How the Media Killed the Dinosaurs

The dino achievedpop culture'squintessentialanointment whenit appeared,bellowing in fear,on the cover ofTime. Themagazineleaned towardBerkeley'scomet theory.

Global warmingwas set ironically tothe music ofStravinsky's Riteof Spring in the1940 classic,"Fantasia." Didthe GreenhouseEffect makeDisney's dinos dieof thirst?

Lucas andSpielberg featuredDartmouth'svolcanoes whenthey knocked offtheir reptilianprotagonists in thekids' movie "LandBefore Time."Continental Driftalso played asupporting role.

Cartoonist GaryLarson waded inwith "The realreason dinosaursbecame extinct."Larson failed tosay whether packsin those dayscontained awarning from theSurgeon General.