Kyla Pratt played Marcella in Barney's Great Adventure.

Bob Phillips was the art director for Barney Live! in New York City.

Bernadette Peters sang the opening song for Barney's Great Adventure.

Rhea Perlman's name is featured in the Special Thanks section of the end credits for Barney's Great Adventure.

Van Dyke Parks composed for Barney's Great Adventure.

Charles Edward Hall was the announcer for Barney Live! in New York City.

Teri Garr appeared in Barney's First Adventures.Steve Feldman has directed several episodes on the show.Sandy Duncan played Michael and Amy's mom in the first three Barney and the Backyard Gang episodes.

Victor DiNapoli has been the production designer for multiple Barney and Friends home videos and designed sets for some of the live shows, including Barney Live! in New York City and Barney's Big Surprise.Danny DeVito's name is featured in the Special Thanks section of the end credits for Barney's Great Adventure.Tomie dePaola appeared as himself on the show.In interviews, Caroll Spinney compared his earliest version of Big Bird to 'a certain purple dinosaur who became popular later, I won't mention by name' and cited this as a reason why Big Bird's personality had to change.He was designed to be a voice that a grown person could actually sit through, while still being a show for kids.' According to Noel MacNeal, ' Bear was designed to be the anti-Barney.In an Associated Press video ' Big Bird: The Muppet Unmasked', Caroll Spinney rehearses a scene as Big Bird (without wearing the suit), ad-libbing 'Don't watch Barney!' as he says goodbye.During a backstage interview at the Emmy Awards, Elmo tells a Soap Net reporter the opposite, that his tux is from the clothing store, not the dinosaur. Not the fashion designer, but the purple dinosaur. During a 2009 appearance on The Tyra Show, Elmo says that his tux, seen in an event photo with Tyra Banks, was provided by Barney.In a Muppet & Kid Moment in Episode 4001 of Sesame Street, Sabrina tells Grover that she lost her tooth falling off her Barney bike.During the film, a Barney doll is seen in the family room. A Sesame Street film shows the life of a young handicapped girl named Cori.The worm appears later in the episode as part of the Wormy Gras parade Baby Bear asks who that is supposed to be while Oscar scratches his head and replies, 'I have no idea.' When another worm passes by wearing a Barney costume (and humming the show's closing song), it's frightened away by the more ferocious-looking dinosaur. Slimey has trouble deciding on what costume to wear, so Gabi helps him try on a Tyrannosaurus Rex finger puppet. Sesame Street Episode 3856 celebrates Wormy Gras, a holiday for worms to celebrate all things wormy.Teasing what's to come in Smithsonian Fantastic Journey, the narrator announces in the introduction that the special will feature, 'The only Smithsonian artifact that can talk.' Kermit the Frog appears on-screen and addresses the camera, 'You were expecting maybe Barney?'.Clifford replies that his choices were between them or 'that big purple dinosaur.' Marsalis assumes he means Barney, but Clifford corrects him, saying he meant Prince. During an appearance on Friday Night Videos, Branford Marsalis asks Clifford how he joined the Muppets.Barney is parodied in the Dog City episode ' Doggy See, Doggy Do,' as 'Bernie, the big pink Saint Bernard.'.Similarly, Bonnie Rabbit is acknowledged as 'the Barney of Bunnies' in the script for the Sesame Street 'Home Hopping Network' sketch.Sesame Street Episode 3237 features Booby Bunny, a parody of Barney.Dinosaurs spoofed Barney with the characters Georgie and Blarney.Barney, Big Bird, and Gordon appeared together at a press event for the launch of PBS Kids Sprout.Barney appeared in the ' We Are Family' music video, alongside Big Bird and Bear, asserting their kinship as large puppets whose names begin with B.

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