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Barney & Friends Family Marathon [wnet Broadcast] (1993)

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This article is well-nigh the grapheme. For the television series, run into "Barney & Friends".

Barney is a purple dinosaur and the main protagonist of the television receiver series Barney & Friends, and its home video predecessor Barney & The Backyard Gang. A two hundred million year (two dinosaur years) erstwhile, six-foot[one] (sometimes seven-foot) tall purple tyrannosaurus-rex with a greenish tummy and greenish spots on his back and his tail and yellow toes, he comes to life through a child's imagination, springing up from a doll to total size. In plough, Barney opens children's eyes to the joys of learning and discovery, to the wonders of make-believe, and to the dazzler of unconditional beloved. Dubbed equally the "Elvis for Toddlers"[2] in the early on days, he is all-time known for his silly and optimistic attitude.

His birthplace is Dallas, Texas (every bit he was created there by the creators), however, he lives and resides in one's imagination. His place of residence would later exist expanded in the video Come up on Over to Barney's House (2000).

Created by old teacher Sheryl Stamps Leach, Barney start appeared in the video titled The Lawn Bear witness (1988), which was the first episode of the Barney & The Backyard Gang dwelling video series.

David Voss originally performed every bit the costume for Barney from 1988 to 1990, and was succeeded by David Joyner, who would later define the costume mannerisms of the grapheme. The grapheme has been succeeded by many other costume performers during Joyner'southward time and subsequently his resignation. The Barney character was originally voiced by Bob West from 1988 until 2000, only since his resignation has been voiced by many other voice actors.

Barney generally appears with his dino pals, Infant Bop, BJ and or Riff amid others.

Contents

  • ane History
    • 1.1 Cosmos
    • 1.2 Naming
  • ii Costume
  • 3 Portrayal
    • 3.1 Body Portrayal History
    • 3.2 Voice Portrayal History
    • 3.three Actors
      • 3.iii.1 Costume Actors
      • 3.3.2 Voice Actors
  • 4 Achievements
    • 4.ane Music
  • v Trivia
    • 5.1 Voice
  • half-dozen See as well
  • 7 References

History

Barney the Dinosaur with creator Sheryl Leach.

Creation

Barney was kickoff created in 1987 by Sheryl Leach, who was looking for a way to entertain her then two year quondam son, Patrick.[3] Originally, Barney was going to exist a coating. When that was proven to exist too hard, he became a teddy bear who came to life.[4] Patrick was fascinated by a dinosaur exhibit at a museum, peculiarly the Tyrannosaurus king. In response, Sheryl fabricated Barney a T. Rex. Kathy Parker, a boyfriend instructor-turned-mother who had helped Sheryl create the grapheme, agreed to the change, simply on the condition that he was not to appear menacing (a realistic t-rex would have scared her girl Kaitlin).[5] In the stop, he was colored purple to entreatment to both genders (Leach had a thing for the color purple likewise) and had his features softened (i.e. "toe assurance" in identify of claws).

Naming

Some concept names for Barney were Cosby, Colby, and Danny. Co-creator Dennis DeShazer came up with the name Barney.[6]

Costume

Suzanne Lockridge (left) & Irene Corey (right) with two Barney suits.

Around a table, the television bear witness's producers, creator, and the Irene Corey Costume Design team considered the possibilities for how the costume pattern would await, initially thinking of a plush dinosaur that closely resembled a Tyrannosaurus-Rex. The attributes kickoff designed were approach-power, "hug-ability," and playfulness.[7]

Barney was originally a dark purple colour, even so, on camera appeared blueish. The color was adjusted, and was given a lighter regal / magenta color. The costume would weigh almost lxx pounds,[viii] but was later shaved down to fifty pounds with the final costume.[9] Inside the costume could get up to over 120 degrees.[10] For the performer to walk around, the actor would look through Barney's mouth for vision. When the mouth was airtight, the costume histrion could not run across anything, even for some variations of the costume, Barney would accept its eye mechanism or blinking mechanism.

Meet Also: Barney Through the Years

Portrayal

Barney the Dinosaur with David Voss, the original trunk actor.

Body Portrayal History

Originally the graphic symbol was intended to exist performed by 1 person in terms of doing the voice and being in the costume (similar to Big Bird). Bob West was the first individual hired to portray the grapheme, however he was besides tall for the costume that was already fabricated. David Voss was brought in to fulfill the costume operation. The Barney character was originally portrayed every bit the actor using their hand to move the oral cavity while another manus was in one arm of the dinosaur, hence leaving Barney's other arm unfilled. Sometimes, both artillery were filled (if required).

In 1990, he entered the military as a Cavalry Scout where he was based in Mannheim, He was succeeded in the office by David Joyner. The night earlier the audition, Joyner had a dream that Barney passed out and that he (Joyner) gave the purple dino oral fissure-to-mouth CPR. While driving to the audition, he noticed a billboard that said "Exhale Life Into Your Vacation," which fabricated him think about breathing life into Barney and he decided to be every bit energetic and blithe equally possible. Joyner took some of what David Voss had already instilled in Barney and tried to bring out more personality.[eleven]

The Barney character was now performed with a newly re-designed costume mechanic: the trunk performer bites downwards on a bar padded with a sponge connected to Barney's bottom jaw to motility his rima oris up and down, while giving access to both hands of the costume. Each syllable the vocalization role player speaks is a movement for the costume actor'south to move the mouth. Joyner's mannerisms would later be carried on into other Barney performers during his time with the character and after.

The character would eventually grow to over seven feet when performed by Carey Stinson every bit he was one of the taller performers.

Vocalization Portrayal History

Barney's voice was originally very low pitched when he debuted in Barney & The Lawn Gang as the creators idea that since Barney was a large guy, he needed to have a deep vox. The voice was difficult to maintain for West, but information technology was fabricated cheerful when Joyner came into the costume, and it proved to be a more friendly voice. Following Westward's retirement, Duncan Brannan, Tim Dever, were handed the role of the character, and shortly later Dean Wendt, making the concluding result of the character'due south voice nasal on the idiot box serial.

Actors

Costume Actors

  • David Voss (1988–1990)
  • David Joyner (1991–2005)[xi]

    Bob Westward (left) and David Joyner (right) with Barney the Dinosaur.

  • Carey Stinson (1991–2013, 2019)
  • Josh Martin (1996–2009)
  • Maurice Scott (1997-2004)
  • Antwaun Steele (1999-2001, 2010-2011)
  • Patrick Mcalister (2003-2008)
  • Rick Starkweather (2003-2007)

Voice Actors

  • Bob West (1988–2000, 2005)
  • David Franks (1996-1998)[12]
  • Duncan Brannan (1997–2000)
  • Tim Dever (1999–2001)
  • Dean Wendt (2001[thirteen]–2014, 2019)

See Also: Barney Voice Actors

Achievements

Barney'south star on Paseo de las Luminarias, located at the Plaza de las Estrellas in Mexico City.

  • Barney was ranked at #three for the highest paid entertainer, a list compiled by Forbes Magazine, in 1993-1994, following Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey.[xiv] [15]
  • Barney was named one of People mag's "25 Most Intriguing People of 1992"[16]
  • In 2007, Barney received a star on Paseo de las Luminarias, the Mexican equivalent of the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Music

  • From 1996-1998, Barney ranked every bit Billboard's top children'south artist.[17]
  • Barney become a Grammy nominated and a 3× Platinum artist due to his successful debut album, Barney's Favorites, Volume i.
    • See: Barney Discography

Trivia

  • In Barney & The Lawn Gang, Barney originally lived with Michael and Amy. In that series, Barney had to be kept a secret from the parents. That running gag lasted until Three Wishes where Michael and Amy'southward Mom is informed on who Barney is.
  • Although he celebrates his birthday in the Barney franchise, he remains over 200 million years old.
  • Barney showtime reached official pop culture status when he was parodied in a Saturday Night Alive sketch in the autumn of 1993. The Barney likeness played a game of one-on-one basketball game confronting Phoenix Suns superstar Charles Barkley.[18]

Voice

  • During the filming of flavor one of Barney & Friends, Bob Due west had laryngitis. Jeff Gittle, a crew member of the show, would step in to read for West, in which he somewhen dubbed over.[19]
  • Alan Bruce served every bit Barney's understudy in Barney Live! In New York Metropolis, nonetheless, he never filled in.
  • Like the voices of Babe Bop and BJ, Barney was voiced past an unknown stand-in for the alive show of Barney Live! World Tour - A Commemoration!. Similar to Baby Bop, he was voiced past another unknown stand-in for the Fisher-Toll toys that were released in 2018.

See also

  • Alternate Barney Costumes
  • Images of Barney

References

  1. ↑ Year of the dog, Dallas Observer, Baronial 28, 1997
  2. ↑ | Barney, the Elvis for Toddlers : Dinosaur Is a Star, Spreading Beloved With Hugs, Kisses, Songs
  3. ↑ DUMPING THE Piddling DINOSAUR THAT COULD
  4. ↑ | Barney's big success breeds some equally large problems
  5. ↑ Coming to Tulsa, in all his purpleness
  6. ↑ | He'due south the Big Bird of the '90s - Barney
  7. ↑ The Concept: The Loveable Dinosaur
  8. ↑ 'Barney' Player David Joyner on Life equally Big Purple Dinosaur
  9. ↑ Carey "Barney" Stinson takes his plow in the guest chair - Purple Tales Episode 11
  10. ↑ Barney Tells All: David Joyner Talks Being the Human being in the Purple Dinosaur Costume for x Years
  11. ↑ 11.0 xi.ane Hello my name is David Joyner and I played Barney the Dinosaur for over a decade on the Hit TV Series, Barney and Friends. AMA!
  12. ↑ David Franks | Voice over actor | Voice123
  13. ↑ The purple reign of Barney marks twenty years
  14. ↑ SPIELBERG BUMPS OPRAH Every bit Best-PAID ENTERTAINER
  15. ↑ SPIELBERG IS Superlative-PAID ENTERTAINER; SYRUPY BARNEY RINGS IN AT NO. 3
  16. ↑ | BARNEY MAKES A DINOSAUR-SIZE IMPRESSION
  17. ↑ Barney is far from extinct
  18. ↑ CPTV Guide Connecticut Magazine June 2013
  19. ↑ Christmas Greetings! – Surprise Christmas Day 2020 Livestream

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