Along with Steve Urkel ’s high-pitched confession “Did I do that?” and Joey Tribiani’s surprisingly suave come-on “How you doin’?,” one of the most recognizable sitcom catchphrases of the ‘90s was, “Not the mama!” The ABC sitcom Dinosaurs , about a Megalosaurus family living 60 million years ago, imagined a prehistoric era when dinosaurs began to settle down, get married, have children, and live in houses.

The show starred Stuart Pankin as the voice of Earl Sinclair, a dim-witted, temperamental tree-pusher with a wife, Fran (Jessica Walter), and two teenage children, Robbie (Jason Willinger) and Charlene (Sally Struthers).…