Barney and his friends
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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 |
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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.