Barney in Concert is the seventh video in the Barney & The Backyard Gang series, and Barney's first ever (major) stage show. The concert took place at the Majestic Theater in Dallas, Texas on May 26, 1991, and it was released on video two months later, on July 29, 1991.[1]
Plot[]
The audience gets settled in before they hear a voice saying the magic words, "Shimbaree, Shimbarah". Then, out of nowhere, Barney jumps out of the curtain, making his grand entrance. He dances to his theme song, before he welcomes the audience. Then, he sings a song to share . He decides to introduce them to the Backyard Gang. The curtain opens to a set with all sorts of gift boxes everywhere. The Backyard Gang arrives and they introduce themselves in rap.
Michael encourages the audience to join in with a special song. After that, Barney and Tina make farm animal sounds and sing "Down on Grandpa's Farm" with the help of animals in costume, but only after a trivia challenge. Then, Barney joins four kids (Adam, Amy, Luci & Michael) to sing "The Noble Duke of York."
Barney and Derek sing "Pop Goes the Weasel" before Barney has help from Luci and Michael to get some Hebrew and French kids on stage to sing "The Alphabet Song" in English, Hebrew and French.
Then, Luci sings "Where is Thumbkin?" followed by giving Barney a surprise: a five-humped camel named Sally.
After that, Barney does the Barney Shake to reveal a special surprise. Just then, the box opens to reveal a new dinosaur. She is a young female green triceratops with a magenta stomach, a pink bow in her hair, two pink ballet slippers and holding a yellow "blankey". Barney shushes the audience and tells them not to tell the Backyard Gang about the surprise. Then, Barney and the kids sing "Mr. Knickerbocker," but after the song ends, the triceratops comes out of the box again. The kids are surprised to see this and want to know more about the new dinosaur. Adam gets an idea to sing the song again after noticing that the new dinosaur came out when she heard the song. So they sing the song again, but this time, the triceratops dances out of the box. After the song, she hides behind Barney and gets shy. The kids realize that she doesn't have a name, so they huddle up and think of a name. What gives Amy an idea is seeing the dinosaur's dance moves. So Amy decides to name her "Baby Bop," and the other kids agree. Then, Amy decides to have Baby Bop show off some dance moves. Baby Bop dances to some street music, which impresses everyone.
Baby Bop and the Spider performing "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"
Then, Baby Bop gets the confidence to join the show, and she sings "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" by herself and meets a spider puppet. Barney and the kids then sing a bubble bath song with audience participation, but the bath is interrupted by the sound of a firetruck. Baby Bop and some of the kids are dressed as firefighters and they sing "Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Firetruck."
Barney reappears as a railroad engineer, and talks about pufferbellies. Then, he sings "Down By the Station". Then, he grabs an American flag, and he is joined by the entire cast to sing "You're A Grand Old Flag".
Then, Barney heads to the front of the stage to tell the audience that the show is about to end, but he explains that he's always going to be there for everyone. Then, he encourages the audience to hold hands to sing his favorite song "I Love You". Then, everyone bids farewell to the audience who cheers and applauds before Barney appears from the curtain and blows them a kiss goodbye, ending the show.
Cast[]
- Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Joyner)
- Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Dao Knight)
- Michael (Brian Eppes)
- Amy (Becky Swonke)
- Tina (Jessica Zucha)
- Luci (Leah Montes)
- Adam (Alexander Jhin)
- Derek (Rickey Carter)
Songs[]
- "Barney Theme Song" (Plays twice as it's used as a video intro and within the actual concert performance)
- "Everyone is Special" (In later versions of the VHS, the instrumental and lyrics would be used in Barney & Friends; reprise in the end credits)
- "The Backyard Gang Rap"
- "We Are Barney & The Backyard Gang" (first part of the overture; Reprise in the end credits)
- "Down on Grandpa's Farm" (second and last part of the overture)
- "The Noble Duke of York"
- "Pop Goes the Weasel"
- "Alphabet Song"
- "Where is Thumbkin?"
- "Sally the Camel"
- "Mr. Knickerbocker"
- "Baby Bop's Song"
- "Baby Bop's Street Dance"
- "Itsy Bitsy Spider"
- "Bubble, Bubble Bath"
- "Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Firetruck"
- "Down By the Station"
- "You're A Grand Old Flag"
- "I Love You" (Instrumental reused for Barney & Friends)
Release[]
Home media[]
This video was originally advertised as being available on May 15, 1991.
Broadcast[]
Barney in Concert aired on PBS on March 7, 1993 during the Barney & Friends Family Marathon.
Releases[]
Gallery[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Title Cards[]
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Trivia[]
- Like Waiting for Santa, this VHS was re-released under Lyrick Studios, the price of home video was $14.95.
- As mentioned by Derek and Tina during the Barney & Friends Family Marathon, Derek and Tina were eight and seven-years old respectively when doing this concert. Despite that, Rickey Carter (Derek) was 9 years old and Jessica Zucha (Tina) was 8 years old at the time the concert occurred.
- In 1992, Time Life Video released an audiocassette featuring all 19 songs from this video, in addition to selling most of the Season 1 of Barney & Friends episodes on VHS. Another version of the same cassette was released by Lyons themselves.
- In the Philippines release, the title card is completely different. It resembles the title card used in seasons one and two of Barney and Friends, but without the words "Barney & Friends" and without an episode title.
- Unusual for other US stage shows that were based on the television series, this one uses the "Shimbaree, Shimbarah" quote before Barney comes to life through the curtains.
- Unlike subsequent US live shows that were released on home video with their filmed performances, this one doesn't provide any information where the show was performed at during the end credits despite being stated on the back cover.
- In the Spanish dub of this video, some of the English audio from the English version can be faintly heard.
- This video and Barney's Colorful World! were the only two live shows released on video not to contain any intermission scenes. However, when this video originally aired on PBS, a commercial break was used when "Sally the Camel" was sung.
- The concert was first scheduled in November 1990.
- For the majority of the video, the Backyard Gang were mostly shown in their yellow shirts, blue shorts, and white shoes, but it was not until the very end that they were shown in their outfits from "You're A Grand Old Flag" when they (alongside Barney and Baby Bop) are waving goodbye to the audience.
- This and Barney Goes To School are the only videos from the Backyard Gang series where the current Backyard gang lineup (Michael, Amy, Tina, Luci, Derek, Adam) as well as their portrayers are credited.
- This concert was simply heavily edited.
- Audience shots that appeared during the "Barney Theme Song" reprise, made reappearances during the show.
- At the beginning of "Pop Goes the Weasel", Barney and Derek are seen swaying to the song, and then they're immediately standing regularly with the color of the screen slightly different.
- In the "Alphabet Medley", Barney is seen towards the giant present saying "I think you're super!", and then he is immediately seen with the Hebrew-descent kids, as if he teleported in just a split second. Also, during the lyrics "Lamed Mem Nun", a girl is seen swaying, but then when the camera angle changes, she is standing still.
- When the camel is going backstage with Luci, the screen is green with the sun and palm trees, but then when the shot of Barney comes on, the screen is immediately blue.
Goofs[]
- During "Down on Grandpa's Farm", when the cow is waving, you can see the actor's skin under the hand. The same thing happens with the hen and the pig.
- In the Spanish version, when the intro fades to the Spanish title card, you can briefly see the English title card.
Occurrences[]
- This video marks:
- The first time Barney is performed by David Joyner.
- The first appearance of the prototype Season 1 Barney costume.
- The first time Barney becomes more chubbier, rounder, and even softer. This dinosaur change was due to better represent his age and the notion of him being a plush.
- The first appearance of Baby Bop. Baby Bop's introduction segment is later shown in the "Barney's Favorite Memories" featurette. This same featurette erroneously refers to this show as "Barney Live".
- The first time Baby Bop is performed by Dao Knight.
- The first appearance of the 1991-1992 Baby Bop costume.
- The first Barney video to be televised, as part of the Barney & Friends Family Marathon.
- The first video to feature a slower arrangement of "I Love You" as heard on Season 1 of Barney & Friends. At the end, before the curtain call starts, there is an extra piano arpeggio, but it gets drowned out by everyone saying goodbye of the characters and the cheers, whistles and applause of the audience. The instrumentals are clearly heard on the soundtrack.
- The first time Jim Rowley directed for the franchise. He would eventually direct many episodes of the television series including most of Seasons 1 and 2, as well as several notable home video releases.
- The final time "I Love You" is sung with the Backyard Gang lyrics.
- The only time "Down on Grandpa's Farm" was sung with five verses.
- The only time the Backyard Gang theme song was dubbed in Spanish as the Spanish release of Waiting for Santa was played as an instrumental and Barney Goes To School retains its English vocals for all the songs (excluding "The Alphabet Chant") despite the dialogue being dubbed in that said language.
- The only live show where its performance doesn't last for a full hour. Subsequent US live shows onward extended their duration for their filmed performances before they were given their own home video releases (excluding Barney Live! - The Let's Go Tour and Barney Live in Concert - Birthday Bash!).
- The only live show released on video where Barney is portrayed by a single costume performer. Starting with the next live show onward, Barney would be given two performers as one would partially be used in-between takes during a few scenes.
- The only live show as well as the only one released on video to have all its verses sung for the "Barney Theme Song". Starting in Barney Live! In New York City, only the first and last verses were sung by removing the second and third verses. This would also apply to the international stage shows as well.
- This would be the last appearance of Barney doing his magic trick, The Barney Shake.
Songs[]
- In the 1995 re-release of this video, Bob West re-dubbed "Everyone is Special" (with his Season 2 voice and his Backyard Gang voice combined) using the current lyrics for the song, as opposed to the ones originally used. In addition, the "Everyone is Special" melody in the credits medley is rearranged. Other than those differences, the video is the same as the original 1991 release.
- The rendition of the "Barney Theme Song" used in the show uses similar instruments that were later used in the Barney & Friends version of the song.
- In the Spanish, Philippines, South African, and Singaporean/Malaysian releases, the "Bubble, Bubble Bath" scene was omitted, so when "The Itsy Bitsy Spider" was sung, it somewhat cuts/transitions to "Hurry, Hurry, Drive the Firetruck".
- In the Spanish version of this video:
- The "Barney Theme Song" and "I Love You" were sung in the Barney & Friends lyrics instead of the Backyard Gang lyrics.
- The "Alphabet Song" is sung in Spanish, Hebrew and English by replacing the French lyrics for the latter.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Home Video Guide July 26, 1991 Retrieved November 22, 2023
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