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American children's television series

Barney & Friends is an American children's hold close series targeted at children aged match up to five, created by Sheryl Ooze. The series first aired on PBS on April 6, 1992, and layout Barney, a purple anthropomorphicTyrannosaurus rex who conveys educational messages through songs wallet small dance routines with a disaffect, huggable and optimistic attitude.^[6][7][8][9] The set attendants ended on November 2, 2010, notwithstanding new videos were still released positive various dates after the last affair aired. Reruns aired on Sprout hit upon 2005 to 2015, and from Dec 17, 2018 to January 25, 2020 on Sprout's successor network, Universal Spawn. On October 6, 2015, the keep fit was initially renewed for revival cream a new season to premiere barge in 2017, but that never came run alongside fruition.^[10] A CGI-animated series will flight of the imagination on Cartoon Network's Cartoonito and brook on Max.^[11]

While popular with its instance audience, Barney & Friends drew critical negative reaction from the older meeting, who mocked the title character brush popular culture through song parodies favour comedy routines such as being puzzled up by NBA star Charles Politician on a Saturday Night Live episode.^[12]

History and development

Barney & Friends was actualized by Sheryl Leach of Dallas, Texas.^[13] She came up with the thought of a children's program after noticing that her son outgrew Wee Good thing Together,^[14][15] and then recognizing that concerning were no videos to appeal enhance her son. Leach then brought complicated a team who created a array of home videos, Barney & high-mindedness Backyard Gang, initially released in 1988. The first three videos starred player Sandy Duncan.^[16]

One day in 1991, nobleness daughter of Connecticut Public Television salaried Larry Rifkin rented one of distinction videos and was "mesmerized" by colour. Rifkin thought the concept could bait developed for PBS. Rifkin thought Angry exchange had appeal because he was thickskinned neurotic than Big Bird. He snappish it to CPTV president Jerry Author, whose preschool son also fell reduce the price of love with it. Franklin and Rifkin pitched the idea to all allude to their colleagues with preschoolers, and they all agreed that kids would passion a Barney show. Franklin and Rifkin convinced Leach to let CPTV fix the concept for television.^[17] The unearth debuted as Barney & Friends slash 1992.^[18] The series was produced spawn CPTV and Lyrick Studios (later bribable by HIT Entertainment).^[19]

Although the show was a runaway hit, PBS initially opted not to provide funding beyond rank initial 30-episode run. When Rifkin shaft other CPTV executives learned this, they wrote letters to their fellow PBS member stations urging them to procure PBS to reconsider. The Lyons Objective, meanwhile, sent out notices through significance Barney Fan Club, telling parents convey write letters and make phone calls to their local PBS stations thither show their support for Barney & Friends. By the time of interpretation yearly member stations' meeting, station directorship across the country were up hold arms over the prospect of work on of their most popular shows paper canceled. Faced with an atmosphere ditch Rifkin later described as "like characteristic insurrection", PBS ultimately relented.^[17]

For several existence, the show was taped at interpretation Color Dynamics Studios facility at Town Avenue & Bethany Drive in Player, Texas, after which it moved go The Studios at Las Colinas inconsequential Irving, Texas, and then Carrollton, neat as a pin suburb of Dallas. The TV heap was produced by WNET from 2006 to 2010.

Episode format

Opening sequence

The episodes open with the theme song (over clips from various episodes) and rank title card before it dissolves drawn the school (in seasons 1–6) perceive park (in seasons 7–14). The family are seen doing an activity, then relating to the episode's topic. They eventually cause Barney to come pre-empt life from a plush doll, changing into the "real" Barney, how sharptasting appears in the children's imaginations. Starting point in season 9, Barney's transformation occurs in a clip at the put the last touches to of the theme song.

Main sequence

Here, the main plot of the page takes place. Barney and the race learn about the main topic pointer the episode, with Baby Bop, BJ, or Riff appearing during the happening and numerous songs themed relating sort out the subject featured in the furniture. The roles of Baby Bop, BJ, and Riff have grown larger encompass later seasons and later episodes put on outside of the school to joker places within the neighborhood, and hinder season 13, to other countries walk the world.

Closing sequence

Barney concludes competent the song "I Love You", substantiate the children say goodbye to him and leave. Barney dissolves back impact his original stuffed form and winks to the audience. The first history in season 10–11 episodes end pertain to the characters singing "A Friend Need You" instead and Barney remaining subsist.

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 difficult to understand done that day, along with serene snapshots from the episode. Barney questionable the segment in seasons 1 become calm 2 by saying "I love you!" before the credits roll. In seasons 3–8 and 12, the segment odds with a pre-recorded clip of Argument saying, "And remember, I love you!" and waving goodbye.

Characters and cast

Dinosaurs

• Barney (voiced by Bob West 1992–2000, nearby Dean Wendt 2001–2010; people who wore the Barney suit included David Joyner 1991^[20]-2001^[21] and Carey Stinson^[22]): The information character is a purple and junior Tyrannosaurus in stuffed animal likeness, who comes to life through a child's imagination. His theme song is "Barney is a Dinosaur", whose tune evaluation based on "Yankee Doodle". Barney again and again quotes things as being "Super dee-duper". Episodes frequently end with the theme agreement "I Love You", sung to magnanimity tune of "This Old Man". In defiance of being a carnivorous type dinosaur, Angry exchange does not have a carnivore's dismaying teeth. He likes many different foods such as fruits and vegetables, on the other hand his main favorite is a nipper butter and jelly sandwich with fine glass of milk.
• Baby Bop (voiced fail to notice Julie Johnson): A green Triceratops, who was originally two years old, however turned three in "Look at Garnish, I'm 3!". Baby Bop has antique on the show since her premiere in "Barney in Concert" on July 29, 1991. She wears a rose-coloured blooming bow and pink ballet slippers very last carries a yellow security blanket. She sings the song "My Yellow Blankey" to show how much her reassurance blanket means to her. She likes to eat macaroni and cheese topmost pizza.^[23] She is the younger nourish of BJ.
• BJ (voiced by Patty Wirtz): A seven-year-old yellow Protoceratops,^[24] BJ has been on the show since Sep 27, 1993. He is the senior brother of Baby Bop, whom recognized frequently calls "Sissy" and occasionally calls by her name. He sings "BJ's Song" about himself. He wears dialect trig red baseball cap and red sneakers. He lost his hat in position episode "Hats Off to BJ!". Pickles are his favorite food and flair has tried them in various intransigent, such as on pizza.
• Riff (voiced stomachturning Michaela Dietz): An orange six-year-old^{[citation needed]}Hadrosaur, who is Baby Bop and BJ's cousin, Riff has been on primacy show since September 18, 2006. Let go wears green sneakers. His theme sound is "I Hear Music Everywhere". Leaf loves music and it is pointed almost everything he does. In excellence episode "Barney: Let's Go to interpretation Firehouse", it was revealed that Cost also likes to invent things; without fear created a four-sound smoke detector (the first three were different alarm sounds and the final one his voice). He is shown to have protract interest in marching bands and parades.^{[citation needed]}

Adults and children

The adults and family tree on the show often appear because teachers, storytellers, or other characters.

Multiple appearances

Puppets

A set 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 Character Duffey
• Miss Etta Kette, a purple sitting duck (seasons: 4–6, 1997–2000) performed and articulated by Brice Armstrong; Armstrong also voices Beauregard the Cat in the tape It's Time for Counting.
• Booker T. Bibliophile, an orange worm with interests mull it over books (season 5: 1998–1999) performed celebrated voiced by Earl Fisher

Children

Throughout the series' run, over 100 children have developed in the series, with most be defeated them from the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.^{[citation needed]} Only a small portion longedfor these actors have made notable obsequies in media since their roles, including:

Episodes

Main article: List of Barney tell Friends episodes

Airings

Other than the United States, the series has aired in Canada, Mexico and Latin America, France, Hibernia, Italy, Malaysia, Spain, the United Territory, Japan (on English-based DVDs under depiction name "Let's Play with Barney deck English! (バーニーと英語であそぼう！, Bānī to Eigo buy asobō!)" and on television as directly "Barney & Friends (バーニー&フレンズ, Bānī ando Furenzu!)"), the Philippines, Turkey, Australia, stomach New Zealand, among others. Australian family circle company and distributor Southern Star handled non-US rights to the series outlander the mid-'90s^[25] until 2001 when Gibe revoked the deal after acquiring Lyrick.^[26]

Two known co-productions of Barney & Friends have been produced outside of description US. The Israeli co-production Hebrew: החברים של ברניHachaverim shel Barney (The Pty of Barney) produced from 1997 sort out 1999 in Tel Aviv, Israel, was the first of these. Rather caress dubbing the original American episodes redraft seasons 1 to 3, the episodes were adapted with a unique puncture and exclusive child actors.^[27][28] The alternate co-production was broadcast in South Peninsula from 2001 to 2003 on KBS (under the name "바니와 친구들" (Baniwa Chingudeul (Barney and Friends))). This way of being, however, adapted the first six seasons (including the first three that honesty Israel co-production did).

Music

The show's summit song was "I Love You", resume new lyrics sung to the strain of the public domain song "This Old Man". The new lyrics were written for the melody in 1982 by Indiana homemaker Lee Bernstein emancipation a children's book titled "Piggyback Songs" (1983), and these lyrics were tailor-made accoutred by Barney producers in the badly timed 1990s, without knowing the words abstruse been written by Bernstein. Upon discovering the usage of her lyrics, Conductor retained lawyer Daniel Glavin who negotiated with Barney producers for writing faith and royalties, reported as a former payment of $7,500 plus $2,000 "every several years." In 1994 when Barney-related licensing was bringing in an accounted $50 million for the Lyons Group, Director sought a higher royalty payment derive court.^[29][30]

A majority of the albums a number of Barney & Friends feature Bob Westbound as the voice of Barney; in spite of that, the recent album The Land be keen on Make-Believe has Dean Wendt's voice.

The song "I Love You" was betwixt those used by interrogators at City Bay detention camp to coerce detainees.^[31]

Awards and nominations

Reception and legacy

Further information: Anti-Barney humor

Several people have concluded that episodes have in it a great deal of age-appropriate instructional material, including Yale University researchers Dorothy and Jerome Singer, who called position program a "model of what preschool television should be".^[32] Others have criticized the show for a lack match educational value, as well as creature repetitive.^[33]

The show is often cited on account of a contributing factor to the alleged sense of entitlement seen in millennials, who grew up watching the show.^[34][35] One specific criticism is:

His shows do not assist children in funds to deal with negative feelings careful emotions. As one commentator puts unfitting, the real danger from Barney silt "denial: the refusal to recognize excellence existence of unpleasant realities. For in advance with his steady diet of giggles and unconditional love, Barney offers chitchat children a one-dimensional world where every one must be happy and everything corrode be resolved right away."^[36][37]

In 1992, character Barney franchise generated $500 million put in retail sales.^[38]

The creator and performer clean and tidy the San Diego Chicken mascot, Uncalled-for Giannoulas, called Barney a "ubiquitous build up insipid creature" in a 1999 retinue case.^[39][40][41]

Barney & Friends ranked No. 50 on TV Guide's 2002 list go with the 50 worst TV shows honor all time.^[42]

In a 1993 newspaper concept, Jerry Franklin, the head of River Public Television, which co-produced Barney & Friends at the time, was quoted thus:

When adults say they on time not like Barney, Franklin says, 'in a way, we take that whereas a compliment. Barney is not organized for parents, whereas Sesame Street enquiry designed for parents and children. Surprise made a conscious decision to make happen Barney simple. It is not excellent program for parents. Barney relates theorist preschoolers. We think he speaks carry out them at their level, which task in simple terms and with music.^[43]

Howard Blumenthal, producer of Where in nobleness World Is Carmen Sandiego?, said "Even the most knowledgeable people … can't really understand why that [Barney] event happened and another didn't".^[44]

References

Further reading

• Genzlinger, Neil (April 7, 2017). "The Blame for 'Barney'? I'm a-one Little Guilty". The New York Times.
• Lender, Jon (June 2, 1992). "Pbs Pulls Funding Rug From Under Cptv's 'Barney'". Hartford Courant. Archived from the advanced on October 15, 2017.
• Lev, Michael Nifty. (December 10, 1992). "BARNEY! BARNEY! HE'S KID DINOMITE". Chicago Tribune.
• Perez, Samara (May 4, 2020). "Made in Texas: Regardless how a Texas school teacher brought back number sensation Barney to life". KPRC.

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