Once Upon A Dino Tale

Barney Home Video
Once Upon A Dino Tale
Release Date	January 6, 2009
Available on DVD	Yes
Written by	New Material Cheryl Ammeter
Directed by	New Material Brian Mack
Run Time	52 Minutes
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Once Upon A Dino Tale is a Barney Clip Show that was released on January 6, 2009. It features scenes from the eighth-eleventh seasons of Barney & Friends.

Title card for Once Upon A Dino Tale.

Synopsis

Join Barney and his friends in some imagination fun as they enter an enchanted world of fairy-tale stories! Princess Rosey is having a party for the whole kingdom and asks Jingles the Jester to find the best fairy tale stories in the land. Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, and Riff decide to help out by sharing their favorite fairy tale stories. Be a part of the fun and learn that fairy tale stories are told together with the ones you love.

Cast

• New Material
• Archival

• Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Carey Stinson)
  
• Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Mitzi Evans)
  
• BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Kyle Nelson)
  
• Riff (Voice: Michaela Dietz, Costume: Jeff Ayers)
  
• David (Emilio Mazur)
  
• Tracy (Victoria Lennox)
  
• Jingles the Jester (Kacie Lynch)

• Baby Bop (Costume: Jeff Ayers)
• Riff (Costume: Adam Brown)
• Gianna (Selena Gomez)
• Mario (Zachary Soza)
• Whitney (Kayla S. Levels)
• Nick (Grayson Lee Vanover)
• Beth (Katherine Pully)
• Kami (Makayla Crawford)
• Melanie (Kelly Eichenholz)
• Ryan (Reese Wilson)
• Victor (Nathaniel Quijano)
• Colleen (Claire Burdette)
• Scott (Alex Wilson)
• Kelly (Alexandra O'Brien)
• Claire (Alexia Bailey)
• Lucas (Victor Lopez)
• The Royal Ball Dancers

Songs

1. "If You Imagine"
2. "Once Upon a Time"
3. "Topsy Turvy Tea" (Scene taken from Barney's Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun!)
4. "Share Your Stuff" (Scene taken from Barney's Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun!)
5. "If I Had One Wish" (Scene taken from "Once Upon a Fairy Tale")
6. "Clean Up" (Scene taken from: "No, No, No!")
7. "Nobody Likes To Hear No!" (Scene taken from "No, No, No!")
8. "The Dino Dance" (Scene taken from "No, No, No!")
9. "Just Imagine" (Scene taken from "The Emperor's Contest")
10. "The Mad Song" (Scene taken from "The Emperor's Contest")
11. "Welcome to Our Tea Party"
12. "The Friendship Song"
13. "I Love You"

Stories

• "Alice in Wonderland" (Scene taken from Barney's Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun!)
• "The Fisherman and his Wife" (Scene taken from "Once Upon a Fairy Tale")
• "Cinderella (Scene taken from "No, No, No!")
• "The Emperor's Contest" (Scene taken from "The Emperor's Contest")
• "The Lion and the Mouse" (Scene taken from "A New Friend")
• "Princess Pumpernickel"

Marketing

The DVD marketing for Once Upon A Dino Tale consisted of online and national print advertising specifically targeting mothers and generating over twenty-three million impressions. Emails were circulated to the national Barney fan base and the video was cross promoted inside over one million new family DVDs from Lionsgate Home Entertainment releasing between January and March 2009.

Release

Home media

Once Upon A Dino Tale was available for pre-order on December 10, 2008. The video was officially released on DVD on July 6, 2009 by HIT Entertainment and Lionsgate Home Entertainment at a suggested retail price of $14.98. Bonus features of the DVD included Barney’s Sing-Along Jukebox, featuring the thirteen songs from the video, and a bonus episode of Roary the Racing Car titled "Roary's First Day".

Releases

Original Release (2009)

Rerelease with Barney plush (2010)

Trivia

• 

  The Barney doll with one of the Playmobil knights.

  The actress, who plays Jingles the Jester, Kacie Lynch, is the same girl who plays Taylor in seasons twelve and thirteen of Barney & Friends. Lynch booked the role of Jingles in July 2007.
• The copyright says "2008" at the end credits, which means that it was completed months before it was released.
• In this video, the story of "Alice in Wonderland" from Barney's Best Manners: Your Invitation to Fun! was shortened.
• The Knight figures seen on the table near the castle with were made by the toy company Playmobil.

Occurrences

• This video marked:
  • The only appearance of Jingles the Jester.
  • The final appearance of David played by Emilio Mazur.
  • The final appearance of the season eleven Barney and BJ costumes and the Season 12 Baby Bop costume
  • The final time Baby Bop and Riff are performed by Mitzi Evans and Jeff Ayers.

References

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