Chip Stein is a newscaster for Mug TV in the fourth season Dinosaurs episode "Life in the Faust Lane." Stein covers the Mug News Roundup, and reports the shocking tale of a rash of recent thefts targeting collectible Fernhill Mint mugs. Stein is clearly emotionally affected, but retains his newsman's decorum, and exhorts his fellow mug fanciers to take courage.