Barney

Barney is a large purple anthropomorphic dinosaur from the children's television show Barney & Friends. The show is produced in the US and is targeted towards preschool children. Barney & Friends try to educated kids with friendly songs and an optimistic attitude. Barney was the mastermind creation of Sheryl Leach who came up with the idea while considering TV shows that could educate and appeal to her son. She then formed a team and made a series of home videos and called the show Barney and the Gang. The initial three episodes featured actress Sandy Duncan. Later on, Baby Bop and B.J. joined Barney. These videos were moderately successful, and Barney's popularity soared when the characters and format of the show were revamped and picked up by the Public Broadcasting System in 1992. The name of the series was then changed to the now all so familiar Barney & Friends, and was produced by Lyrick Studios. The shooting for the show was done at the ColorDynamics Studios facility at Greenville Avenue & Bethany Drive in Allen. It then shifted to The Studios at Las Colinas in Las Colinas. The series is now produced in a northern suburb of Dallas. The Barney & Friends TV series and videos are distributed by HIT Entertainment. With the show being telecasted and translated in so many different foreign languages, the popularity of the series has spread across the world. Just as popular is the Barney theme song, sung by kids the world over.