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| | St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Barney and Friends (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | Barney, a huggable six-foot-four-inch talking purple dinosaur, starred in a daily half-hour children's television program that premiered April 6, 1992, on PBS. |
 | | The PBS series was entitled Barney and Friends and featured Barney (played by David Joyner, voiced by Bob West), his younger dinosaur sidekick Baby Bop (Jeff Ayers, voiced by Carol Farabee), and a gaggle of children representing the country's major ethnic groups (Caucasian, African American, Asian American, Native American, Indian, etc.). |
 | | Barney and Friends' signature song, "I Love You," took the tune of "This Old Man" and substituted lyrics remarkable for nothing if not their catchiness: children nationwide were soon singing "I love you / you love me / we're a happy family" and spreading Barney's feel-good message throughout the land. |
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