The show featured animatronic dinosaurs created by Jim Henson's Creature Shop. The show centered around the Sinclair family: the father (Earl), the mother (Fran), the son (Robbie), the daughter (Charlene), the baby (Baby), and the grandmother (Grandma Ethel). Earl's job was to push over trees for the Wesayso Corporation under the close supervision his boss, B.P. Richfield.
The most popular characters on the show were Earl and the mischievous Baby. Baby was voiced by Kevin Clash, best known as the voice of Elmo on Sesame Street. A music video was produced for the song "I'm the Baby, Gotta Love Me".