When news broke this weekend that former President George W. Bush’s dog Barney had passed away, there was a bipartisan outpouring in Washington for one of the Internet’s first video stars. Barney Bush ...

If your children like Barney, and millions love him, this is a good video for teaching the importance of healthful eating, exercise and regular checkups. But if your kids really like Barney, they've ...

There is a moment in “I Love You, You Hate Me,” a two-part documentary charting the rise and fall of Barney the purple dinosaur, in which a lawyer is asked why parents hate Barney so much. “Have you ...

As a White House spokesman, I received phone calls like this all the time. But this was the first time the president’s secretary had ordered me to report to the Oval Office immediately. Before 7am on ...

One of several ways in which Barney the dinosaur is different from the dinosaurs of “Jurassic Park” is that he’s almost always in a much better mood than they were. Barney, for instance, is glad to ...

Barney’s story starts in late 1987 in Allen, Texas. At the time, a former teacher named Sheryl Leach had a two-year old son, Patrick. She struggled to find videos that held his attention. “I was a ...

As the holiday season looms, Web publishers led by the Washington Post are battling the White House over, of all things, a video of a dog. This is no laughing matter. At stake are Webcasting rights to ...

W hen the people at Connecticut Public Television first started talking about “Barney & Friends,” their new children’s show for PBS starring a 6-foot-tall purple dinosaur, some predicted it could be ...

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Pssst. Hey, parents. Over here. Let me whisper in your ear so your 4-year-old doesn’t hear. If your little one wants a Barney plush dinosaur doll for Christmas, BUY IT NOW. And for you parents who ...