceous Period, around 68 to 65 million years ago in what is now North America. It was one of the last dinosaur genera to appear before the great Cretaceous–Paleogene...
- StygimolochStygimolochStygimoloch is a putative genus of pachycephalosaurid dinosaur from the end of the Cretaceous period, roughly 65 million years ago...
- StegosaurusStegosaurusStegosaurus is a genus of armored stegosaurid dinosaur. They lived during the Late Jurassic period , some 155 to 150 million years ago in what is now western North America. In 2006, a specimen of Stegosaurus was announced from Portugal, showing that they were present in Europe as well...
- EuoplocephalusEuoplocephalusEuoplocephalus was one of the largest genera of ankylosaurian dinosaurs, at about the size of a small elephant. It is also the ankylosaurian with the best fossil record, so its extensive spiked armor, low-slung body and great club-like tail are well documented.-Description:Among the...
- PterodactylusPterodactylusPterodactylus is a genus of pterosaurs, whose members are popularly known as pterodactyls. It was the first to be named and identified as a flying reptile...
- QuetzalcoatlusQuetzalcoatlusQuetzalcoatlus was a pterodactyloid pterosaur known from the Late Cretaceous of North America , and one of the largest known flying animals of all time. It was a member of the Azhdarchidae, a family of advanced toothless pterosaurs with unusually long, stiffened necks...
Dino Dan Episode List
| Episode # | Title | American Premiere (Nick Jr.) | Canadian Premiere (TVO Kids) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 101 | The Chicken or the Dino/Bones in the Backyard | 10/18/2010 | 1/11/10 |
| 102 | Masked Confusion/Trouble Clef | 10/19/2010 | 1/18/10 |
| 103 | There's a Compsognathus Under My Bed/Art for Pterosaurs' Sake | 10/27/2010 | 1/25/10 |
| 104 | Tooth or Consequences/Dinosicles | 1/16/2011 | 2/1/10 |
| 105 | The Case of the Mystery Dino/Gas-o-saurus | Not yet aired | 2/8/10 |
| 106 | He Shoots, He Roars/A Winter Tail | 10/25/2010 | 2/15/10 |
| 107 | A Pterosaur in the House/A Model Dino | 10/18/2010 | 4/11/10 |
| 108 | Copy Dino/Lunch Bag Bandit | 10/28/2010 | 4/18/10 |
| 109 | Dino Dent/Active Imagination | 1/8/11 | 5/15/10 |
| 110 | Dino Trap/Big Bad Spinosaurus | 10/26/2010 | 6/12/10 |
| 111 | Name-a-saurus/Where's Dino? | 5/8/11 | 6/19/10 |
| 112 | Moody Dino/Stop-Motion Dino | 1/15/2011 | 9/25/10 |
| 113 | 'Twas a Dinosaur/To Flee or Not to Flee | 12/20/2010 | 8/27/10 |
| 114 | Fishing for Dinosaurs/Dino Doug | 7/31/11 | 8/26/10 |
| 115 | Dino Trackers/T-Rex Bedtime | 10/19/2010 | 9/13/10 |
| 116 | To Catch a Dino/Cops & Dinos | 1/29/2011 | 10/4/10 |
| 117 | Dino Party/Training Wings | 1/23/2011 | 9/20/10 |
| 118 | Prehistoric Zoo/Ready? Set? Dino! | 1/30/2011 | 10/16/10 |
| 119 | The Dino Did It/Air Dino | Not yet aired | 10/11/10 |
| 120 | Dino Watering Hole/Dino Dance | Not yet aired | 11/6/10 |
| 121 | Captain Cory/Dino Race | Not yet aired | 11/13/10 |
| 122 | Hard Hat, Long Neck/A Roaring Good Time | 7/31/11 | 1/16/11 |
| 123 | Mini Dino/The Three Little Paleontologists | Not yet aired | 1/23/11 |
| 124 | Dino Strike!/Nothing But the Tooth | Not yet aired | 1/30/11 |
| 125 | Down on the Farm/The Time Traveler's Dino | 10/16/2011 | 2/8/11 |
| 126 | Where the Dinosaurs Are/Winter Vacation | Not yet aired | 2/15/11 |
TV Networks
Australia: Nick Jr., Playhouse DisneyCanada: Knowledge Kids, TVO Kids
United States: Nick Jr.
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. was a programming block on the Nickelodeon television channel, seen on Nickelodeon weekday mornings. It was aimed at a preschool-age audience ages 6 and under. On September 28, 2009, Nick Jr. became its own official channel, replacing Noggin...
External links
Sources
- http://www.sinkingship.ca/
- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1447487/combined
- http://www.visualhollywood.com/movies_2009/sunshine_cleaning/cast.php
- http://rocketprize.ca/en/default.asp
- http://www.tvokids.com/games/dinodan
- http://playbackonline.ca/2010/10/25/dino-dan-scores-big-for-nick-jr/
- http://www.amazon.com
- http://www.nickjr.com/dino-dan/about-dino-dan/dino-dan-episode-guide.html
- http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/dino-dan/episodes-season-1/307523
- http://www.youngartistawards.org/noms32.html