Valley of the Dinosaurs

Valley of the Dinosaurs is an American animated action-adventure drama TV series produced by the Australian arm of Hanna-Barbera Productions for CBS's Saturday morning children's programming. It ran in 1974, airing 16 episodes.

While rafting in the Amazon, the Butlers get caught in a whirlpool, emerging in a hidden realm where man and dinosaur coexist together. Upon their arrival, they are met and befriended by a neanderthal family who helps them adapt to living in this strange world, while the Butlers try to ease their everyday living by introducing them to simple modern inventions.

The series is similar to the then-concurrent prehistoric-themed live-action TV series Korg: 70,000 B.C. on ABC.

Gorak and his teenage daughter, Tana, had cameos in the Adult Swim parody series Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law in the 2005 episode "Beyond the Valley of the Dinosaurs," while and Gorak's pet, Glump, had a cameo in HBO Max's 2021 children's sitcom, Jellystone!

The entire series has been released on DVD.

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin, credited as musical director, with musical supervision from Paul DeKorte. The music editor was Pat Foley.

Cast

 * Mike Road as John Butler
 * Shannon Farnon as Kim Butler
 * Jackie E. Haley as Greg Butler
 * Kathy Gori as Katie Butler
 * Alan Oppenheimer as Gorak
 * Joan Gardner as Gara
 * Franklin Welker (yes, Franklin) as Lok, Glump, and Digger
 * Melanie Baker as Tana