The truth can no be revealed – Barney (you know, the giant green/purple creature that liked kids to have fun and sing a lot) isn’t really a dinosaur, but instead a Pretendosaurus according to three titans of science. Their startling conclusion is based both on a mass of mundane empirical observations and some truly intrepid fieldwork.
I know many of you are shaking your heads and wondering just who this Barney character is, but for those of us who had young children in the 1990’s, Barney was central to our kids’ (and thus ours) very existances. I won’t forget that when my daughter was in the hospital how every TV was tuned to Barney and every kid was watching when he came on. The only thing you could hear was the sound of goofy kid songs and the sighs of the parents and nurses.
#1 by Tom McMahon on August 26, 2003 - 9:41 am
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When our daughter Ellen was little, my Mom recorded three 6 hours tapes of Barney episodes. Now that she’s grown, I’ve forwarded these tapes to our base in Guantanamo to help in extracting information from the prisoners there. I think they’ll be highly effective.
#2 by Kevin Murphy on August 27, 2003 - 11:52 am
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We made two six hour emergency Barney tapes when our kids were small. You just never knew when you’d need it.
#3 by jkrank on September 5, 2003 - 2:35 pm
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My nephew has just been introduced to this ‘dinosaur,’ as he found the Sesame Street characters to sinister.
I spend 15 minutes with him on the Barney website, picking up Flash trash, and must say that I fear and loathe Barney now.
#4 by Kevin Murphy on September 9, 2003 - 1:55 pm
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I’ve always enjoyed Barney. I know most adults don’t like the way he makes no concessions to them, but that doesn’t bother me.