Do you miss the era in which Barney the purple dinosaur ruled PBS?

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Joy to the world Dora’s dead! We barbecued her head. We flushed her down the potty, because we are really naughty. And round and round she goes. And round and round she goes.
 
The ones I heard were more violent. 😖
I used to have a “Barney Blaster” for my computer, although I forget whether it was max or unix. He’d bounce on screen, give that stupid laugh, a red spot would appear on his chest, he’d look down and say “uh-oh”, and then explode . . .

The woman who produced it was proud that there was nothing in it for anyone over four! 😱😡🤯

Both Mr. Rogers and Captain Kangaroo publicly condemned it as not being good for children . . .

My children were never allowed to watch that abomination, and are better for it.
 
I loved the Muppet Show, Fraggle Rock and the movie Dark Crystal.
I also, liked Land of the Lost, Ark II, Bugs Bunny, Road Runner, Daffy Duck, Tweety bird, Star Trek, and Thunderbirds.
H. R. Pufnstuf gave me nightmares but I liked it anyway.
 
Long ago, on a forum far, far away,. Barney the Purple Dinosaur was listed as one of the candidates on a thread titled, “If not St. Peter, who was the first pope?”.
Never saw much Barney, but it’s been long established that I need to watch more TV.
 
Our house was completely Barney free, though he was hugely popular when my oldest son was little. People would ask him if he watched/liked Barney so often that I taught him to say “Barney is a communist.”
He was 3 or 4 at the time.

His mother was so proud.
 
I the same era Blues Clues as on too.
I miss Blue…
Good news is that she’s coming back…
I guess Steve decided to stay at college as there will be another host.
I will be sneak watching it for nostalgia purposes as my kids are too old now…
 
I love you. You love me.
Let’s get together and kill Barney!
With a whack and a thwack and Barney’s on the floor.
No more purple dinosaur!

I love you. You love me.
Let’s get together and kill Barney.
With a baseball bat and gunshot to his head,
Aren’t you glad that Barney’s dead?
 
Wow…
I remember Joe too, his cousin or brother or something. I thought it was cute when they said Steve went away to college.
I still have a handy dandy notebook, lol.
 
When my niece was little the host was Steve. My kids had Joe, and some reruns with Steve.

I remember watching a dog show with my son when he was about 2 or 3. One of the sponsors was Eukanuba dog food and their logo was a dog paw print 🐾. My son pointed and shouted, “Look Mommy, a clue!”
 
Just curious to know, why do so many people seem to really hate Barney the Dinosaur? It wasn’t a big thing where I grew up. I was just vaguely aware of a purple dinosaur.
 
He’s sort of like coffee when you forgot that you put in sugar, and then put in two more sugar packets.
 
Oh, ok, I thought maybe people objected because they thought he was gay. I don’t know whether the Teletubbies was popular outside of the UK, but there was widespread belief that the character Tinky Winky was supposed to be gay. A big reason for people thinking this was because he was purple. The whole thing was, of course, ridiculous.
 
No, not at all. Barney was too sugary and too hyper.

Teletubbies was a cute show in a weird way.

I assume you’re in London. I don’t know if Caillou was popular there. He’s another controversial little fellow. Many people disliked him because they felt he was too whiny.

My oldest loved Caillou. We had a little Caillou doll, and a play house. Caillou should be in his 20’s by now. Yet he’s still 4. And perpetually in his yellow shirt.
 
No, I don’t think we have Caillou, although I am a bit old for children’s TV now and don’t have children, so I’m a bit out of touch with what’s popular! When I was growing up we had very low-tech children’s TV shows like Rainbow, Button Moon, and The Sooty Show. The funny thing about Rainbow was that it was originally intended to be the UK version of Sesame Street, but it was actually just three men with silly voices wearing animal costumes. Children loved it though, and it still has a cult following among adults who grew up watching it.
 
Oh wow! I actually had never heard of Mr Rogers until about a year ago when an American friend of mine kept saying things like, ‘It’s a beautiful day in this neighbourhood’, and eventually I asked why she kept saying this and she was surprised that I didn’t know about Mr Rogers. From what I gathered, it seems that people couldn’t rule out entirely the possibility that he was bisexual, but all the evidence points to the fact that he was very happily married to the same woman for over a half a century. Unfortunately, many of the TV personalities I grew up with either ended up in prison (e.g. Rolf Harris) or should have ended up in prison (e.g. Jimmy Savile). When the truth came out about Rolf Harris people couldn’t believe it, because he was seen to be so wholesome and decent. In fact, he was a prolific sex offender.
 
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