Barney's Super Singing Circus

Barney's Super Singing Circus is a 2000 direct-to-video Barney Home Video that was released on May 16, 2000.

Synopsis[]

When Emily announces that she can't go to the circus on Saturday because of her family's vacation, Barney and his friends put one on for her today. Barney plays the ringmaster, while the children perform in many different acts. Meanwhile, BJ waits for his cannon to arrive, but when it turns out to be too small, Scooter McNutty is the one who gets shot out making a hole in the tent.

Cast[]

• Barney (Voice: Duncan Brannan/Tim Dever, Costume: David Joyner)
• Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jeff Ayers)
• BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jeff Brooks)
• Danny (Jeffrey Hood)
• Kristen (Sara Hickman)
• Stephen (Chase Gallatin)
• Kim (Erica Rhodes)
• Emily (Hannah Owens)
• Scooter McNutty (Todd Duffey)
• Clowns (Susan Borg, Jimmy Perini, Alberto Ramirez, Rik Gen, and David Voss)
• Teddy Bear (Costume: David Voss)

Songs[]

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "Animal Fair"
3. "Puttin' On A Show"
4. "When the Circus Comes to Town" *
5. "The Marching Song"
6. "The Rainbow Song"
7. "Laugh With Me!" *
8. "Boom, Boom, Ain't It Great to Be Crazy?" *
9. "Brushing My Teeth"
10. "The Squirrel on the Flying Trapeze"
11. "William Tell Overture"
12. "Yankee Doodle"
13. "The Exercise Song" *
14. "Me and My Teddy"
15. "When the Circus Comes to Town (Reprise)" *
16. "I Love You"

NOTE: * notes a song was instrumentally played during the end credits.

Production[]

Production for this video took place from August 9-20, 1999. This video was one of five home videos filmed immediately after season six of Barney & Friends wrapped production in 1999. Other videos filmed around the same time included Barney's Beach Party, Be My Valentine Love, Barney, You Can Be Anything, and Round and Round We Go.

Release[]

Home media[]

On August 23, 2000 ^{[citation needed]}, this video was featured in the Blockbuster Exclusive video, Barney's Big Top Fun (along with "The Exercise Circus!").

Releases[]

Streaming[]

On February 20, 2024, the official Barney YouTube channel, managed by 9 Story Media Group at the time, uploaded Barney's Super Singing Circus on the platform during Brain Break.

Gallery[]

Filming Schedule/Behind the Scenes[]

Trivia[]

• This video marked:
  • The final home video to have Bob Singleton as a musical director (not including the screener copy of Be My Valentine Love, Barney and the uncredited collaboration in Barney's Beach Party).
  • The first home video where Barney is not voiced by Bob West, as he left the series prior to this video's production.
  • Duncan Brannan's return to the Barney voice role after voicing him in the production of Season 4. This is also the first time Duncan Brannan sings as Barney. In My Party with Barney, he only did the dialogue, while Bob West did the singing.
  • The first home video where Barney is voiced by Tim Dever.
  • The only time "I Love You" was sung in E-flat major.
  • The final time Stephen was seen without glasses.
  • The only time Emily and Kristen appeared together.
  • The final time Kristen appeared with Kim and Danny.
  • The final time Danny and Stephen appeared together.
  • The final home video where Barney is voiced by Jose Carlos Moreno in the Spanish release.
  • The final video to feature the schoolyard and classroom setting, leaving the treehouse set being the only setting used in later videos after this. According to Robert Sweatmon, who plays Mr. Boyd in the series, the reason behind it was that the tree staircase that leads to the treehouse was removed out of the studio by a crane during the video's filming, and would later be moved to Peter Wolf and Associates, where it still stands to this day.
• This video was originally titled Super-Dee-Duper Circus.
• The title card refers to the video as Super Singing Circus.
• Kristen returns in this video after being absent for almost a year, since Barney's Night Before Christmas.
• Although the text was changed on the cover for the actual VHS release, the text for the ink label remains the same on the prototype cover.
• When Stephen lifts two weights that weigh 250 pounds, an ascending slide whistle sound from Let's Play School! plays.

Goofs[]

• Towards the end of Yankee Doodle, a camera can be seen on the far left side of the set.

Outtake[]