Barney and the Backyard Gang
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| Genre | children's music |
| Created by |
Sheryl Stamps-Leach Kathy O'Rourke-Parker |
| Developed by | Sheryl Stamps-Leach Kathy O'Rourke-Parker Dennis DeShazer |
| Written by | Frank H. Olsen (1988–1990) Pat Reeder (1988–1989) Kathy O'Rourke Parker (1991) Sheryl Stamps Leach (1991) Dennis DeShazer (1991) |
| Directed by | John Grable (1988–1989) Dwin Towell (1990) Garry Potts (1990) Jim Rowley (1991) |
| Starring | David Voss (1988–1990) David Joyner (1991) Dao Knight (1991) Sandy Duncan (1988–1989) Brian Eppes Becky Swonke Jessica Zucha Leah Montes Salim Grant (1988–1989) Rickey Carter (1990–1991) Alexander Jhin Jeffrey Lowe (1990) Bob Reed (1988–1989) |
| Voices of |
Bob West Julie Johnson |
| Composer(s) | Stephen Bates Baltes Lory Lazarus Philip A. Parker |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of episodes | 8 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Richard C. Leach (1988–1989) Sheryl Stamps-Leach (1990–1991) Kathy O'Rourke-Parker (1990–1991) |
| Producer(s) | John Grable (1988–1989) Dennis DeShazer (1990) |
| Location(s) |
Allen, Texas (six videos) Dallas, Texas (two videos) |
| Editor(s) | Doug Wilson (1988–1989) McKee Smith (1990–1991) |
| Running time | ~30 min. |
| Production company(s) | The Lyons Group |
| Distributor | Kids Edutainment Video |
| Release | |
| Original release | October 13, 1988 – October 20, 1991 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Barney & Friends |
Barney and the Backyard Gang is a direct-to-video series produced by The Lyons Group and was produced from October 13, 1988, to October 20, 1991. This series launched the PBS television show, Barney & Friends.
The first three episodes from 1988 and 1989 include Sandy Duncan as Michael and Amy's mother. Music for the Barney & the Backyard Gang videos was created by Stephen Bates Baltes and Phillip Parker (as with the television series), and Lory Lazarus wrote the first original song produced for Barney, "Friends Are Forever", sung by Duncan. In the first five videos, "I Love You" was sung at the beginning. Although "I Love You" was sung at the end of Barney Goes to School and Barney in Concert, and later frequently sung at the end of all episodes of Barney & Friends, it was not featured at the end of Rock with Barney.
The series was a regional success, but only a moderate success throughout the rest of the country. Then one day, in 1991, Larry Rifkin, then head of Connecticut Public Television, rented a Barney video for his daughter Leora. He liked the concept and talked to Leach about possibly putting Barney on television through the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Rock with Barney was the last video in the series before the television show debuted. Also, only four of the kids from the videos (Michael, Derek, Tina, and Luci) were carried over to the television show.
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