2007

Barney Let's Imagine Bangkok poster — Bangkok poster for *Barney's Let's Imagine*

The following is an overview of Barney-related news and events that have occurred in the year 2007.

Audio[]

December 1: El Barney Boogie is released.
As Músicas Favoritas - Vol. 1 is released.

Digital[]

July 25: Barney is released for the The Easy-Link Internet Launchpad, a product that only allows children to visit the official website of various characters, from Fisher-Price. Barney was released alongside The Wiggles figure.^[1]

Events[]

Barney Live! - The Let's Go Tour ends its tour in North America.
January 17-September 30: The Spanish version of Barney's Musical Castle performs in various Latin American venues.
February 17-18: Barney's Big Fun Time is performed in India at SiriFort auditorium, New Delhi.^[2]
March 1: HIT Entertainment and JAKKS Pacific team up to announce the Barney Be-a-Star Sweepstakes, where a child would send in a music video of themselves to win a walk on role with the purple guy himself.^[3]
March 3 and April 3-29: The Brazilian version of El Parque Musical de Barney y sus Amigos performed at Teatro Procópio Ferreira at São Paulo, Brazil.
May 24-26: Barney performed live for the first time in the UAE’s capital at the Mother, Baby & Child Show at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC).^[4]
September 8:
- Barney's Big Purple Bus Tour begins touring.
- Barney makes a special appearance and gives a special performance at the first birthday party of Dannielynn Birkhead, daughter of the late Anna Nicole Smith, in Louisville, Kentucky.^[5]^[6] This was a rarity as Barney does not make private personal appearances.
October 5: Barney's Let's Imagine begins performing at the Rachadalai Theatre in Bangkok, Thailand.
October 20: Barney appears at the Sky360 by Delta Lounge in Midtown Manhattan from 10AM-1PM to perform a sing-along show and a game of Barney Says in honor of the show's 20th anniversary.^[7]
October 27: Barney appears at the 2007 Dream Halloween "Under The Big Top" hosted by Jamie Lee Curtis to benefit the Children Affected by AIDS Foundation at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California.
November 1-4: The Brazilian version of Barney's Big Surprise performed at Citibank Hall in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
November 21: A Barney balloon flies in 6abc Boscov's Thanksgiving Day Parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
December 19-23: Barney's Let's Imagine performed at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines.
December: Christmas with Barney & Friends is performed.
Unknown:
- Learn and Play with Barney is performed at SM Malls
- Barney begins performing sing-along shows at Pontin's holiday parks.

Games[]

Let's Go to a Party! is released by V-Tech for the console V-Smile.

Home video releases[]

January 30: You Can Be Anything is released on DVD.
March 13: Let's Go To The Firehouse is released to stores.
May 15:
- Shake Your Dino Tail! is released to stores.
- Also, the Let's Go Explore DVD 3-pack is released to stores. This set includes Let's Go to the Zoo, Let's Go to the Beach and Let's Go to the Farm.
June 19: The release of Dino-Mite Birthday is announced.
September 11: Dino-Mite Birthday is released to stores.
October 16: The DVD 3-pack, The Imagination Collection is released to stores. This set includes Read with Me, Dance with Me, Barney's Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun! and Happy Mad Silly Sad.
November 5: Riff's Musical Zoo is released exclusively on DVD exclusively in the UK and Australia.

Merchandise[]

Summer-Fall: JAKKS Pacific manufactured and distributed various toys based on Barney & Friends under the Child Guidance division.
August 24: HIT Entertainment inked a deal with Franco Apparel to launch a new Barney apparel line that to feature products for infants and toddlers, with a scheduled launch for Spring 2008, in honor of Barney's 20th Anniversary.^[8]

Publishing[]

January 5: My First Sing-Along Book was released.
June 1: Let's Go Look and See is released to stores.
August 1: Let's Go to the Farm and the Zoo, Let's Go to the Firehouse, and Let's Go Visit The School are released.

Television[]

June 25: Season eleven of Barney & Friends premieres on Discovery Kids Latin America.
September 5: Barney appears on NBC News Today.
September 17: Season eleven of Barney & Friends premieres on PBS.
September 27: Sprout starts airing episodes from seasons one, two, and three of Barney & Friends.
October 12: Season eleven finale of Barney & Friends on PBS.
November 22: Barney appears on The Sunny Side Up Show with Nina for the US Thanksgiving.
December 6: HIT Entertainment sold new seasons of Barney & Friends to Discovery Kids Latin America. Under the agreement, Discovery Kids aired never-before-seen episodes of the series in both Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking countries.^[9]
Unknown: Barney appears on the ABC News segment "What's The Buzz" hosted by Alisha Davis to talk about Dino-Mite Birthday.