Down On Barney's Farm

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Barney & Friends Episode
"Down On Barney's Farm"
Air date	April 17, 1992
Written by	Mark S. Bernthal
Directed by	Jim Rowley
About
Theme	The Farm
Characters	Barney Shawn Tina Derek Luci Farmer Henderson Doris Penelope Lillian Cleopatra Henrietta
Episode Guide
Previous	"Caring Means Sharing"
Next	"What's That Shadow?"

"Down On Barney's Farm" is the tenth episode from the first season of Barney & Friends.

Plot

Painting pictures of animals is fun for the kids - but seeing and touching them is much more fun. That's just what they get to do as Barney turns the schoolyard into a barnyard! An extra guest is Farmer Henderson, who introduces the kids to a duck, a piglet, a lamb, a calf, and even a baby chick which Barney helps holds in this big, warm, purple hands! And there's songs, and games to add to this very lively half-hour.

Songs

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "Bought Me a Cat"
3. "Six Little Ducks" (1988 Audio, this is the only episode to have Six ducks being reduced later on)
4. "This Little Piggy"
5. "Mary Had a Little Lamb"
6. "Little Bo Peep"
7. "The Fishing Song"
8. "Turkey in the Straw"
9. "Over in the Meadow"
10. "Down on Grandpa's Farm"
11. "I Love You"

Release

Adaptations

Hachaverim Shel Barney

• Barney and the kids don't use the phrase "Shimbaree, Shimbarah" to go the farm, instead, Barney magically transports him and the kids to the farm.

Baniwa Chingudeul

• In the beginning of the episode, kids are seen drawing pictures of animals instead of looking at paintings in this version.
• "Down on Grandpa's Farm" was the first song to be sung while "Bought Me a Cat" was the second song to be sung in the episode. Also, "The Fishing Song" was sung after "Turkey in the Straw" in this version. However, "Six Little Ducks", "This Little Piggy", and "Little Bo Peep" were not sung in this version. Unlike in the original version, "Old MacDonald Had a Farm" was sung in this version.
• Barney and the kids don't use the phrase "Shimbaree, Shimbarah" to go the farm, instead, Barney magically gives the kids farming outfits as they go into the playground with it being turned into a farm.
• A real life farmer doesn't appear in this version.
• Barney shows video clips of farm animals to the kids.
• "Mary Had a Little Lamb" was sung in the classroom instead of on the playground in this version.
• The kids magically return back to wearing their normal clothes towards the end of the episode.
• Seoung Joon fixes his hat during "I Love You".

Home media

• This episode was released on VHS by Time Life Video.
• It was released again under Lyrick Studios on February 12, 1998.
  • See: Down On Barney's Farm (video)

VHS release of "Down On Barney's Farm" by Time Life Video.

Gallery

Behind the Scenes

The cast poses for camera operator Eric Norberg

Trivia

The episode is a play on the song, Down On Grandpa's Farm.

• This episode marked:
  • The first time no new original Barney songs are featured.
  • The first time that when the kids leave the school while in different outfits and Barney turns back into his doll form, the interior still remains intact at the end of this episode.
  • The first of three episodes to use the magic words Shimbaree, Shimbarah.
  • The first time Tina appeared without Michael.
• This group (Derek, Shawn, Luci and Tina) also appeared in "Hi, Neighbor!".
• "Bought Me a Cat" is the only song ever to be sung in the keys of B-Major, C-Major and D-Flat-Major; all future songs will have just B-Major with a key change to C-Major with the exception of "This Old Man" in "Having Tens Of Fun!" and "I Love You" in "Sing & Dance With Barney".
• The end of the "Barney Says" segment has a painting of Barney instead of an actual screenshot of him when he says his signature send-off.
• All of the farm animals featured in this episode are female.
• Despite the Backyard Gang saying they can't fit in the umbrellas as mentioned in Rock with Barney, Tina, Derek and Luci still fit inside of them, it's unknown how they fit in the umbrellas.
• Shawn mentions that pets were brought to school for show-and-tell and pets Min's puppy in the next episode, but later on in "At Home With Animals" he reveals his allergy to animal hair. It's possible that it developed between the latter two episodes.