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Celebrate 20 Years Of Caring, Sharing And Imagination With Everyone's Favorite Purple Dinosaur in The Best Of Barney Dancing Onto DVD September 9, 2008 From Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment

A Collector's Treat For Barney Fans Of All Ages, This Special DVD Release Features The Best Barney Moments Of All Time And More Than 20 Memorable Songs!

08/07/2008

Street Date: 9/9/08
DVD SRP: $19.98

BEST OF BARNEY PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
Everyone's favorite purple dinosaur, Barney™, along with Baby Bop™, BJ™, Riff™ and all his endearing playground friends, is celebrating with an all new bonus-filled DVD, The Best of Barney, dancing into stores on September 9 from Lionsgate and HIT Entertainment.

The special release, available exclusively on DVD, features the best Barney moments of all time and more than 20 songs, including performances by a young Demi Lovato (now starring in Disney Channel's "Camp Rock") and Selena Gomez (from Disney Channel's "Wizards of Waverly Place") from their days as cast members on Barney & Friends™.

Barney's 20th Anniversary Celebration continues with "Best of Barney" month on PBS KIDS® in October, which will air the Top 20 favorite Barney & Friends episodes of all time. Also in fall, Play Along introduces the all-new "Sing and Celebrate Barney" musical toy. With sparkles from head to toe, Barney's belly lights up with special stars, hearts and musical notes as he plays three classic Barney songs!

BEST OF BARNEY DVD SYNOPSIS
Are you ready for some Tee-riffic fun? Laugh and sing with your favorite purple pal, Barney™, in this super-dee-duper collection celebrating 20 years of sharing, caring and imagination. Barney is opening his magical memory chest to share the best and brightest moments-from the charming songs and piano tunes, to the engaging adventures of the heart involving elephant rides, car racing and more! See the stories that have made Barney the most beloved dinosaur by children for 20 years. Don't miss your chance to enjoy this special treat, because as Barney says, "there's always room for one more happy memory."

BEST OF BARNEY DVD SPECIAL FEATURES

• "Barney's Favorite Memories" featurette
• Barney's "I Love You" song from around the world
• 7 Sing-Along's to Barney's best songs ever
• Fun interactive games

ABOUT BARNEY
Trusted by moms and adored by children, Barney is a staple in preschoolers' lives, modeling Sharing, Caring, Imagining, Dancing and Learning on TV, online and through live events, home entertainment and publishing. The Emmy-award-winning series, Barney & Friends™ changed the face of children's television when it first launched, and continues to be one of the top-rated preschool shows today, airing on PBS KIDS® and PBS KIDS SproutSM.

PROGRAM INFORMATION
Title Copyright: 2008 HIT Entertainment limited. ©2008 Lyons Partnership, L.P. The Barney name and character, related characters and the overlapping dino spots and Barney and star logos are trademarks of Lyons Partnership, L.P. Re. U.S. Pat. & Tm. Off. and other countries.
Type: Home Entertainment
Rating: NR
Genre: Children/Family/Live-Action/Ages 2-5
Closed Captioned: English Closed Captioned
Format: Full Screen
Feature Running Time: 59 minutes
DVD Audio Status: English and Spanish 2.0 Dolby Digital
Website: www.barney.com

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For artwork and additional information contact Andrea Blain at andrea@andreablainpr.com or 847-933-9884.