In November 1992, Debbie Ries announced that a movie based on Barney & Friends was in the works. Development of the film began in 1994 with American film producer David Geffen attached to the film as it was originally to be distributed worldwide by Geffen Pictures through Warner Bros. The film went through several release dates from it's initial 1995 slate. Due to disagreements, the film was distributed through PolyGram Films. Unlike the television series which was filmed in Texas, Barney's Great Adventure was filmed in Canada.
Produced by Lyrick Studios & Good Egg Productions and distributed by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, Barney's Great Adventure made its premiere at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York on March 27, 1998 and was released in theaters in the United States and Canada on April 3, 1998 at the height of Barney's popularity. The film received negative reviews from critics, but it was able to break even at the box-office with is production budget of $15 million. The film was a huge success on home video where it was able to out-gross its production budget.
On a road trip to their Grandparents' farm, Abby and her friend Marcella are content playing with a stuffed Barney doll, while Cody believes Barney's "kids stuff." At the farm house, Cody takes Barney from the girls and hides him in the shower, where he comes to life. Barney tries to convince Cody that it was his imagination that made him real, but fails to do so. Instead he points out that real dinosaurs don't laugh or talk or laugh- there aren't any real dinosaurs anymore. Cody plays a trick for Barney to disappear, because he doesn't believe in him. For revenge, Barney reappears because he believes in Cody.
Wishing to do something no one's done before, an egg shoots down from the sky into the barn. The next day, Barney, Abby and Marcella went to have fun on the farm. While going to ask Abby and Cody's grandparents about the egg, Barney heard Baby Fig and went up to check on him. Cody finds Barney in the baby's room and they take the egg to Miss Goldfinch, the local bird lady. They learn it's a Dream-maker, and they have to return the egg before all five of its colored rings light up. Cody loses the egg by knocking it out a passageway and it lands on a bird seed truck. The chase is on!
From a parade with a marching band and a visit to Chez Snobbe, a fancy restaurant, to a circus, the kids and Barney are on a pursuit for the egg. When a juggler sends it flying, the kids lose all hope of finding it, but Barney tells them to not give up. After learning it ended up on a balloon, the group imagines (with the help of the audience) flying on an airplane made out of a log. Barney's friend, the Collector, has the egg as a ballast (to keep the balloon steady), but after some convincing, he drops it and Abby catches it just in time. Back on the farm, the egg hatches in the barn, revealing a koala-like creature, named Twinken.
Twinken shows Abby's dream (to be a jockey and win a horse race) to everyone. Cody apologizes to Barney for being mean to him and admits he thinks he's cool. Barney accepts his apology and tells Cody he thinks he's cool too and the two share a hug. Twinken then shows Barney's dream : "a special time, a special place and sharing it with the people he loves," which leads Barney and the rest of the cast to sing "I Love You." Baby Bop gets sleepy, which prompts BJ to decide that they're ready to go home. The film ends with Barney turning back into a doll with Twinken sitting right next to him, as the two of them wink.
Cast
(Left to right) Diana Rice, Bob West, Trevor Morgan and Kyla Pratt at the rehearsal for Barney's Great Adventure, in Montreal (1997).
Barney holding a clapperboard alongside David Geffen.
David Geffen looking at Barney.
(Left to right) David Geffen, Joel Schumacher and Barney.
Barney posing beside David Geffen.
In the early 1990s, a retreat was held at the Leach Austin Lakewood House, and it was there that the idea of a movie was brought up as a goal and desire for Barney, as it was written on a piece of paper.[4] Word of a Barney film first arose in November 1992 when Debbie Ries, sales director for the Lyons Group said plans for a movie was in the works.[5] In 1993, it was later announced by creator Sheryl Leach at the The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. that a movie was coming. Later in 1994, a Barney Magazine states that Barney would star in his first ever film entitled Barney: The Movie. At the time of development, around the mid-nineties, all the major film studios wanted to do a Barney feature, with the production companies pitching to the owners of Barney. One of the studios even assembled the executives together to sing "I Love You" to Sheryl Leach when she arrived to the respective studio.
Co-creator of South Park, Trey Parker, was offered a million and a half dollars to direct the film, after the crew saw he could do funny things with kids since he did The Spirit of Christmas. Parker declined the offer.[6] According to Stephen White, who wrote the film, American actor Daniel Stern voiced interest in directing the film. The film would originally be distributed worldwide by Geffen Pictures through Warner Bros and produced by Sheryl Leach and Dennis DeShazer.[7] Publicity shots of Barney alongside American film producer David Geffen were taken on the Warners Bros. lot in the early 1990s to promote the news. Warner Bros. and Lyons had disagreements over marketing, leading the latter to bring the film (with help from now former producer Geffen) to Polygram.[8]
Director of the film, Steve Gomer was approached for the feature by an individual who called in regards that a musical Barney film was being made. Gomer had no interest in being apart of the television series, but did express interest in doing the film.
Writing
An initial script was already penned, by series writer Stephen White, however it was cut down as the director viewed the script as lengthy.[9]
On July 25, 1996, it was announced that John Travolta, Demi Moore, Rosie O’Donnell, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Maria Shriver were expected to make cameos in the film. These cameos never occurred in the final film.[10] Actress Mara Wilson was offered a role in the film, but turned it down out of frustration of being branded in "cute" movies.[11] According to White, American dancer, singer and actor Donald O'Connor was willing to portray Grandpa Greenfield in the film but was turned down by the film's producers.
Filming
Gomer expressed desire to work in Montreal, Canada to save on the cost of filming the movie. To Sheryl Leach, it was a joy of filming as she stated "It was a joy to do the film because it took me back to the
early days in Barney's development. Just like the beginning days
of Barney, this movie takes him to places children have never
experienced with him before. The film was a great opportunity
to open new story lines and environments so that children can
travel to new places with their friend, Barney," Leach says. "The film goes to some incredible places that we hope will
appeal not only to children but to adults as well."
Leach adds that the film allowed them to "take the familiar
Barney and put him outdoors and in other very different settings
from his traditional environments." The film was shot on
locations outside Montreal, Canada, including the renowned Ste. AnnedeBellevue's Morgan Arboretum, a popular wildlife sanctuary.
The veteran film crew was initially a bit skeptical of the large
purple star.[12] Production began in early July 1997 [13] and wrapped mid-September the same year.[3]
Songs for the film first started to be written in the early 1990s. Songs intended in an initial incomplete early draft of the film by Stephen White included "Down on Grandpa's Farm", "Imagination", "To Market, To Market", "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star", "Fun on the Farm" and "The Happy Wanderer". "Imagination" eventually became "Imagine" in the final version of the film and "Fun on the Farm" was about different fun things to see and do on a farm as the dinosaurs and kids had fun around various locations on the farm. Another draft saw the use of "Down on Grandpa's Farm", "Imagination", "Night Swings", "Fun on the Farm", "Bird Song", "Lost Things" (later titled "Things Get Lost"), "Love Theme", "Flying Song" and "I Love You". "Night Swings" was meant to be an original and gentle song about porch swings and starry nights, "Bird Song" was meant to be an original fun, energetic song about the glories of birds and the "Flying Song" was to be an exciting, exultant song about being in flight in which Barney and the children were in search of the egg. "Love Theme" would eventually be titled "When You Kiss Me, It Doesn't Make Me Sick", which was written in 1994 by White and Bob Singleton, a musical director for Barney & Friends. "When You Kiss Me, It Doesn't Make Me Sick" was to be a parody of love songs inserted in many children's films. In the film, the song would've been sung by Abby, Marcella and Cody while it would've been extended during the credits when grown ups sang the ballad, which was a trend with children's films during that time.
Discussions for the film's musical approach had been thought about for a while. Joyce D. Slocum, the senior VP of legal and business affairs for Lyrick Studios at the time, viewed a mother singing "I Love You" to her child when taking a walk in the park. Slocum questioned as to why the song was beloved by children and yet hated by everyone else. To avoid ridicule, the thought would be to create "new songs for Barney's voice and get new voices for Barney's songs." David Helfant, Los-Angeles-based music attorney, helped spread the word to pop artists that the upcoming Barney film was looking for guest artists. The soundtrack from Barney's Great Adventure: The Movie includes
a star-studded cast. The film features an original title song
by Tony Award-winning Broadway composer Jerry Herman and performed by Bernadette Peters. Peabo Bryson, Sheena Easton, Jeffrey Osborne, Valerie Carter, Linda Ronstadt,
Roberta Flack, George Hearn, Jennifer Rush, Take 6, Johnny Van Zant, Jennifer Warnes and the young Latina sensation, Gina, also perform numbers.
A sing along audio cassette with new recordings of songs from the film was also released the same year as the soundtrack, though while the main soundtrack was intended for both children and adults, as it featured many well-known artists, the cassette, titled Barney's Great Adventure Sing Along, was specifically for children as Barney, BJ and Baby Bop were the main ones singing.
Barney poses with co-star Trevor Morgan after Barney placed his footprints in cement during ceremonies at the La Brea Tar Pits on April 8, 1998 commemorating Barney's Great Adventure.
Marketing
On June 20, 1997, Barney himself announced his film at a news conference at the Beverly Hills Hotel. He arrived in a Hawaiian shirt and sunglasses, from a chauffeur-driven Cadillac at the hotel. During the event, he met with the press, handed out T-shirts and plush toys while also promoting the film.[14] Later in 1997, teaser trailers for the film arose on VHS cassettes with some Barney Home Videos, including the VHS releases Barney's Adventure Bus, Barney's Good Day, Good Night, and Barney in Outer Space. Confirmed promotional partners for the film included Southwest Airlines, Chef Boyardee, Planet Hollywood, Luv’s and New Balance.[15] To promote the film, Barney, Baby Bop and BJ performed "Imagine" on November 27, 1997 in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. On March 3, 1998, Barney donated a pair of overalls from the film to Planet Hollywood, a Hollywood-inspired themed restaurant chain.[16] In honor of the film, a television special titled Barney's First Adventures aired on March 28, 1998 on Fox Kids. It was soon released as a bonus feature on the DVD to Barney's Great Adventure. On April 8, 1998, Barney appeared La Brea Tar Pits in Los Angeles, California to put his footprints in cement to promote the release of the movie.[17]
Release
Theatrical
The film was initially scheduled to be released through Geffen Pictures and Warner Bros. in January 1995[18] before being delayed to the summer of 1995[19] and it was pushed back again to 1996[20] and later delayed for a release of 1997.[21] In that same year of 1997, Polygram grabbed the distribution rights from Geffen and Warner Bros with a new release of 1998. The film held it's world premiere on March 27, 1998, at Radio City Music Hall, the same stage where Barney preformed twelve sold-out concerts four years before.[22] Shortly thereafter, it was widely released in the US and Canada on April 3, 1998. The film was shown primarily at matinees to age discounted ticket holders.[23] The film also had a premiere in the United Kingdom in London on June 26, 1998,[24] with a wider release occurring on July 17, 1998. The film would continue to be released internationally throughout 1998 until the early 2000s.
International releases
June 26, 1998 (Mexico/Ireland)
July 8, 1998 (Switzerland - French speaking region)
July 17, 1998 (United Kingdom/Switzerland - Germany speaking region)
Barney's Great Adventure was available for pre-order on August 7, 1998. The film was released at a suggested retail price of $22.95 on VHS and DVD on September 1, 1998 by Polygram. PolyGram expected to sell three to five million copies of the film on home video. With the suggested retail price of $22.95, the projection translated into a gross revenue of between $69 million and $114 million, which is far above what the film made at the box-office. Plans for the home video release included no less than nine cross-promotional partners, several of which are prominent in supermarkets. The list includes Kellogg's, Smucker's, Tyson chicken, Luv's Diapers and TDK blank videocassettes. Others are Hasbro, Microsoft, Advo/Mailboxes Plus and Polaroid.[29] Polaroid, TDK and Kellogg sponsored an "I Love You" singing contest in 2,300 Walmart stores in the US on September 12, 1998, where consumers could be videotaped singing "I Love You" to win a possible trip to visit A Day in the Park with Barney. Kellogg followed up with a Barney cereal bowl giveaway with purchase.[30][31]
After PolyGram went defunct, the film was re-released by Universal Pictures as that's where PolyGram's films got transferred to. The film was re-released again on DVD in 2015 with a "Happy Faces" cover. Barney's Great Adventure was also released on the streaming service Peacock on its launch date.
Barney's Great Adventure debuted at #9 on the Top Video Sales Billboard chart on September 26, 1998[32] and debuted at #1 on the Billboard Top Kid Video chart on October 3, 1998.[33] The video would stay on the Top Kid Video chart for twenty-seven weeks until April 3, 1999.[34] For the year in review, Barney's Great Adventure was #84 on the top Top Video Sales of 1998 according to Billboard.[35] The DVD release of this video in the United Kingdom, spent three weeks on the Official Video Chart for OCC, entering and peaking at #43 on June 5, 2004. The VHS release of this video in the United Kingdom spent eight weeks on the respective chart, entering and peaking on June 5, 2004.[36]
Releases
Original VHS Release By PolyGram (1998)
Widescreen Laserdisc Release (1998)
French Release (1998)
VHS Re-Release By Universal (2002)
DVD Re-Release (2003)
DVD Re-Release (2015/16)
Original UK Release (1998)
UK VHS Re-Release (2002)
UK DVD Release
Singapore and Malaysia VCD Release
Hebrew Release
Spanish release
Promotional material
Home video ad of Barney's Great Adventure.
Video Poster from 1998 Newsletter.
Reception
Critical Reception
The film received overwhelmingly negative reviews from film critics. On Rotten Tomatoes,
the film currently has a "Rotten" score of 32%, based on 25 reviews
with only 8 fresh reviews, and a rating of a 5.03 out of 10.[37] It was nominated for two awards at the 19th Golden Raspberry Awards: "Worst New Star" (Barney) and "Worst Original Song" (Barney - The Song) , but lost to An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn, though the former award was tied with Ringmaster.
Box office
In its limited release weekend, the film grossed $2,203,865 and ranked #11.[38]A week later, in wide release, it grossed $1,382,373 and ranked #15.[39] By the end of its run, the film grossed $12,218,638 in the domestic box office. In the United Kingdom, the film made a total of £2.2 Million[24] (which is $2,842,598 in the US) bringing the film's total box-office to break even with the film's budget. During a week of the film's release in Scotland, the film managed gross $44,495 from seventeen screens.[40]
Gallery
Behind the scenes
Sheryl Leach and Barney holding hands on set within the restaurant.
Baby Bop & Julie Johnson
Sheryl Leach and Barney holding hands.
Sheryl Leach, creator of Barney, and Barney on the set of Miss Goldfinch's House during the production of Barney's Great Adventure.
Premiere
Barney with English model and actress Emma Noble at the UK premiere of Barney's Great Adventure in London in June 1998.
Barney with Actress Michelle Collins at the UK premiere of Barney's Great Adventure in London in June 1998.
Barney, alongside English model and actress Emma Noble and a few other ladies, at the UK premiere of Barney's Great Adventure in London in June 1998.
English model and actress Emma Noble at the UK premiere of Barney's Great Adventure in London in June 1998.
Sets
Farm set
Barn
Exterior of Miss Goldfinch's house near the elevator.
Exterior of Miss Goldfinch's house.
Exterior set of Miss Goldfinch's house.
Interior of Miss Goldfinch's house near elevator.
Egg shelf display inside the house of Miss Goldfinch.
Interior of Miss Goldfinch's house.
Interior of Miss Goldfinch's house near the window.
Circus set.
Stills
Other media
Barney's Great Adventure sweepstakes from Playskool.
Based on the film, nine books were released. Also based on the film were toys and games released by Hasbro. Playskool, a subsidiary of Hasbro, also supported the film with a sweepstakes where the grand prizes included a a trip to Universal Orlando Resort to meet Barney and friends backstage at A Day in the Park with Barney, a family trip to London and VIP tickets to see Barney's Big Surprise, and a family trip to New York City to be special guests in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade during Barney's performance. Secondary prizes include fifty winners receiving a Barney Song Magic Banjo and one-hundred winners receiving an autographed Barney photograph.
Trivia
Baby Bop and BJ have very minor roles in the film (almost like cameo appearances).
The only way to get the original widescreen / theatrical print on video is on the laser disc version.
Although the Caption Center WGBH Educational Foundation mostly captioned all Barney installments since 1993, this film is one exception, as it is closed-captioned by the National Captioning Institute.
The film's poster can be seen in the film Jersey Girl.
David Joyner makes a (out of costume) cameo appearance in the film during the restaurant scene.
According to Stephen White, the production banner of Good Egg Productions didn't stem from the film having a significant egg in it, but it stemmed from an incident with Barney in Concert. During the performance, Baby Bop was to be hatched from an egg prop, however given that the producers weren't able to review it in time before the performance, it was kept backstage. Sheryl Leach and Dennis DeShazer, who were the creator and co-creator of Barney respectively, looked at it and concluded that it was a "bad" egg, hence taking the name "Good Egg" for good luck as a company name.
Songs
This is the first time that "I Love You" was sung for three verses (as the first and last verses are the same).
Three of the movie's TV spots sample the song, "Born To Be Wild" by Steppenwolf. However, the song never appeared in the movie itself.
Videos
Trailers and Clips
Barney's Great Adventure The Movie Teaser Trailer
Barney's Great Adventure- The Movie US Trailer
Barney's Great Adventure (1998) Trailer (VHS Capture)
Barney's Great Adventure The Movie - Trailer
TV Spots
Commercial Diapers Luvs Barney-Promo "Barney's Great Adventure" Premiered in Theaters (1998)
Barney’s Great Adventure- The Movie TV Spot (1998)
Behind the scenes
🪐 Planet Bob 🪐 Barney's Great Adventure- Barney on a Trampoline!
Interviews
Barney the Dinosaur The Reilly Dever Interview
Barney- Barney's Great Adventure Interview (CLIP) 🍳💛💚💜(1)
Barney- Barney's Great Adventure Interview (CLIP) 🍳💛💚💜(2)
Events
Barney in the 1997 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
Barney Footprints- 1998
Barney at Planet Hollywood-1998
Writer's cut
Much of the film's original vision from Stephen White was cut due to the director, Steve Gomer, viewing the script as lengthy. Due to many individuals expressing desires to read the original vision of what the writer intended, White publicly released the original script on November 21, 2022. There is an earlier incomplete version of the script (penned in 1995) with slight differences, such as Barney introducing the film, a few children from the third season of Barney & Friends appearing (including Min, Tosha, Derek, Julie, Carlos, Kathy and Jason) and a few song changes.[41] The following plot is of the final version of White's original/intended vision of the film:
Plot
While on a road trip to visit the Greenfield's farm, Abby Newton, her parents Christine and David Newton, and her friend Marcella are singing "Down on Grandpa's Farm", to the annoyance of her older brother Cody but to the enjoyment of her younger baby brother Fig. Cody isn't looking forward to visiting his grandparents farm, especially due to not having his best friend (Marcella's brother) to play football with, though Cody isn't good at catching things. As the kids become bored, Christine Newton, the mother of Abby and Cody, suggests to Marcella that she opens the box that her cousin gave her. It's revealed that in the box is a dinosaur. Cody is disappointed that it doesn't look like a threatening dinosaur and refers to it as a doll. As Marcella reads the letter from her cousin (Tosha), it's revealed that the dinosaur's name is Barney and for a big surprise she must use her imagination. As the family arrives to the farm, they're greeted by Grandma and Grandpa Greenfield, unpack their things and the parents leave the children.
Seeing that Cody is bored in his room, Abby pretends to be Barney and suggests for Cody to play with him. To his annoyance with the girls, Cody snatches Barney from the girls and suggests to Barney that they play "keep-away". As they run all throughout the house, Cody hides Barney in a bathtub to which the girls wonder where he hid Barney. Cody suggests that the girls use their imaginations to find him. As the girls use their imaginations, Barney springs to life to Cody's disbelief and Barney and the girls decide to play make-believe in the attic. Continuing to be in disbelief by Barney's existence, Barney makes it known that he's as real as his imagination, further emphasizing that imagination can do surprising things. While Cody isn't buying what Barney is saying, he tries to make him disappear, but it doesn't work. Cody later tries to tell his grandparents about Barney's existence given that he's sprung to life. He tries to get his grandfather to come upstairs, but they distracted by other things. Grandpa tells Cody that if Barney keeps out of the way then he can stay. Cody goes back up to the attic to relay the message to Barney to now find BJ and Baby Bop wanting to stay too if they stay out of the way. After introductions, BJ and Baby Bop are amazed to find themselves on a farm. Cody takes Abby and Marcella downstairs to the grandparents so they can explain that there are more dinosaurs in the attic. Hearing the explanations, Grandpa allows the additional dinosaurs to stay, thinking that they can scare the mice away.
After supper, the grandparents wash up, leaving the children on the porch as they look up at the night sky. Barney soon appears and pushes the children on the porch swing. After admiring the night sky, BJ suggests for them all to come and play in the attic with he and Baby Bop. The girls go up but Cody doesn't go, leaving Barney to wonder why. Cody explains that he has a dilemma to which Barney suggests that he wish on a star. The falling star, which is actually a egg, falls down towards the farm. The next morning, Cody asks if his grandma could take the children to the Founder's Day Parade, to which Grandma mentions she's unable to as she has to look after Grandpa while also mentioning that she'll be baking pies. Grandpa mentions that he's unable to take them given that he has to watch after the crows. Grandma suggests that they go have fun on the farm as BJ and Baby Bop pass by her without her noticing. The children meet the dinosaurs outside and they have fun on the farm. After the fun, Barney mentions that he's thirsty. He sees the water dipper but no water bucket, leading him to ask Cody for his help. Cody runs to the barn to retrieve but stumbles upon the egg that fell down to Earth the night before. The children decide to ask Grandma if they've seen an egg like this before, leaving Barney in their dust as he holds onto it. While she makes it clear that she doesn't know what kind of egg it is, she suggests that they visit her neighbor Miss Goldfinch, a bird-watcher.
Once Barney and the children make their way to Miss Goldfinch, Cody shows her the egg, but she's unsure as to what kind of egg it is, even realizing that the egg isn't in any of her books. The gang eventually sees the egg moving with Miss Goldfinch concluding that the egg is alive. She predicts that the egg will hatch when all the rings of it change color. She tells the gang to not the egg out of their sight and to not let it break as she heads out to Bird Buddies International. Barney and the children make their way back to the barn with the egg. Marcella puts the egg in a crate so it stays safe. As the egg is left alone, Barney changes Baby Fig and the children go to eat lunch. While everyone is away, the egg man comes into the barn to collect all the eggs, including the giant egg in the crate. As the kids eat their lunch, Grandma mentions that the egg man just came, to which the children rush to the barn, telling Barney that the egg might be gone. BJ and Baby Bop watch the gang from the attic running into the barn. The gang decides to go after the egg, with the children riding on the back of Agnes and Agnes pulling Barney on a small garden wagon. Barney suggests that they all use their imaginations to pick up speed, to which Marcella images that Agnes is a real race horse. With faster speed, they close in on the egg man, however the egg skids into the street and they're unable to get it due to the Merrivale Founder's Day Parade occurring. During the parade, the egg changes color and an elephant picks it up. Barney and the kids chase alongside it on the sidewalk. The elephant eventually sneezes and the egg lands into the hands of a juggler. Meanwhile, BJ and Baby Bop take all of the pies that Grandma Greenfield baked after a misunderstanding between the two parties.
Eventually, the juggler hurls the objects he was juggling, including the egg, into the air. Barney and the kids are unsure as to where the egg might've landed. The kids eventually conclude that the egg is lost and give up. Barney encourages them not to give up looking for it. Cody gets the idea to look up instead of looking around. They see the egg sitting on the edge of a roof. The gang climbs the stairway to make their way to the egg. A pigeon lands on top of the egg causing it to wiggle over the edge slightly. Pretending to be pigeons to scare it off, a cat suddenly appears and scares it away and the egg wobbles. Barney dives over the edge of the building as the egg disappears and uses the flagpole as a trampoline, emphasizing that he did not get the egg to the children. Barney makes it clear that it landed on a woman's hat and they see that she's going into a restaurant.
Barney and the children head into the restaurant (Chez Snobbe) and are shooed away given that they don't have reservations and that they don't work at the restaurant. With some crayons and imagination, they pretend to be waiters. Barney makes his way to the lady with the egg on her hat and as they converse, the egg rolls off her hat, into a salad before a water lowers a silver dome over it. Meanwhile, back in the attic, BJ and Baby Bop are full from eating all the pies. The woman that Barney is serving, who's name is Cassandra, makes it known that she'd like to hear a love song from the restaurant's singing waiters. The kids are whisked away to the stage by the Maitre D and Barney makes it apparent to them that they need to sing a love song. Hinting for the use of imagination, Abby plays the violin beautifully (despite only having three violin lessons) and the kids ad-lib a love song to the delight of Cassandra. In the kitchen, a cook named Cookie throws the egg away in the trash since it hasn't been eaten. As it's put in the trash, another ring changes color, to which no one notices. Barney and the kids continue to look for the egg in the restaurant to which the waiter mentions that the "Chef's Surprise" has been thrown out in a garbage can in the alley. Barney and the children dig through the many garbage cans in the alley. A dog comes by and finds the egg in a trash can but rolls it out towards the parade that's occurring. The egg rolls towards a balloon salesman and it gets tangled up in the strings of the balloon before it's lifted off due to the balloon salesman trying to get the dog off his pant leg.
In the alley are cardboard boxes to which Cody suggests they use their imaginations to make a plane to go after the egg that went in the air. They take off in their make-believe airplane and notice the egg has changed color. The strings on the balloon come apart and the egg falls causing the gang to jet after the egg in their plane. The plan and the egg plummet straight into the fountain below. The egg falls into the central spray of water while the plane heads into the reflecting pool with a splash. Realizing that the airplane won't work anymore, Cody has another idea. Barney calls on the help from all the kids in Merrivale to help with Cody's idea. Barney tells them all to find a spray of water and cover it with their hands. As the kids cover all the sprays, the egg on the central fountain squirts higher and higher. Barney jumps atop of the central spray. The egg is dropped into Barney's hands but Barney himself is rocketed up in the air by a powerful stream of water. The egg flies out of Barney's hands, to which Barney calls out to Cody to get it. Abby is worried he might be a butterfingers and miss the catch, but to Cody's surprise, he catches the egg.
Cody takes the egg back to the barn to watch it. Abby and Marcella put in a box that's not an egg box this time. As the girls go and clean up, Cody suggests they bring him back a piece of pie as he watches the egg. Once they return, they bring Cody his parents. Given that the kids weren't near the barn when the grandparents called, they called the parents of Abby, Cody and Fig. Thinking Cody ran away because he was unhappy, he explains what happened during the day. Barney comes into the barn riding Agnes. Everyone is surprised and soon see BJ and Baby Bop. Miss Goldfinch eventually comes into the barn to which it's made clear that this is all about an egg. Baby Bop comes in with it in her baby carriage given that she wanted to give it a ride. The last ring changes color and it hatches a baby bird who misses its mother. The mother flies down into the barn. The mother bird thanks the group and they all sing "I Love You". Cody thanks Barney for the day.[42]
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