Barney & Friends season four intro.
Hachaverim Shel Barney silhouette
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The following is an overview of Barney-related news and events that have occurred in the year 1997.
Audio[]
- January 14: Run, Jump, Skip and Sing is released.
- March 11: Las Canciones de Barney is released.
- April: Barney's Favourites and Barney's Just Imagine were number one and number two respectively on the music charts at Woolworths in the United Kingdom.[1]
- October 14: Las Canciones de Barney 2 is released.
- May 27: Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage is available for retailers to order for their stores.
- June 24: Barney's Big Surprise! Live on Stage has a release in stores after only being available at the tour.
- September 2: Happy Holidays Love, Barney is available for retailers to order for their stores.
- September 30: Happy Holidays Love, Barney is released to stores.
- Barney is named "Children's Artist of the Year" by Billboard magazine.[2]
Digital[]
- September: Lyrick Studios teamed up with Palladium Interactive to launch the Barney website (which was found at www.barneyonline.com).[3]
Events[]
- March 17: Barney attends The National Cable TV Association convention in New Orleans, Louisiana.
- March 24: Barney meets Nelson Mandela after attending the Rand Show, the largest consumer show in South Africa.[1] A donation was made in Barney's name to the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund.[4] The two met at the Johannesburg, South Africa headquarters of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund. Mandela extended an invitation to meet with Barney when he heard Barney was interested in extending a hug of goodwill.[5]
- August 4: Democrat and Chronicle writes an article that Hachaverim Shel Barney started production and will air in October.
- August 18: Barney appears with Irish boy band Boyzone and Mr. Bean (Rowan Atkinson) during the second half of Bean premiere at Cologne, Germany.[6]
- August-September: Hachaverim Shel Barney began production.
- November 27: Barney, Baby Bop, and BJ performed "Imagine" at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. That same day, the Barney balloon was destroyed and had to be deflated due to high winds.
- November: Barney appears as the Grand Marshall of the Auckland, NZ Christmas Parade.[1]
- December 6-10: Barney, Baby Bop and BJ appeared together at Australia's Wonderland in Sydney. A week-long appearance was held for all three dinos with twice-daily shows at 11am and 2:30pm in the Golden Nugget Theatre.[1][7]
- December 16-19: Barney appears at Liang Court in Singapore for a Christmas sing-along.
- December 25: The Theatre Royal sold out three performances of Barney Live.
Home video releases[]
- January 14: Barney's Sense-Sational Day is released.
- March 18: Barney's Colors & Shapes is released in stores.
- April 8: Barney's Musical Scrapbook is available for retailers to order for their stores.
- May 6: Barney's Musical Scrapbook is released to stores.
- July 8: Camp Wannarunnaround is released to stores.
- August 5: Barney's Adventure Bus is available for retailers to order for their stores.
- August 19: The re-release of Waiting for Santa is available for retailers to order for their stores.
- September 11: Barney's Stu-u-upendous Puzzle Fun! is included with the ActiMates TV Pack for a limited time.
- September 2: Barney's Adventure Bus is released to stores.
- September 16: Waiting for Santa is re-released and has new previews.
- October 7: Barney's Good Day, Good Night is available for retailers to order for their stores.
- November 4: Barney's Good Day, Good Night is released to stores.
- November 18: The release of It's Time For Counting is announced.
Merchandise[]
- September 1: Kideo Productions, a developer and marketer of personalized media products, signed an exclusive five-year agreement to produce personalized home video titles based on the Barney & Friends.[8]
- September: ActiMates Barney is released.
Publishing[]
- January 1:
- Barney Goes to the Dentist is published.
- Uh-Oh! is published.
- February 1:
- Barney's Alphabet Soup is published.
- Barney & Baby Bop's Garden is published.
- March 1:
- Barney's Clothes is published.
- Barney & Baby Bop Go to the Grocery Store is published.
- March:
- Barney & Baby Bop Go to the Doctor is published.
- Barney's Easter Egg Hunt is published.
- May 1: Barney's Book of Boats and Barney's Book of Trucks is published.
- June 1: Catch That Hat!
- July 1:
- Barney's Treasure Hunt is published.
- The updated version of Barney Magazine is released to stores.
- August: Barney's Trick or Treat! is published.
- September 1: A Very Musical Day is published.
- September: Barney's Christmas Wishes is published.
- October 1: Baby Bop's Hey, Diddle, Diddle!, Barney's This Little Piggy and BJ's Little Boy Blue are published.
- October 16: Barney Says, "I Love You" is published.
- November: Barney's Happy Valentine's Day is published.
- December 1: Barney's Book of Hugs is published.
- December: Barney's Water Fun is published.
- Unknown:
- Barney's Favourite Nursery Rhymes is published.
- What Would Barney Say? is published.
Television[]
- April: A panel of journalists voted Barney & Friends as the number one children's program in Mexico.[1]
- September 14: Barney makes an appearance on Live! With Regis and Kathie Lee, and sings "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain" and "If You're Happy and You Know It".
- October 19: Barney makes an appearance on CBS News and Sings "My Kite" and "I Love You".
- November 2: Hachaverim Shel Barney debuts in Israel, marking the first time the Barney & Friends TV series was produced outside the US.
- November 3: Season four of Barney & Friends premieres on PBS. Barney & Friends episodes become encoded with signals to interact with the ActiMates Barney doll.
- November 10: Barney appears on ITV's This Morning program in the UK, performing "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain" and played by Roger Bunnage, the performer of Arbie the Robot.
- November 28: Season four finale of Barney & Friends on PBS.
- December 25: Barney appears on GMTV along with B1 and B2 from Bananas in Pyjamas help to build a snowman to introduce "Fun Song Factory" in the UK, he later appeared with Dave Benson Phillips to introduce Bananas in Pyjamas.
Episodes[]
Season 4[]
"First Day of School"
"Is Everybody Happy?"
"Pennies, Nickels, Dimes"
"We've Got Rhythm"
"Tick Tock Clocks!"
"Waiting For Mr. MacRooney"
"Let's Build Together"
"It's Tradition"
"A Picture of Health"
"Play Ball!"
"A Different Kind of Mystery"
"Going On A Bear Hunt"
"Let's Eat"
"Tree-Mendous Trees"
"Good, Clean Fun!"
"Easy, Breezy Day!"
"All Mixed Up"
"Oh, Brother...She's My Sister"
"Once A Pond A Time"
"E-I-E-I-O"
New Barney Songs[]
"Let's Play Together"
"The Land of Make-Believe"
"Laugh With Me!"
"Our Animal Friends"
"Camp WannaRunnaRound"
"A Hiking We Will Go"
"Pick Up Your Part of the World"
"That is What it Means to Be a Friend"
"It's a Beautiful Day"
"Make the Dough"
"Nothing Beats a Pizza"
"Turkey in the Straw (Barney's Version)"
"I Love the Holidays"
"It's Snowing!"
"Hey Santa Claus"
"It's Twinkle Time"
"What Makes a Flower So Pretty?"
"Just One More Thing"
"The Classroom Song"
"Colors All Around"
"I Can See It on Your Face"
"Pennies in My Pocket"
"Ten Little Pennies"
"Everybody Should Listen"
"Ticky Ticky Tock"
"By Myself"
"Try and Try Again"
"Clean Up! Do Our Share!"
"You Can Count on Me"
"We're Sailing Out Over the Ocean"
"The Construction Song"
"A Family Tradition"
"It's a Great Day"
"Oh, How I Love Trees"
"Squishy, Squashy, Washy"
"When You Have a Ball"
"Roll, Roll, Roll the Ball"
"Share Your Stuff"
"In and Out the Windmill"
"It's a Fun Fun Sunny Day!"
"You've Got to Be You"
"It's C-C Cold BRRRR!"
"The Yum Yum Song"
"Way Up in a Tree"
"Icky, Squishy, Gooey, Ooey"
"Keep Your Sneeze to Yourself"
"Why?"
"Gonna Have A Picnic"
"The More We Crank The Handle"
"Books Are Fun!"
"The Gaggle, Giggle, Wiggle Dance"
"Every Animal Talks In Its Own Special Way"
"Imagine"
"The Adventure Song"
"The Butter Song"
People[]
Born[]
- January 10 - Sydney Reinhardt (child actress)
- March 21 - Grace Vowell (child actress)
- May 3 - Lexi ten Napel (child actress)
- May 8 - Mia Ford (child actress)
- May 24 - Breuer Bass (child actor)
- May 28 - Nathaniel Quijano (actor)
- June 3 - Justice Moore (actress)
- June 12 - Victoria Lennox (child actress)
- June 20 - Victor Lopez (child actor)
- June 23 - Laikyn Garcia (child actress)
- August 27 - Hunter Knoche (child actor)
- November 20 - Luxy Banner (actress)
- November 21 - Bryce Cass (actor)
- December 21 - Preston Falconer (child actor)
- December 30 - Keeton Green (child actor)
Deaths[]
- January 14 - Sandra Gilpin (teacher)
Cast & Crew[]
 Barney, Boyzone and Mr. Bean at Cologne, Germany.  Barney Meets Nelson Mandela (March 24)  Barney at Australia's Wonderland.  Barney, BJ and Baby Bop in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.  Barney at The National Cable TV Association convention.  Barney at The National Cable TV Association convention. Cast
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Stylists
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Grips
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Props
Special Effects
Leadman
Foremen
Carpenters
Painters
Sewing
Stitchers
Technicians
Buyers
Mixers
Interns
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Secretaries
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Accountants
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References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Barney - Online Retrieved December 10, 2022
- ↑ Barney is far from extinct March 28, 2008 Retrieved December 10, 2022
- ↑ Barney goes on-line October 1, 1997 Retrieved December 9, 2022
- ↑ People, Places & Things in the News March 24, 1997 Retrieved December 9, 2022
- ↑ Nelson Mandela Hosts Barney the Dinosaur Retrieved December 12, 2022
- ↑ Barney & Mr. Bean
- ↑ Hear It! Do It! November 30, 1997 Retrieved November 12, 2023
- ↑ News Brief: Barney gets personal September 1, 1997 Retrieved November 3, 2022