Barney™
As a helping hand for growing children, Barney (along with special pals Baby Bop™, BJ™ and Riff™ ) helps parents give their children the range of skills they need to grow - and he always does it with lots of fun, music and laughs. Barney & Friends™ episodes are always filled with Sharing, Caring, Imagining, Dancing and Learning and can be seen on PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS Sprout℠. For more information about Barney and all his friends, please visit www.barney.com.
Barney™: Timeline
Barney's™ Tee-rific Times
| 1987 | Barney is created by former teacher, Sheryl Leach and the first Barney home video is released |
| 1989 | The Barney Fan Club launches in the US |
| 1990 | Barney debuts in consumer products |
| 1991 | Baby Bop™ makes her first appearance in the home video release,Barney in Concert |
| 1992 | Barney & Friends™, the television series, debuts in the US on PBS® |
| Baby Bop makes her first appearance on PBS with the episode, My Family's Just Right For Me | |
| 1993 | BJ™, Barney's friend and Baby Bop's brother, joins Barney & Friends on PBS with the episode, Look At Me, I'm Three |
| Barney is named BEANIE License of the Year by the International Licensing Industry Merchandisers' Association1 | |
| "Barney's Favorites: Volume 1" is released on CD | |
| Barney begins his future in publishing as the first Barney book is released | |
| Barney takes part in President Clinton's Inaugural Celebration | |
| 1994 | Barney's first live concert premieres at Radio City Music Hall in New York; Tickets for all twelve performances are sold out within an hour and a half |
| 1995 | The giant Barney balloon makes its first appearance in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and has been part of the parade every year since |
| The permanent attraction "A Day in the Park with Barney™" opens at the Universal Studios Florida™ theme park. | |
| 1996 | Barney is named Number 1 Kids Artist by Billboard "Year in Music,"a title he will keep for 3 years (1996-1998) |
| Barney's first live tour, Barney's Big Surprise, launches and is seen by almost two million fans in the US, Canada, and Mexico during its two-year run | |
| 1997 | Barney's Big Surprise is named "The Best Family Touring Show of The Year" by Performance Magazine |
| "Barney Magazine" launches in the US | |
| Microsoft's ActiMates™ Interactive Barney is released | |
| Barney's interactive site launches with www.Barney.com | |
| 1998 | "Barney's Favorites Vol. 1" goes Triple Platinum and "Barney's Favorites Vol. 2"goes Platinum |
| The first Barney feature film, Barney's Great Adventure, is released in the US | |
| Hasbro's "Barney Song Magic Bongos" is honored with an Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Award2 | |
| Barney's second live tour, Barney's Musical Castle, tours the US, Puerto Rico and Mexico | |
| "Barney Magazine" wins a Silver Honor Parent's Choice Award | |
| 2000 | Microsoft's ActiMates "Interactive Barney," in conjunction with Starbright Foundation is distributed to children's cancer hospitals across the US |
| 2001 | Barney & Friends is honored with a Daytime Emmy Award3 |
| 2004 | Barney's third live tour, Barney's Colorful World launches and tours through the US, Puerto Rico, Ireland and the UK, and is seen by over one million fans during its one-year run |
| 2005 | Barney & Friends begins airing on PBS KIDS®, a dedicated PBS service for preschoolers |
| 2006 | Barney's fourth live tour, Barney LIVE! The Let's Go Tour launches and tours through the US and Canada |
| Barney launches interactive books with Jakk's Pacific TeleStory™ | |
| Riff™ makes his first appearance in the Home Video release Barney:Let's Make Music | |
| Barney's dino-friend Riff joins the Barney & Friends PBS series and introduces world music to the series | |
| 2008 | Everyone's favorite purple dinosaur, Barney™, commemorates 20 years of sharing, caring and imagination with a dinosaurus-sized worldwide celebration. This includes new production, new partners, new products, new performances and a new website |
| Barney™ takes a tour around Canada when Treehouse Live! presents free Barney shows in 18 cities | |
| Play Along by Jakks Pacific commemorates Barney's™ Anniversary with the all-new Sing and Celebrate Barney commemorative plush |
1 Best License of the Year for the Barney Beanie
2 Platinum Award
3 Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Live & Direct
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