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''Barney & Friends'' is an American
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created by
Sheryl Leach Sheryl Lyna Stamps Leach is an American author who cocreated the children's show ''Barney & Friends'' with Kathryn O'Rourke Parker, Kathy Parker and Dennis DeShazer. Education Leach holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Southe ...
targeted at children ages two to five. The flagship production of the ''Barney'' franchise, it originally aired on
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under the
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brand from April 6, 1992 to November 2, 2010, although new videos were still released on various dates after the last episode aired. It features and stars Barney, a purple
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'' who conveys educational messages through songs and small dance routines with a friendly, huggable and
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attitude. Reruns aired on Sprout from 2005 to 2015, and from December 17, 2018 to January 25, 2020 on Sprout's successor network,
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, until the latter's closure on March 6, 2025. On October 6, 2015, the series was initially renewed for revival with a new season to premiere in 2017, but that never came to fruition. A CGI-animated series aired on
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on October 18, 2024, and streamed on
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on October 14, 2024. While popular with its intended audience, ''Barney & Friends'' drew severe negative reaction from adults, who mocked the title character in popular culture through song parodies and comedy routines such as being beaten up by
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on a ''
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'' episode.


History and development

''Barney & Friends'' was created by Sheryl Leach of
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. She came up with the idea of a children's program after noticing that her son outgrew '' Wee Sing Together'', and then recognizing that there were no videos to appeal to her son. Leach then brought together a team who created a series of home videos, '' Barney & the Backyard Gang'', initially released in 1988. The first three videos starred actress
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. One day in 1991, the daughter of
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executive Larry Rifkin rented one of the videos and was "mesmerized" by it. Rifkin thought the concept could be developed for PBS. Rifkin thought Barney had appeal because he was less neurotic than
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. He pitched it to CPTV president Jerry Franklin, whose preschool son also fell in love with it. Franklin and Rifkin pitched the idea to all of their colleagues with preschoolers, and they all agreed that kids would love a ''Barney'' show. Franklin and Rifkin convinced Leach to let CPTV revamp the concept for television. The show debuted as ''Barney & Friends'' in 1992. The series was produced by CPTV and
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(later bought by
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). Although the show was a runaway hit, PBS initially opted not to provide funding beyond the initial 30-episode run. When Rifkin and other CPTV executives learned this, they wrote letters to their fellow PBS member stations urging them to get PBS to reconsider. The Lyons Group, meanwhile, sent out notices through the Barney Fan Club, telling parents to write letters and make phone calls to their local PBS stations to show their support for ''Barney & Friends''. By the time of the yearly member stations' meeting, station executives across the country were up in arms over the prospect of one of their most popular shows being canceled. Faced with an atmosphere that Rifkin later described as "like an insurrection", PBS ultimately relented. For several years, the show was taped at the Color Dynamics Studios facility at Greenville Avenue & Bethany Drive in
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, after which it moved to The Studios at
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in
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, and then Carrollton, a suburb of Dallas. The TV series was produced by
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from 2006 to 2010.


Episode format


Opening sequence

The episodes open with the theme song (over clips from various episodes) and the title card before it dissolves into the school (in seasons 1–6) or park (in seasons 7–14). The children are seen doing an activity, occasionally relating to the episode's topic. They eventually cause Barney to come to life from a plush doll, transforming into the "real" Barney, how he appears in the children's imaginations. Beginning in season 9, Barney's transformation occurs in a clip at the end of the theme song.


Main sequence

Here, the main plot of the episode takes place. Barney and the children learn about the main topic of the episode, with Baby Bop, BJ, and/or Riff appearing during the episode and numerous songs themed relating to the subject featured in the series. The roles of Baby Bop, BJ, and Riff have grown larger in later seasons and later episodes venture outside of the school to other places within the neighborhood, and in season 13, to other countries around the world.


Closing sequence

Barney concludes with the song "I Love You", then the children say goodbye to him and leave. Barney dissolves back into his original stuffed form and winks at the viewer(s). The first story in season 10–11 episodes end with the characters singing "A Friend Like You" instead and Barney remaining alive. The sequence transitions to ''Barney Says'' (in seasons 1–8 and 12 only) where Barney, who is off-screen, narrates what he and his friends had done that day, along with still snapshots from the episode. Barney ends the segment in seasons 1 and 2 by saying "I love you!" before the credits roll. In seasons 3–8 and 12, the segment ends with a pre-recorded clip of Barney saying, "And remember, I love you!" and waving goodbye.


Characters and cast


Dinosaurs

* (voiced by
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1992–2000, and
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2001–2010; people who wore the Barney suit included David Joyner 1991-2001 and Carey Stinson): The main character is a purple and green ''
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'' in stuffed animal likeness, who comes to life through a child's imagination. His
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is "Barney is a Dinosaur", whose tune is based on "
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". Barney often quotes things as being "Super dee-duper". Episodes frequently end with the song "I Love You", sung to the tune of "
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". Despite being a
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type dinosaur, Barney does not have a carnivore's fearsome teeth. He likes many different foods such as fruits and vegetables, but his main favorite is a
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with a glass of milk. * (voiced by Julie Johnson): A green ''
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'', who was originally two years old, but turned three in "Look at Me, I'm 3!". Baby Bop has been on the show since her debut in "Barney in Concert" on July 29, 1991. She wears a pink bow and pink ballet slippers and carries a yellow
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. She sings the song "My Yellow Blankey" to show how much her security blanket means to her. She likes to eat
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and
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. She is the younger sister of BJ. * (voiced by Patty Wirtz): A seven-year-old yellow ''
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'', BJ has been on the show since September 27, 1993. He is the older brother of Baby Bop, whom he frequently calls "Sissy" and occasionally calls by her name. He sings "BJ's Song" about himself. He wears a red
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and red sneakers. He lost his hat in the episode "Hats Off to BJ!". Pickles are his favorite food and he has tried them in various ways, such as on pizza. * (voiced by
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): An orange six-year-old ''
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'', who is Baby Bop and BJ's cousin, Riff has been on the show since September 18, 2006. He wears green
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. His theme music is "I Hear Music Everywhere". Riff loves music and it is in almost everything he does. In the episode "Barney: Let's Go to the Firehouse", it was revealed that Riff also likes to invent things; he created a four-sound
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(the first three were different alarm sounds and the final one his voice). He is shown to have an interest in
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s and
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s.


Adults and children

The adults and children on the show often appear as teachers, storytellers, or other characters.


Multiple appearances


Puppets

A lot of puppets appeared in many seasons. The most notable puppets were: * Scooter McNutty, a brown squirrel (seasons: 4–6, 1997–2000) performed and voiced by
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* Miss Etta Kette, a purple bird (seasons: 4–6, 1997–2000) performed and voiced by Brice Armstrong; Armstrong also voices Beauregard the Cat in the video ''It's Time for Counting''. * Booker T. Bookworm, an orange worm with interests in books (season 5: 1998–1999) performed and voiced by Earl Fisher


Children

Throughout the series' run, over 100 children have appeared in the series, with most of them from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. Only a small portion of these actors have made notable appearances in media since their roles, including: *
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: played Jamal in Season 10 * Danielle Vega: played Kim in seasons 4 to 6 *
Demi Lovato Demetria Devonne "Demi" Lovato ( ; born August 20, 1992) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. After appearing on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004), she starred in the Disney Channel short series ...
: played Angela in seasons 7 to 8 *
Selena Gomez Selena Marie Gomez ( ; born July 22, 1992) is an American actress, singer, songwriter, producer, and businesswoman. Gomez began her career as a child actress, appearing on the children's television series ''Barney & Friends'' (2002–2004), a ...
: played Gianna in seasons 7 to 8 *
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: played Debby in season 10 *
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: played Bridget in season 10 * Jaren Lewison: played Joshua in seasons 12 to 13


Episodes


Airings

Other than the United States, the series has aired in Canada, Mexico and Latin America, France, Ireland, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, the United Kingdom, Japan (on English-based DVDs under the name "" and on television as simply ""), the Philippines, Turkey, Australia, and New Zealand, among others. Australian based company and distributor Southern Star handled non-US rights to the series from the mid-'90s until 2001 when HIT revoked the deal after acquiring Lyrick. Two known co-productions of ''Barney & Friends'' have been produced outside of the US. The Israeli co-production ''Hachaverim shel Barney'' (The Friends of Barney) produced from 1997 to 1999 in
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, Israel, was the first of these. Rather than dubbing the original American episodes in seasons 1 to 3, the episodes were adapted with a unique set and exclusive child actors. The second co-production was broadcast in South Korea from 2001 to 2003 on KBS (under the name "바니와 친구들" (''Baniwa Chingudeul'' (Barney and Friends))). This one, however, adapted the first six seasons (including the first three that the Israel co-production did).


Music

The show's theme song was "I Love You", with original lyrics sung to the melody of the
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song "
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". The new lyrics were written for the melody in 1982 by
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homemaker Lee Bernstein for a children's book titled "Piggyback Songs" (1983), and these lyrics were adapted by Barney producers in the early 1990s, without knowing the words had been written by Bernstein. Upon discovering the usage of her lyrics, Bernstein retained lawyer Daniel Glavin who negotiated with Barney producers for writing credit and royalties, reported as a one-time payment of $7,500 plus $2,000 "every several years." In 1994 when Barney-related licensing was bringing in an estimated $50 million for
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, Bernstein sought a higher royalty payment in court. The song was among those used by interrogators at
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to coerce detainees. A US soldier told ''
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'': "Trust me, it works. In training, they forced me to listen to it for 45 minutes. I never want to go through that again."
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and
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performed a heavy metal cover of the song in 2008. A majority of the albums of ''Barney & Friends'' feature
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as the voice of Barney; however, the recent album ''The Land of Make-Believe'' has
Dean Wendt Dean Wendt is an American voice actor, host and music DJ, best known as the second voice of Barney (Barney & Friends character), Barney on the hit children's show ''Barney & Friends'' following the departure of the character's original voice actor ...
's voice.


Awards and nominations


Reception and legacy

Several people have concluded that episodes contain a great deal of age-appropriate educational material, including
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researchers Dorothy and Jerome Singer, who called the program a "model of what preschool television should be". Others have criticized the show for a lack of educational value, as well as being repetitive. The show is often cited as a contributing factor to the perceived sense of entitlement seen in
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, who grew up watching the show. One specific criticism is: In 1992, the ''Barney'' franchise generated in retail sales. The creator and performer of the San Diego Chicken mascot, Ted Giannoulas, called Barney a "ubiquitous and insipid creature" in a 1999 court case. ''Barney & Friends'' ranked No. 50 on ''
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'' 2002 list of the 50 worst TV shows of all time. In a 1993 newspaper article, Jerry Franklin, the head of
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, which co-produced ''Barney & Friends'' at the time, was quoted thus: Howard Blumenthal, producer of ''Where in the World Is Carmen Sandiego?'', said "Even the most knowledgeable people … can't really understand why that
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phenomenon happened and another didn't".


References


Further reading

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External links

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