Campfire Sing-Along is the fifth video in the Barney & The Backyard Gang series. It was originally released on May 30, 1990.[1]
Plot[]
Educational Theme: Camping Safety
Stories: Let's Go Camping
After listening to a story about camping read by Tina's mother, she wishes that she could go camping someday. After Tina falls asleep, she dreams about a camping trip with Barney and the rest of the Backyard Gang. Barney takes his friends through different fun experiences from pitching tents to having a snack. In the mist of things, a storm comes around and Tina gets lost in the woods. Thanks to Barney's advice earlier of "Stay where you are, hug a tree, and blow your whistle!", everyone finds Tina and the gang continue onto more campfire fun. Barney and his friends even explore a cave where The Bear lives. Back at the campfire, songs are sung around it, and everyone learns how to make s'mores. After the trip is over, Tina wakes up and realizes it was all just a dream - and a magical one at that.
Cast[]
- Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Voss)
- Michael (Brian Eppes)
- Amy (Becky Swonke)
- Tina (Jessica Zucha)
- Luci (Leah Montes)
- Derek (Rickey Carter)
- Jeffrey (Jeffrey Lowe) (only appearance)
- Luci and Tina's Mom (Sonya Resendez) (only appearance)
- The Bear (Voice: Bob West, Costume: Philip Parker)
Songs[]
- "Barney Theme Song"
- "I Love You" (English and Spanish)
- "A Camping We Will Go"
- "Little Cabin in the Forest Green"
- "Clean Up"
- "The Ants Go Marching"
- "The Little Turtle"
- "The Frog on a Log" (reprise in the end credits)
- "The Happy Wanderer"
- "I'm Being Eaten By a Tyrannosaurus Rex" (only sung in this home video)
- "Sarasponda"
- "S'Mores" (reprise in the previews)
- "The Other Day I Met a Bear"
- "Kookaburra"
- "Tell Me Why"
- "Are You Sleeping?" (alternative lyrics)
Production[]
Filming[]
Filming for this video took place in-between March and April of 1990 during spring break at ColorDynamics in Allen, Texas
Gallery[]
Releases[]
Behind the Scenes[]
Trivia[]
- Although the cover and tape label refer to this video, "Barney's Campfire Sing-Along", the actual title is just simply "Campfire Sing-Along".
- In this video, the Backyard Gang Doll that was used is slightly bigger than one sent through the "Fan Club" possibly a prototype or a studio doll only meant for this video similar to the 1988-1989 doll for the first trilogy.
- According to Jess Nelson, the reason why the smile is more prominent on the Barney Doll in this video only is because the studio decided to use a white strip of tape.
- A demo shot of Barney and the Backyard Gang walking up the bridge during "The Happy Wanderer" is shown in the opening sequence.
Occurrences[]
- The final video until Play with Barney to not have "I Love You" sung at the end of the video.
- The only appearances of Jeffrey, Luci and Tina's Mom, and The Bear.
- The first video to take place at Tina and Luci's house.
- For unknown reasons, Jeffrey replaces Adam in this video.
- Despite not appearing in this video, Adam appears in the story adaptation of Campfire Sing-Along that was in Barney's Coloring Book.
- Unlike other videos, this is the only video to have one of the members of The Backyard Gang use their imagination in a dream.
- The second video to show Barney going to sleep as shown in Waiting for Santa.
- After the release of this Barney Home Video; the song, "I'm Being Eaten By a Tyrannosaurus Rex", was never mentioned again.
- The first video to show Barney eating vegetables other than a PB&J sandwich, as shown in A Day at the Beach.
- This video reveals that despite being a Tyrannosaurus Rex, Barney is a vegetarian (herbivore), not a carnivore.
- The first appearance of the 1990-1991 Barney doll.
- The final time "I Love You" (this video has both languages) was sung at the beginning until Sprout's Dino-Mite Valentine's Sing-Along. In addition, the arrangement being used there would also be recycled when season seven had begun production, albeit being re-harmonized in an early-2000s style.
- Unlike the first trilogy of videos, where the Barney doll would wink, this is the first video to have a twinkle appear in the Barney doll's eye at the end.
- Starting with this video onward (including home media releases based on the television series), the names for the main characters who appeared in the video itself are now shown during the end credits since the first four videos only showed their actors/actresses being credited.
- Additionally, this video is the only Backyard Gang video that uses the Barney doll from the opening.
- As mentioned by Michael and Luci, usually it's the Backyard Gang that calls Barney for help, but this is the second time Barney calls on them since Waiting for Santa.
- As shown in the first half of the series, Barney lived with Michael and Amy as stated in the Theme Song. Starting with this video, it is revealed that he now lives with Luci and Tina. The reason for this change was never stated or mentioned.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 DLM's Barney character set for TV appearance April 1, 1990 Retrieved November 21, 2023
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