

The radio host Uncle Don was believed to have uttered "There that ought to hold the little bastards" into a live mike at the conclusion of one of his shows when he thought the station was no longer broadcasting. Rogers was a convicted child molester or had served in the armed forces as a sniper and thus had dispatched many to their graves. Back fence gossip asserted the genial Mr. The rumors' presentation of Barney as a nefarious character who deals drugs or secretly hates children runs contrary to his steadfast image of wholesomeness and trustworthiness.īaseless rumors of similar denigrating nature have plagued other children's hosts cherished for their friendliness and sincerity. It's not the funny costume or the songs that make the show a success it's the friendliness and constant optimism of the show's purple host. Two common rumors about Barney (police uncovered a cache of illegal drugs secreted in the rotund dinosaur's tail, or the endlessly loving and patient children's host roundly cussed out a hapless tyke) strike at the heart of Barney's appeal to the smaller set. Barney's is a loveable persona, and the children he interacts with as part of the show happily sing and dance along with him, looking upon him as a much-admired friend.
#Barney and friends cast 1990s series#
The first six videos of this series aired on The Disney Channel in November 1990 as a part of its "Lunch Box" program.Barney, the purple dinosaur from television's Barney & Friends, has been on the air since 1992, hosting a show which uses song and dance to teach preschool tots in an environment of warmth and caring.
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Lauren King (played Kathy in Rock with Barney).Philip Parker (performed as the Bear in Campfire Sing-Along).Sonya Resendez (played Tina's Mom in Campfire Sing-Along).

Henry Hammack (played Santa Claus in Waiting for Santa).Sandy Duncan (played Molly the Mermaid in A Day at the Beach).Rock with Barney (Series Finale) (August 1, 1991).Barney Goes to School (August 15, 1990).The Backyard Show (Pilot) (August 29, 1988).Also, only four of the kids from the videos (Michael, Derek, Tina, and Luci) were carried over to the television show. Rock with Barney was the final video in the series before the television show debuted. He liked the concept and talked to Leach about possibly putting Barney on television through the Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS). Then one day, in 1991, Larry Rifkin, then head of Connecticut Public Television, rented a Barney video for his daughter Leora.

The series was a regional success, but only a moderate success throughout the rest of the country. Although "I Love You" was sung at the end of Barney Goes to School and Barney in Concert, and later frequently sung at the end of all episodes of Barney & Friends, it was not featured at the end of Rock with Barney. In the first five videos, "I Love You" was sung at the beginning. (At the time, Duncan was starring on the NBC sitcom The Hogan Family.) Music for the Barney & the Backyard Gang videos was created by Stephen Bates Baltes and Phillip Parker (as with the television series), and Lory Lazarus wrote the first original song produced for Barney, "Friends Are Forever", sung by Duncan. The first three episodes from 19 include Sandy Duncan as Michael and Amy's mother. The series led to the launch of the children's television show, Barney & Friends, which in its original run aired on PBS from April 6, 1992, to November 2, 2010. Barney & the Backyard Gang is an American direct-to-video series produced by The Lyons Group and released in periodic installments from August 29, 1988, to August 1, 1991.
