When Larry Rifkin took his 4-year-old daughter, Leora, to a Prospect video rental store one morning in 1991, he had no ...

David Joyner might not be the most recognizable name to television fans, but his work as the actor inside the suit of Barney ...

Barney the dinosaur wasn't the traditional masculine figure, drawing some of the immense ire against him, according to ...

Rifkin took the VHS ... The kids were part of the action, and Barney was talking directly to them. The color and pace were apparent too. Big Bird on ‘Sesame Street’ was a wonderful character ...

Barney's appearance, which made him approachable to kids, was seen as a way of trying to trick or victimize them by some who felt the character balked at the image of traditional masculinity ...

So then when I also got the role, it wasn't like I had to put on a costume and a facade and become the character.” Joyner played the beloved dino for a decade, from 1991 through 2001 on Barney ...

The video is captioned simply, “Emotional damage.” ...

Barney and Baby Bop on "Barney & Friends" Barney and Baby Bop on 'Barney & Friends' One of the things kids loved — and parents perhaps ... David Joyner, who played Barney's physical character, recalls ...