Season 6

Season 6
Release
Season Premiere	November 1, 1999
Season Finale	April 14, 2000
Season Guide
Previous	Season Five
Next	Season Seven

Season 6 of Barney & Friends aired from November 1, 1999 to April 14, 2000.

Episodes

#	Episode	Written By	Directed By	New Barney Songs	Original Airdate
1	"Stick With Imagination!"	Mark S. Bernthal	Fred Holmes		November 1, 1999
		After cleaning up the treehouse, Barney and his friends use their imagination to turn an ordinary stick into many different activities.
2	"Itty Bitty Bugs"	Perri Verdino-Gates	Alexander Laughton		November 2, 1999
		The kids are having an afternoon picnic, when they realize that many insects reside all around them. This leads them to learn about the many different types of insects.
3	"Grandparents Are Grand"	Shields Freeman	Jim Rowley	"I'd Love to Sail"	November 3, 1999
		Barney and the kids throw a surprise party for Kim's grandparents. BJ helps cheer up Jeff who misses his grandparents.
4	"Snack Time!"	Sandra J. Payne	Fred Holmes		November 4, 1999
		Chip shares some afternoon snacks with his friends. Barney opens his own pretend fancy restaurant to help Baby Bop learn the importance of trying new foods.
5	"A Sunny, Snowy Day"	Perri Verdino-Gates	Alexander Laughton		November 5, 1999
		Robert is showing Jeff and Linda pictures from his summer vacation. Barney comes to life and transforms the playground into an island paradise. Later, Keesha comes to the playground with her new winter clothes that her aunt gave it to her. With a little imagination, it begins to snow! The kids play in the snow and build a snow-dinosaur. It's a day full of super-dee-duper sunny, snowy fun!
6	"You've Got To Have Art"	Perri Verdino-Gates	Fred Holmes		November 8, 1999
		Barney and the kids spend the day making arts and crafts for the school's art open house. The kids help BJ make something special for Baby Bop.
7	"Five Kinds Of Fun!"	Stephen White	Alexander Laughton Jim Rowley		November 9, 1999
		Barney brings out five special boxes: Each filled with special activities that correspond with one of the five senses.
8	"Count Me In!"	Sandra J. Payne	Jim Rowley	"Sharing Together"	November 10, 1999
		Hannah's rock collection and Stephen's hat collection gives Barney the opportunity to emphasis the importance of counting. From playing number limbo to counting bubbles, the kids learn that counting can be easy and fun.
9	"Who's Who At The Zoo?"	Noreen Davis Nina Shelton	Fred Holmes	"What Will We See at the Zoo?"	November 11, 1999
		A search for the hat Robert got at the zoo but has misplaced, a mystery game from Stella, and a visit from a zookeeper all help Barney and his friends learn about animals at the zoo.
10	"Birthday Olé"	Sandra J. Payne	Jim Rowley		November 12, 1999
		It's Robert's birthday, and Barney and the others are throwing him a surprise birthday fiesta.
11	"Excellent Exercise!"	Noreen Davis Stephen White Nina Shelton	Alexander Laughton	"Exercising...Won't You Come and Join Me?"	April 3, 2000
		Coach Barney sets up a day filled with exercise activities to show Danny that exercise can be fun. Baby Bop and the kids participate in a relay race.
12	"Brushing Up On Teeth"	Stephen White	Alexander Laughton	"What Would I Do Without My Teeth?"	April 4, 2000
		The kids practice smiling for their school pictures. This prompts Barney to discuss about the importance of dental hygiene. The kids give Barney a pretend dental check-up.
13	"A "Little" Mother Goose"	Stephen White	Jim Rowley		April 5, 2000
		After Emily struggles with coming up with her own rhyme, Mother Goose visits Barney and the kids to show them that rhyming is easy and fun.
14	"Good Job!"	Evan Viola	Fred Holmes	"Look at Me, I'm Dancing"	April 6, 2000
		The kids use Barney's special hopscotch game to "try" on different career jobs.
15	"It's Home To Me"	Perri Verdino-Gates	Alexander Laughton		April 7, 2000
		Hannah brings her dollhouse so her friends can play with it. Each of the kids talk about their favorite room in a house.
16	"How Does Your Garden Grow?"	Perri Verdino-Gates	Jeff Gittle		April 10, 2000
		Barney and the kids help Mr. Boyd take care for the school garden. The kids make their own box gardens.
17	"You Can Do It!"	Perri Verdino-Gates	Jim Rowley	"Growing Big and Tall"	April 11, 2000
		After feeling frustrated over jumping rope, Baby Bop learns the importance of perseverance.
18	"Here Comes The Firetruck!"	Shields Freeman	Alexander Laughton	"Do Some Exercise"	April 12, 2000
		Hannah's firefighter neighbor and her firefighter friend visit the school to talk about fire safety. The kids get to explore a real fire engine.
19	"Ready, Set, Go!"	Stephen White	Alexander Laughton		April 13, 2000
		Travel Agent Baby Bop takes Barney on an "Imagination Vacation" by using the different modes of transportation.
20	"You Are Special"	Stephen White	Fred Holmes		April 14, 2000
		Barney gives the kids some empty books to have them fill it with things that makes them special.

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Cast

Dinosaurs

• Barney (Body: David Joyner / Voice: Bob West) [20/20]
• Baby Bop (Body: Jeff Ayers, Jennifer Romano, Jeff Brooks / Voice: Julie Johnson) [9/20]
• BJ (Body: Jeff Brooks / Voice: Patty Wirtz) [9/20]

Children

• Danny (Jeffrey Hood) [10/20]
• Jeff (Austin Ball) [10/20]
• Robert (Angel Velasco) [10/20]
• Emily (Hannah Owens) [9/20]
• Keesha (Mera Baker) [9/20]
• Stephen (Chase Gallatin) [9/20]
• Hannah (Marisa Kuers) [8/20]
• Kim (Erica Rhodes) [5/20]
• Jill (Lana Whittington) (debut) [4/20]
• Linda (Adrianne Kangas) [4/20]
• Chip (Lucien Douglas) [3/20]

Adults

• Stella the Storyteller (Phyllis Cicero) [5/20]
• Mr. Boyd (Robert Sweatman) [1/20]

Animals

• Scooter McNutty (Todd Duffey) [7/20]
• Miss Etta Kette (Brice Armstrong) [6/20]

Executive Producers

• Dennis DeShazer

Writers

• Stephen White
• Mark S. Bernthal
• Perri Verdino-Gates
• Sandra J. Payne
• Shields Freeman
• Noreen Davis
• Evan Viola

Directors

• Fred Holmes
• Steven Feldman
• Jim Rowley
• Alexander Laughton
• Jeff Gittle
• Penny Wilson (Performance Director)

Producers

• Jim Rowley (Supervising Producer)
• Ben Vaughn (Senior Consulting Producer)
• Linda Houston (Consulting Producer)
• Jeff Gittle

Music Director

• Joe Phillips

Guest Appearances

• Cathy Msingi Jones (played Mee-Ma in Grandparents Are Grand)
• Jim Ponds (played Pop-Pop in Grandparents Are Grand)
• Sean Sandras (played Perry in Snack Time!)
• Nancy Drotning (played Zelda the Zookeeper in Who's Who at the Zoo?)
• Barbara Lowin (played Mother Goose in A "Little" Mother Goose)
•  Noreen Davis (played Officer Thompson in Good Job!)
• Lee Burns (played Firefighter Berkeley in Here Comes the Firetruck!)
• Dale Evans (played Firefighter Vandever in Here Comes the Firetruck!)
• Summer Selby (played Ms. Crisp in Ready, Set, Go!)

Trivia

• This season marks:
  • The first season to originally air in two years.
  • The final appearances of Hannah, Chip, Linda, Stella the Storyteller, The Adventure Screen, and The Barney Bag. Stella returns in The Best of Barney.
  • The final time Barney is performed by Bob West. David Joyner will continue to perform as the character until his departure in 2002.
• The last TV appearances of Danny, Emily, Jeff, Jill, Keesha, Kim, Robert and Stephen.
  • The only season to use 3 Barney costumes.
  • The last season to take place at the school and the treehouse.
• Despite the second half of the season airing in 2000, all 20 episodes were filmed and produced by 1999.
• Itty Bitty Bugs and Five Kinds of Fun!, along with the home video Barney's Night Before Christmas are the only Season 6 episodes to utilize the Barney costume from Season 5.
• Stephen starts wearing glasses this season.
• Hannah's ears were pierced this season.
• The names on the cubbies in the classroom from left to right are: Chris, Zach, Amy, Jeff, Robert, Keesha, Stephen, Hannah, Dennis, Jill/Linda, Emily, and Lauren. Jill and Linda share the same cubby.
• Unlike in the previous two seasons, Scooter McNutty and Miss Etta appear less often.
• Starting in this season, Mera Baker (Keesha) does the fundings for the show. Reruns of Seasons 4 and 5 would use her recording.