Dinosaurs

I Never Ate for My Father

Season 2, Episode 3, Aired 10/2/91

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Robbie, after not being able to go through with eating a mastodon with the other guys at an initiation, starts to think that he might not be a carnivore after all. When Earl finds out, he's none too pleased. Robbie struggles with his feelings, and when he voices his dislike for eating meat at dinner, things only get worse.moreless

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Sherman Hemsley

B.P. Richfield
Sam McMurray

Voice of Roy Hess
Sally Struthers

Charlene Sinclair

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Trivia
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- In this episode, the Sinclair family seems to look down on eating vegetables and Robbie asks why they eat meat every single night, but in previous episodes we've seen the entire family eat vegetables. Edit
Notes
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- Earl tells Fran that Robbie gets his carnivore appetite from her Uncle Elmo. Kevin Clash, who voiced Baby Sinclair, also voiced Elmo on Sesame Street, also a show Jim Henson had a hand in the creating of. Edit
- The whole episode has overtones of youths experimenting with drugs and/or homosexuality, but done through Robbie being a Herbivore. Edit
- Robbie is a Herbivore. Edit
Quotes
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- Earl: (sees the monster that ate Robbie) That's him! Edit
- Earl: Charlene, you are now my son. Charlene: Thanks Daddy. Can I have money for lipstick? Earl: Of course son. Edit
- Charlene: Mom, can we please have dinner? I'm wasting away. My thighs are hardly touching. Fran: Don't exaggerate dear. I heard you coming. Edit
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- Title: The episode title refers to the Oscar-nominated 1970 drama, I Never Sang for My Father, starring Melvyn Douglas and Gene Hackman. Edit
- Earl: Are you now, or have you ever been an herbivore? This alludes to what was known as the "$64 question", "Are you now, or have you ever been a member of the communist party of the United States?", asked by the House Un-American Activities Committee of suspected communist sympathizers. The committee was active from 1938-1975. Edit
- Martin Luther King: Robbie's speech about how he "dreams about Dinosaurs being judged not by the food they eat, but instead by their character" is derived off of Martin Luther King Jr. speech. Edit