But away from the cameras, the popular presenter is a father of two children, son Barney, who he has teamed up with on shows ...

When "Barney & Friends" first debuted on PBS in 1992, kids went bananas for the huggable purple dinosaur. The show was also ...

Kids from the 1990s are early 2000s will always remember the "I Love You" song that ended every episode of Barney & Friends.

As a result, it may be hard for today’s children to understand how incredibly popular the show Barney & Friends was at the ...

Before I was Barney, I was a live mannequin. I would move mechanically. And people would literally bring their children, set them on the mall floor, and go shop. When I was a kid, I wanted to be ...

Bob Riha, Jr./Getty Stars Who Were on 'Barney & Friends' as Kids "He offered up a different model for masculinity, even as a purple dinosaur and not a human. This message about love, about ...

How can you bring an extinct children's character back to life without offending legions of his former fans? That is no doubt the question toy giant Mattel is asking after its reboot of Barney the ...

Meet "Generation Barney," a podcast about the media we loved as kids and how it shapes us. It's about the purple dinosaur. But it's also about music and love and backlash and toys and nostalgia.

Kids like Leora were Barney’s target audience. “Up until that time, there was very little for a young child going down to age three, or four,” Rifkin said. “They like that slower pace ...

Barney's appearance, which made him approachable to kids, was seen as a way of trying to trick or victimize them by some who felt the character balked at the image of traditional masculinity ...