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The Terrible Thunderlizards is a segment that aired in Canada on ___MASK21___ and in the United States as part of Eek ! Stravaganza on the ___MASK52___ programming block . It aired from November 20 , 1993 to July 28 , 1997 . The series was originally intended as a spin off from Eek ! The Cat . The segment was supposed to air at the start of Eek ' s second season in September 1993 , but due to production delays , it began in November . Like Eek ! , the segment was also a co - production of Nelvana and ___MASK52___ in association with Savage Studios Ltd . The series chronicled the misadventures of a trio of dinosaur mercenaries released from incarceration ( for being falsely accused of helping an enemy Thuggosaur in a time of war ) and charged with the task of eliminating two primitive human beings after scientists realize that if humanity is allowed to multiply it will mean the end of dinosaur supremacy . However , despite their superior size and firepower and the obliviousness of their targets , the mercenaries always fail to kill the humans with comic results . Their usual preferred method of attacking the humans was throwing bombs full of bees , which upon impact would usually then go after the dinosaurs ; forcing them to run to water to get away from the bees . Although the mercenaries failed to eliminate the humans , they had better luck in defending Jurassic ___MASK31___ from enemies , and had been successful in dangerous missions such as rescuing the kidnapped daughter of the president , which might explain why the team was allowed to continue working and not returned to prison . Dee Snider , from the band Twisted Sister composed the show ' s theme song . A music video is a short film integrating a song and imagery , produced for promotional or artistic purposes . Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings . There are also cases where songs are used in tie in marketing campaigns that allow them to become more than just a song . Tie ins and merchandising could be used in toys or marketing campaigns for food and other products . Although the origins of music videos date back to musical short films that first appeared in the 1920s , they came into prominence in the 1980s when ___MASK79___ based their format around the medium . Prior to the 1980s , these works were described by various terms including " illustrated song ", " filmed insert ", " promotional ( promo ) film ", " promotional clip ", " promotional video ", " song video ", " song clip " or " film clip ". Since the creation and increased popularity of ___MASK9___ , mainstream artists now promote new music videos by releasing trailers of short promos on the site for their upcoming song and music video . Consequentially , ___MASK9___ has been converted into a social media platform for celebrities and artists to market themselves to their fans The ___MASK68___ ( often shortened to / commonly referred to as Fox ) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is owned by the Fox Entertainment Group subsidiary of 21st Century Fox . The network is headquartered at the 20th Century Fox studio lot on Pico Boulevard in the Century City section of Los Angeles , with additional major offices and production facilities at the Fox Television Center in nearby West Los Angeles and the Fox Broadcasting Center in Yorkville , Manhattan , New York . It is the third largest major television network in the world based on total revenues , assets , and international coverage . Eek ! The Cat ( retitled Eek ! Stravaganza in 1994 ) is an American - Canadian animated series , created by Savage Steve Holland and Bill Kopp and produced by ___MASK52___ and Savage Studios with animation by Nelvana , that ran from 1992 to 1997 . It aired on YTV from 1992 to 1998 in Canada . Winnipeg is the capital and largest ___MASK31___ of the province of Manitoba in Canada . It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America , at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers . Canada ( French : ) is a country in the northern half of North America . Its ___MASK98___ provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific and northward into the Arctic Ocean , covering , making it the world ' s second - largest country by total area and the fourth - largest country by land area . Canada ' s border with the United States is the world ' s longest land border . The majority of the country has a cold or severely cold winter climate , but southerly areas are warm in summer . Canada is sparsely populated , the majority of its land territory being dominated by forest and tundra and the Rocky Mountains . About ___MASK85___ - fifths of the country ' s population of 36 million people is urbanized and live near the southern border . Its capital is Ottawa , its largest ___MASK31___ is Toronto ; other major urban areas include Montreal , Vancouver , Calgary , Edmonton , Quebec ___MASK31___ , Winnipeg and Hamilton . Long Island is an island located just off the northeast coast of the United States and a region within the U . S . state of New York . Stretching east - northeast from New York Harbor into the Atlantic Ocean , the island comprises ___MASK85___ counties : Kings and Queens ( which comprise the New York ___MASK31___ boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens , respectively ) to the west ; then Nassau and Suffolk to the east . However , many people in the New York metropolitan area ( even those living in Brooklyn and Queens ) colloquially use the term " Long Island " ( or " The Island ") exclusively to refer to the Nassau  Suffolk county area collectively , which is mainly suburban in character . More generally , " Long Island " may also refer collectively both to the main Island as well as its nearby , surrounding outer barrier islands . North of the island is the Long Island Sound , across from which lie the states of Connecticut and a small part of Rhode Island across the Block Island Sound . Across the Sound , to the northwest , lies Westchester County on mainland New York . To the west , Long Island is separated from the Bronx and the island of Manhattan by the East River . To the extreme southwest , it is separated from the New York ___MASK31___ borough of Staten Island and the U . S . state of New Jersey by Upper New York Bay , the Narrows , and Lower New York Bay . To the east lie Block Island and numerous smaller islands . Corus Entertainment is a Canadian media and broadcasting company . Formed in 1999 as a spin - off from ___MASK81___ , it is headquartered at Corus Quay in Toronto , Ontario , and has prominent holdings in the radio , publishing , and television industries . Corus Entertainment ' s voting majority is held by the company ' s founder JR Shaw and his family , and a 39 % stake of Corus stock is owned by ___MASK81___ . Montreal officially Montréal in both Canadian English and French , is the most populous municipality in Quebec and the 2nd - most populous in Canada . Originally called " Ville - Marie ", or " ___MASK31___ of Mary ," it is named after Mount Royal , the triple - peaked hill in the heart of the ___MASK31___ . The ___MASK31___ is on the Island of Montreal , which took its name from the same source as the ___MASK31___ , and a few much smaller peripheral islands , the largest of which is Île Bizard . It has a distinct four - season continental climate with warm to hot summers and cold snowy winters . Ottawa is the capital ___MASK31___ of Canada . It stands on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of southern Ontario . Ottawa borders Gatineau , Quebec ; the two form the core of the Ottawa  Gatineau census metropolitan area ( CMA ) and the National Capital Region ( NCR ). The 2011 census reported a population of 883 , 391 , making it the fourth - largest ___MASK31___ in Canada ; and 1 , 236 , 324 within the CMA , making it the fourth - largest CMA in Canada . The ___MASK31___ of Ottawa reported that the ___MASK31___ had an estimated population of 960 , 754 as of December 2015 . " I Wanna Rock " is a song written and composed by Dee Snider and performed by his band Twisted Sister . It was released on the 1984 album " Stay Hungry ." In 2009 , it was named the 17th ___MASK100___ Greatest Hard Rock Songs by ___MASK100___ . Savage Steve Holland ( born 1960 ) is an American writer , producer , voice actor , animator , and film director who wrote and directed the cult films " Better Off Dead " ( 1985 ) and " ___MASK65___ Crazy Summer " ( 1986 ), starring John Cusack . He also directed the film " How I Got Into College " ( 1989 ), and animated the " Whammy " on the game show " Press Your Luck ". He later went on to create and produce " Eek ! the Cat " for ___MASK52___ . Now , he manages his own studio , Savage Studios Ltd . and directs shows for Disney Channel and Nickelodeon . Twisted Sister was an American heavy metal band originally from Ho - Ho - Kus , New Jersey , and later based in Long Island , New York . Twisted Sister ' s most well - known hits include " We ' re Not Gonna Take It " and " I Wanna Rock ", which had music videos noted for their sense of slapstick humor . Many of the band ' s songs explore themes of parent vs . child conflicts and criticisms of the educational system . Vancouver , officially the ___MASK31___ of Vancouver , is a coastal seaport ___MASK31___ on the mainland of British Columbia , Canada , and the most populous ___MASK31___ in the province . Nelvana Ltd . is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 and known for its work in children ' s animation . It was named by founders Michael Hirsh , Patrick Loubert and Clive A . Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s . The company ' s production logo is a polar bear looking at the North Star . Corus Entertainment , a spin - off from ___MASK81___ , has owned the company since September 2000 . Calgary is a ___MASK31___ in the Canadian province of Alberta . It is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the south of the province , in an area of foothills and prairie , about east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies . In the 2011 census , the ___MASK31___ of Calgary had a population of 1 , 096 , 833 and a metropolitan population of 1 , 214 , 839 , making it the largest ___MASK31___ in Alberta , and the third - largest municipality and fifth - largest census metropolitan area ( CMA ) in Canada . An animated series is a set of animated works with a common series title , usually related to ___MASK65___ another . These episodes typically share the same main characters , some different secondary characters and a basic theme . Series can have either a finite number of episodes like a miniseries , a definite end , or be open - ended , without a predetermined number of episodes . They can be broadcast on television , shown in movie theatres , released direct - to - video or on the internet . Like animated films , animated series can be of a wide variety of genres and can also have different target audiences , from children to adults . Toronto is the most populous ___MASK31___ in Canada , the provincial capital of Ontario , and the centre of the Greater Toronto Area , the most populous metropolitan area in Canada . Growing in population , the 2011 census recorded a population of 2 , 615 , 060 . As of 2015 , the population is now estimated at 2 , 826 , 498 , making Toronto the fourth - largest ___MASK31___ in North America based on the population within its ___MASK31___ limits . Toronto trails only Mexico ___MASK31___ , New York ___MASK31___ , and Los Angeles by this measure , while it is the fifth - largest ( behind also Chicago ) if ranked by the size of its metropolitan area . An established global ___MASK31___ , Toronto is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and widely recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world . Edmonton is the capital ___MASK31___ of the Canadian province of Alberta . Edmonton is on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region , which is surrounded by Alberta ' s central region . Clive A . Smith ( often credited as Clive Smith ) is a British expatriate director and animator who , with Michael Hirsh and Patrick Loubert , founded Canadian animation studio Nelvana in 1971 . Smith worked on some of his studio ' s first TV specials , including " A Cosmic Christmas " ( 1977 ), which was broadcast on ___MASK3___ in Canada and syndicated in the United States proving to be Nelvana ' s breakthrough production . He also helmed the studio ' s next special , " The Devil and Daniel Mouse ", in 1978 . He worked as director of Nelvana ' s first feature film , 1983 ' s " Rock and Rule ", and its 1997 animated version of the Pippi Longstocking saga . He also directed " A Wookie ' s Christmas " ( also known as " The Faithful Wookie ") for George Lucas and " Family Dog " for Tim Burton and Steven Spielberg . Smith retired from Nelvana in 2001 , the year after he and his co - founders sold the studio to Corus Entertainment . ___MASK52___ ( originally known as Fox Children ' s Network and later as the ___MASK52___ Network ) was an American children ' s programming block and branding for a slate of international children ' s television channels . Originally a joint venture between the ___MASK68___ ( Fox ) and its affiliated stations , it was later owned by ___MASK52___ Worldwide Inc . from 1996 to 2001 , then by Fox Television Entertainment from 2001 onwards . ___MASK81___ Inc . is a Canadian telecommunications company that provides telephone , Internet , television , and mobile services all backed by a fibre optic network . Headquartered in Calgary , Alberta , Shaw provides services mostly in British Columbia and Alberta , with smaller systems in Saskatchewan , Manitoba , and Northern Ontario . Through its subsidiary Freedom Mobile , Shaw provides mobile services in urban areas of British Columbia , Alberta , and Southern Ontario . The company ' s chief competitor is Telus Communications . Quebec ___MASK31___ ( pronounced or ) officially Québec ) is the capital ___MASK31___ of the Canadian province of Quebec . In 2015 the ___MASK31___ had a population estimate of 545 , 485 , and the metropolitan area had a population of 806 , 400 , making it Canada ' s seventh - largest metropolitan area and Quebec ' s second - largest ___MASK31___ after Montreal , which is about to the southwest . Patrick Loubert ( born Toronto , Ontario in 1947 ) was ___MASK65___ of the founders of the Canadian animation studio , Nelvana Limited , along with Clive A . Smith and Michael Hirsh . He has produced , and executive - produced , much of the company ' s most memorable fare . Slapstick is a style of humor involving exaggerated physical activity which exceeds the boundaries of normal physical comedy . The term arises from a device developed during the broad , physical comedy style known as Commedia dell ' ___MASK94___ in 16th Century Italy . The ' slap stick ' consists of two thin slats of wood made from splitting a single long stick , which make a ' slap ' when striking another actor , with little force needed to make a loud - and comical - sound .