In Generation Barney, member station Connecticut Public explores how Barney the Dinosaur shaped a generation of kids. Here's some of the podcast's first episode in which host Sabrina Herrera guides us ...

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

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

But as Thanksgiving approaches, millennials who grew up watching the big purple dinosaur are remembering ... posted a vintage clip of the Barney balloon in the 1997 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day ...

David Joyner might not be the most recognizable name to television fans, but his work as the actor inside the suit of Barney certainly is. Joyner played the benevolent purple dinosaur on “Barney ...

Dr. Emily Contois, who teaches media studies at the University of Tulsa and has studied anti-fandom, appears on the Nov. 19 ...

“Generation Barney” alleged that while Barney’s appearance seems innocuous enough (it “made him approachable to kids”), some ...

Barney had love for everyone, but the same couldn't be said for the big, purple dinosaur. As the Barney phenomenon continued to dominate in the 1990s, a culture of hate around the character by ...

Bob West, the original voice of Barney the Dinosaur, said his email was leaked and he received death threats from people, including middle schoolers. Barney’s suit performer David Joyner ...

Barney the Dinosaur was hated by men because he 'offered up a different model for masculinity,' a bold new theory has claimed. Created by Sheryl Leach, Barney & Friends originally debuted in 1992 ...

The "Generation Barney" podcast, a seven-part series from ... the cast and crew faced serious backlash over the kid-friendly purple dinosaur character. "There were certain things, certain messages ...