

As for parents, well, 30 minutes of free babysitting buys you a LOT of tolerance. The show is infamous for not exactly being very well-liked beyond its target audience and its Periphery Demographic, to the point that anti-Barney humor became a borderline fad in The '90s (and a modern-day tell-tale sign of an Unintentional Period Piece).
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There has also been a 1998 theatrically released film called Barney's Great Adventure, as well as countless home videos, a prime-time special, and a series of stage shows toured worldwide. The show has had a mammoth amount of merchandise in dolls, clothing, blankets, CDs, and virtually everything else a kid can use.

The story (such that it is) focuses largely on the importance of imagination and delivering Aesops suitable for very young children.

and Riff (introduced 2006), and an ever-shifting cast of young kids, its setting was once a elementary school, but switched to a local park beginning with season 7. Starring the title character as a friendly authority figure, a surrogate for the young girls in the form of Baby Bop, two other dinosaurs named B.J. The inspiration behind the show's creation was that there weren't many programs that educated young children at the time note Sesame Street was aimed at preschool and early school-age children at the time Leach made that criticism, as she found it too complex for younger children. Created by Texan teacher Sheryl Leach in 1987, Barney started out as a regionally successful home video series called Barney and the Backyard Gang before being picked up by the network for a regular series. Live-action television series aimed at pre-school and younger children that started airing on PBS in 1992.
