Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Back in 2023, Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz defended Barney, assuring everyone that despite the ...

recalling the time he learned that the Ku Klux Klan had banned their children from watching the program after learning that the man beneath the purple dinosaur suit was Black. The anecdote is ...

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I organize the Before & After series and cover DIY and design. I joined AT in October 2020 as a production assistant. I have an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri and a BA in Journalism ...

With lips, the T. rex family bears more of a resemblance to Barney, the purple dinosaur from the PBS children’s show. The research underscores how dramatically our conceptions of how dinosaurs ...

What made Barney, the purple dinosaur and nineties kids’-TV sensation, so infuriatingly loathsome? Was it his doofy voice and inane giggle, coming at you like a low-watt Pillsbury Doughboy?

Interestingly, David Joyner believed it was his destiny to become Barney’s costume actor. He initially appeared as the purple dinosaur in a 1991 episode of the direct-to-video series ‘Barney and the ...

"As it spotlights the beginnings of modern-day hate culture, this documentary traces the creation of the character and how it took a toll on the people closest to it, examining the surprising and ...