What a World We Share! (also known as "Around the World with Barney" in the UK, Ireland and Australia) is a Barney Home Video that was released on March 9, 1999.
After Stella the Storyteller leaves her suitcase in the treehouse, Barney and the children travel to France, Canada, and Mexico to find her. Meanwhile, Baby Bop and BJ fight over who gets to use the box, as Baby Bop wants to use it for a playhouse, and BJ wants to use it for a fort. When Barney and the children return, they find that BJ and Baby Bop are sharing the playhouse.
NOTE: Songs marked with an asterisk indicates that it was instrumentally played during the end credits
Marketing[]
The video kicked off a year-long, national consumer cross-promotion in the U.S. with Luvs Diapers, which offered a $4 instant-rebate coupon in the US. The cross-promotion, ran from March 1999 through February 2000, and was supported with advertising that was expected to deliver 50 million impressions. Print ads for the video were featured in TV Guide, Parents, Woman’s Day, People, Parade and other lifestyle and family magazines.[1]
Release[]
What a World We Share! was released on March 9, 1999 on VHS by Lyrick Studios. The original retail price of the VHS was $14.95.[2]
Releases[]
Original Release (1999)
Canadian Release (1999)
Prototype UK/Ireland Cover
Original UK/Ireland Release (2000)
UK/Ireland Rerelease (2002)
Australian Release (2001)
Original Spanish Release (2001)
Greek Release
Japanese English Release
Spanish DVD Release/Another Spanish Release (2004)
Portuguese Release (2012)
Singaporean and Malaysian VCD Release (2001)
Singaporean and Malaysian DVD Release (2011)
Gallery[]
Title cards[]
US Title Card
UK/Ireland and Australian Title Card
Trivia[]
The purple, green, and yellow stars that fade to the next scene, are the same ones that were seen in the final version of Sing and Dance with Barney.
David Voss, the original Barney costume actor, appears briefly as a mime.
When the gang arrives at Mexico, the mariachi band plays "Celito Lindo".
The library, La Vallee, as seen in France, is named after Bob Lavallee, who was the production designer of this video.
When Barney is talking to Baby Bop, the school wall that leads into the classroom is missing.
Occurrences[]
This video marked:
The first video to feature a new "Please Stay Tuned" bumper. This bumper would later appear in some other home videos until 2001.
One of the times where Barney does not play the piano during the song, "Good Manners", unlike previous instances.
One of the few times where Barney breaks the fourth wall prior to season seven of Barney & Friends. At the end of "It's Good to Be Home", when Barney sings, "You are so Special to Me", he looks into the camera and waves gently to the viewers watching at home. Barney broke the fourth wall prior in the video, "Sing and Dance with Barney".
