(SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "A DAY AT THE BEACH") BOB WEST: (As Barney the Dinosaur) Did I hear you say you've never ... I think it was definitely the music, like, definitely the repetition of the songs ...

Through action-packed, music-filled adventures together, Barney helps the kids and audiences explore big preschool emotions, showing them how to love themselves, others, and their communities.

I remember going to a luncheon once and they've got us sat at a table. I said I had been the music director on Barney and this one guy — and I'm sure he was well-meaning — said ‘Wow ...

"The ‘Barney’ community that was making the show really was like a family. We all knew why we were there. We all wanted to make a show that was genuinely wholesome. So when we would hear these ...