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==Origins== |
==Origins== |
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| − | As the ''Barney and the Backyard Gang'' video series was becoming only a moderate sucess outside of Texas (where it was pretty sucessful for a local video series), the daughter of Larry Rifkin (from Conneticut Public Television) got a Barney video from a video store. She watched it and her father was so amazed that he called [[Sheryl Leach]] to ask if Barney could be on PBS. In October 1991, |
+ | As the ''Barney and the Backyard Gang'' video series was becoming only a moderate sucess outside of Texas (where it was pretty sucessful for a local video series), the daughter of Larry Rifkin (from Conneticut Public Television) got a Barney video from a video store. She watched it and her father was so amazed that he called [[Sheryl Leach]] to ask if Barney could be on PBS. In October 1991, long after the video store surprise, production began on thirty episodes of the first season of Barney & Friends. After the show debuted on April 6th 1992, Barney was a smash hit for children everywhere, which he still is to this day. |
==Seasons== |
==Seasons== |
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Revision as of 12:15, 26 February 2009
Barney & Friends (shortened by some fans as B&F) is the second series appearance of Barney and his friends (the first being the Backyard Gang videos). This version was more sucessful, as Barney became a superstar across the country thanks to the TV show.
Origins
As the Barney and the Backyard Gang video series was becoming only a moderate sucess outside of Texas (where it was pretty sucessful for a local video series), the daughter of Larry Rifkin (from Conneticut Public Television) got a Barney video from a video store. She watched it and her father was so amazed that he called Sheryl Leach to ask if Barney could be on PBS. In October 1991, long after the video store surprise, production began on thirty episodes of the first season of Barney & Friends. After the show debuted on April 6th 1992, Barney was a smash hit for children everywhere, which he still is to this day.