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The premise: A mammoth from the ice age is frozen in a glacier, and thawed out by a scientist and her kid [[Sidekick]]. The mammoth, named Phil, can speak perfect English and comes from a surprisingly sophisticated tribe of mammoth scientist/engineers. Each episode, Dr C. and Mike would, in a [[The Teaser|cold open]], encounter a tricky engineering problem with some device, and Phil would tell a story about solving the same problem years ago. Cue titles, then a [[Flash Back]].

The titular Cro was a young human boy (presumably a Cro-Magnon man), whose adopted Neanderthal family was assimilated into the mammoth community. Although the humans were, for the most part, pretty stupid, the mammoths found their opposable thumbs useful.

 

 

All in all, an entertaining and educational show that taught valuable lessons about mechanics and physics in an easy-to-understand way.

* [[Animated Series]]

* [[Downer Ending|Downer Opening Sequence]]: {{spoiler|The opening sequence starts off with the main family of cavemen being saved from reoccurring villain, a purple sabertooth tiger, by Phil the Mammoth. Then the ground underneath Phil's feet collapses and he seemingly dies before the eyes of his friends when he plummets to his [[Disney Death|"death"]]. This Troper, at least, always found this to be unsettling, at the best of times.}}

* [[Hot Scientist]]: I swear it was this show, but among the cast is a rather attractive scientist. At the start of one episode she's in a bikini much to a blushing Phil's embarrassment.

* [[Hulk Speak]]: most of the neanderthal characters would talk like this. Complete with the [[Blazing Saddles|Mongo Pawn In Game Of Life]] moments:

* [[Intellectual Animal]]: Turns out mammoths were all trained science teachers who spoke perfect late 20th century American English. Who knew?

* [[Human Popsicle|Mammoth Popsicle]]

* [[The Unintelligible]]: Bob

* [[Welcome Episode]]

 

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