2000

Be My Valentine, Love Barney (VHS) Cover

The following is an overview of Barney-related news and events that have occurred in the year 2000.

Audio[]

January 25: Barney For Baby: Love and Lullabies is released to stores.
August 15: Barney Rocks! is released to stores.
September 27: Barney's Greatest Hits: The Early Years is released to stores.

Events[]

April 1: A Barney themed attraction opens at Alton Towers in Staffordshire, England.
June 10 & 17: Dancin' In The Aisles, a satellite show featuring Barney and The Wiggles aired at 2PM EST in Walmart stores in the home entertainment department.
August 5: The Barney balloon from the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade appears at the opening of Stonebriar Centre in Frisco, TX.
September 16: Barney's Open House begins touring at the Northtown Mall in Blaine, Minnesota.
September: Barney's Great Adventure opens in theaters throughout Greece.^[1]
October 16: Restaurant Sbarro's begins a campaign that runs through the end of the year offering Barney-themed kids' meals with coloring books and coupons for Barney merchandise at Sam Goody/Suncoast, Waldenbooks and Kaybee Toys.
November 4: Barney's Open House ends its tour at the Collin Creek Mall in Plano, Texas.
November 23: Barney, Baby Bop, and BJ perform a Christmas Medley at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
December 5: Barney visits Via Christi Regional Medical Center St. Francis in Wichita, KS as a part of the Barney's Musical Castle tour.^[2]

Games[]

October:
- Barney On Location All Around Town is released.
- Magical Music is released.

Home video releases[]

February: Barney's Rhyme Time Rhythm is available for retailers to pre-order for their stores.
February 1: "Barney's Classic Collection" is released to stores.
- This set includes Barney's Alphabet Zoo, Imagination Island, Once Upon A Time, and Barney's Sense-Sational Day.
March 21: Barney's Rhyme Time Rhythm is released to stores on VHS and DVD.
April: Barney's Super Singing Circus is available for retailers to pre-order for their stores.
April 4: Barney's Rockin' Rhyme Time is released to Blockbuster Video stores. ^{[citation needed]}
May 10: Barney's Favorite Songs is released to Blockbuster Video stores.
May 16:
- Barney's Super Singing Circus is released to stores on VHS and DVD.
- Barney's Big Top Fun is released to Blockbuster Video stores
July 18: Another Barney's Classic Collection set is released to stores.
- This set includes Barney in Concert, Barney's Talent Show, Barney's Fun & Games, and Barney's Musical Scrapbook.
July: Come on Over to Barney's House is available for retailers to pre-order for their stores.
August 8:
- Barney's ABC's and 123's, a re-release of Let's Play School! is released to stores.
- Barney Live! In New York City, Barney's Adventure Bus, Barney's Big Surprise, and Sing & Dance With Barney are also re-released.
August 15: Come on Over to Barney's House is released to stores on VHS and DVD.
October 18: Barney's Night Before Christmas is re-released and has new previews.
November: Be My Valentine Love, Barney is available for retailers to pre-order for their stores.
December 26: Be My Valentine Love, Barney is released to stores.
Barney's Dino Dancin' Tunes was released on a separate VHS exclusively to Walmart.

Merchandise[]

January: The product line Barney for Baby is released to stores.
September: Toronto-based Colgate Palmolive Canada Inc. began promoting the Musical Cap Barney toothpaste with in-store displays and a print advertising push in professional trade publications.^[3]
- The singing toothpaste is designed for kids in the 2- to 6-years-old age group. When opened, the toothpaste tube plays a Barney song for seventy seconds with the intention of encouraging kids to brush their teeth for a full minute, with ten extra seconds allowed for kids to apply the toothpaste to their toothbrushes. Musical Cap Barney was available nationwide in drug stores, mass merchandisers and grocery stores. In-store displays were being supported with print ads in CDA Journal, Oral Health magazine and Oral Care Report. Advertising was created by the Armstrong Partnership Ltd. of Toronto. Public relations supporting the launch was handled by Polaris Public Relations of Toronto.

Publishing[]

January 1: Barney Goes to the Fair and Barney Goes to the Pet Shop is published.
January 28: Barney's Book of Foods is published.
April 1: Barney, I Did It Myself! is published.
July 1:
- Babies & Barney: Hooray for Babies! is published.
- Barney's Color Train is published.
July 2: Barney's Rainbow is published.
August 1:
- Barney's Favorite Christmas Stories and Barney's Favorite Halloween Stories is published.
- Barney on the Go!: A Treasury of Go to Stories is published.
December 1: Barney's Favorite Easter Stories is published.

Television[]

January 4: Bānī ando Furenzu!, a Japanese-dubbed version of the third and fourth seasons of Barney & Friends, begins airing on Kids Station in Japan.
March 4: Barney's Big Surprise airs on PBS.
April 14: Season six of Barney & Friends finale on PBS.
December 19-25: Barney's Night Before Christmas premieres on PBS.