Here is Barney’s full message: “Hi friends, it’s me, Barney. I haven’t seen some of you in a long time, but I always make sure to check in on my friends.

A live-action series titled Barney & Friends originally launched in 1988 and quickly became a global sensation, captivating audiences with the friendly dinosaur and his larger-than-life personality.

Debuting 50 years ago, the show covered a series of detective in a more banal, day-to-day take on cop live when cops-and-robbers was all the craze.

First, Larry worked Barney into CPTV's fundraising drives. Technically, you couldn't use a character like Barney to ask viewers for money, so Larry came up with a workaround.

The very next year, 1992, “Barney and the Backyard Gang” hit PBS as “Barney & Friends” and found its way into the homes of millions of kids. “Barney was a one off,” Rifkin said.

The singing and dancing dino first rose to global fame in the live-action series, Barney & Friends, which ran for 14 seasons on PBS in the U.S. and ended in 2010.

Here is Barney’s full message: “Hi friends, it’s me, Barney. I haven’t seen some of you in a long time, but I always make sure to check in on my friends.

(Gray News) – Barney the dinosaur is speaking publicly for the first time since his show “Barney and Friends” ended on PBS 14 years ago. In a special Valentine’s Day message, Barney spoke ...