Barney and his friends

Television series
German title	Barney and his friends
Original title	Barney & Friends
Country of production	United States
original language	English
length	30 minutes
Episodes	268
genre	Children's television
idea	Sheryl Leach
production	The Lyons Group (1992-2001) HiT Entertainment (2001-2009) Connecticut Public Television (1992-2005) WNET New York (2006-2009)
First broadcast	April 6, 1992 on PBS
German-language ; first broadcast	September 8, 1996 on Super RTL
occupation
	David Joyner (1992-2001); Carey Stinson (1994, 2002-2009); Josh Martin (1999-2002; Barney costume); Bob West (1992-2001); Duncan Brannan (1999-2002); Tim Dever (1999-2002); Dean Wendt (2002-2009; Barney voice); Jenny Dempsey (1992-1993); Jeff Ayers (1993-2008); Lauren Mayeux (2009; Baby Bop costume); Julie Johnson (Baby Bop voice); Jeff Brooks (1993-2002); Kyle Nelson (2002-2009; BJ costume); Patty Wirtz (BJ voice); Adam Brown (reef costume); Michaela Dietz (riff voice); Demi Lovato;

Barney and Friends (Original title: Barney & Friends ) is an American television series for preschoolers .

Barney was created by Sheryl Leach in 1987 . He is a purple dinosaur who, together with other plush dinosaurs and (real) children, similar to Sesame Street , conveys learning content with his songs and optimistic-friendly attitude.

Parodies

The Simpsons episode In the Clutches of a Cult features a parody of Barney. The Simpsons are followers of an obscure sect in this episode, in connection with the indoctrination of their disciples, Barney can be seen on television, who plays a song to some of the children with the words "We love him, he loves us, he is our leader. Hunzelpunz" sings. In the Beavis & Butthead episode Tornado , too , the show is parodied in that a Barney-like figure bakes something and catches fire while singing about the incident. Furthermore, Barney was referred to as a "stupid" in the television series The Dinos .

Trivia

The American actors and singers Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez started their careers on the show.

Web links

Barney and his friends in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

^ Sallie Hofmeister: A Blue Year for the Purple-and-Green Dinosaur . In: The New York Times , October 20, 1994. Retrieved August 14, 2010.

[1] Sallie Hofmeister: A Blue Year for the Purple-and-Green Dinosaur . In: The New York Times , October 20, 1994. Retrieved August 14, 2010.