1988 • 24 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1 • Sep 12, 1988
It is late Spring when Wally, Jeremy, Shades and Mario are at the La Brea Tar Pits working on a school research project and discover a mysterious tar egg that cracks open to reveal a friendly dinosaur.
Episode 2 • Sep 13, 1988
Denver follows Jeremy to his job at the supermarket, where he hides in the storeroom and stuffs himself full of potato chips.
Episode 3 • Sep 14, 1988
Wally borrows his sister Heather's video camera and the starry-eyed kids set out to make a video starring themselves.
Episode 4 • Sep 15, 1988
While camping at a mountain lake with the boys, Denver is mistaken for a horrible lake monster.
Episode 5 • Sep 16, 1988
Denver and the kids make friends with a circus owner's son and help him liven up a lackluster show with bicycle and skateboard stunts.
Episode 6 • Sep 19, 1988
The boys decide to do a science project on dinosaurs for the school science fair.
Episode 7 • Sep 20, 1988
Wally and Heather panic when they hear their parents are planning an out- of-town move.
Episode 8 • Sep 21, 1988
Wally's first day on the job at the zoo takes a turn for the worse when the self-serving Dr. Funt captures Denver for his new high-tech exhibit.
Episode 9 • Sep 22, 1988
The kind-hearted Denver rescues one of the boy's arch rivals, Scott, winning his heart and killing his plans to expose Denver to the media in order to gain publicity and votes for the upcoming student election.
Episode 10 • Sep 23, 1988
While visiting Jeremy's Uncle Eli on his Nevada ranch, Denver and the boys attend a local rodeo.
Episode 11 • Sep 26, 1988
Casey's movie-star cousin, Lana Lake, invites Casey, the boys and Denver to watch the filming of her latest sci-fi movie, "Leapin' Lizards on the Loose".
Episode 12 • Sep 27, 1988
When Heather gets a job at a Dinosaur theme amusement park, Denver roams freely around the park and fits right in with all the dino-costumed employees.
Episode 13 • Sep 28, 1988
Denver and Jeremy enter a wacky game show only to find they're competing against the team Morton Fizzback and Professor Funt.
Episode 14 • Sep 29, 1988
Shades develops a recent interest in karate. He is also very into Nikko, the daughter of his instructor.
Episode 15 • Sep 30, 1988
Denver becomes a major radio star during a competition between KAY-HIP and KAY-LOUD radio stations.
Episode 16 • Oct 03, 1988
When Heather and Wally's parents inform the two that they are expecting guests from out-of-town, they must hide Denver that the local movie theater, which is believed to be haunted.
Episode 17 • Oct 01, 1988
A boy genius, Freddy Facknitts, invents a time machine that sends Denver and Morton Fizzback into the past and into the middle of a crazy caveman competition called Mammothball.
Episode 18 • Oct 05, 1988
When the boys enter Wally's dog, Rocky, in a relay race for dogs, they also disguise Denver as a dog so that Rocky will perform well.
Episode 19 • Oct 06, 1988
Denver and Mario take a job as children's entertainers only to incur the wrath of Douggie, the Dancing Clown, who tries to sabotage Denver and Mario's entertaining efforts.
Episode 20 • Oct 07, 1988
On a visit to Aunt Shadie's ghost town, the kids and Denver go on a wild mining car ride while trying to retrieve the deed to the town from some thieves who had stolen it.
Episode 21 • Oct 10, 1988
Denver falls in love with a mechanical dinosaur and follows her into the Big Deal Movie Studios. His friends must get him home without being discovered.
Episode 22 • Oct 11, 1988
When disreputable treasure hunters kidnap a valuable dolphin from a marine research facility and use him to locate sunken treasure, Denver dives in to save the dolphin.
Episode 23 • Oct 12, 1988
Heather and the boys take Denver to a mountain ski resort.
Episode 24 • Oct 13, 1988
The secluded beach where Mario surfs and the kids play is taken over by Rad Tad and his group of Surf Dudes.