![]() ![]() In fall 1987, Leach was stuck in a traffic jam thinking about the lack of videos that held the attention of her 2-year-old son, Patrick. At this time, the only preschool aged programs around were Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, however, they appealed to a larger age range, rather than strictly toddlers. At the time, the only thing that could hold Patrick’s attention was a “Wee Sing” video. This prompted Leach to develop a show herself. Her initial thought was the notice of children carrying snugly security objects, such as blankets and teddy bears. Leach thought the idea of a talking blanket and teddy bear interacting with children were a neat idea, however, the blanket concept was too hard to pull off. Sheryl Leach proposed a preschool video series, which eventually would be Barney & The Backyard Gang, to DLM, Inc (Developmental Learning Materials). At the time Sheryl Leach was working at DLM, Inc. The board she proposed to turned her down. Sheryl's idea was brought to production at The Lyons Group, Leach, who was Sheryl's father-in-law, agreed to back her with the project with $700,000 of his own money. When Sheryl pitched Barney & The Backyard Gang to her father-in-law Richard, he asked that Kathy help to develop the character and show concept. ![]() Parker also had a 2-year-old child named Kaitlin. Get the best deals for barneys campfire sing along at. Both Leach and Parker began testing videos on their children, taking notes of what worked and what didn't work, as well as going to different preschools for research. The duo took inspiration from their own childhood programs like Romper's Room, Captain Kangaroo and The Mickey Mouse Club while also combining aspects of the then current kids' programs like Sesame Street and Mister Rogers' Neighborhood. įrom their research, around twenty essential concepts were devised, such as using live-action instead of animation so children could better relate, having children as role-models, featuring simple music and having a familiar setting. They also concluded that imagination needed to play a big role, as well as having loving messages. The bear concept was eventually scrapped due to Leach's son having an interest in dinosaurs after visiting a Science Place exhibit.Īfter the initial concept was devised, The Lyons Group hired various local production crew personnel to help further develop the show. ![]() *Since this is to be the first series I think about making before Barney, Dora & Friends, I thought about making their eyes round like this first.They hired Irene Corey Design Associates to build the dinosaur costume. Like now, Michael is singing a song called "I'm Being Eaten by a Tyrannosaurus Rex!", which is about Barney's Great-great grandpa, of course. Back at the campfire, songs are sung around it and everyone learns how to make S'mores. They even explore a cave where a bear lives. Thanks to Barney's advice earlier of "Stay where you are, hug a tree and blow your whistle," everyone finds Tina and they continue onto more campfire fun. In the mist of things, a storm comes around and Tina gets lost in the woods. Barney takes the gang through different fun experiences from pitching tents to having a snack. ![]() With the help of her purple pal, she dreams of going on a camping trip with Barney and the rest of Backyard Gang. Hello, again, folks! Here is my remade version of the Barney & the Backyard Gang episode/video, "Barney's Campfire Sing Along." Instead of starting out in Tina's room, this episode would start off in Dora's room.Īfter listening to a story about camping read by her mom, Dora wishes that she could go camping someday. ![]()
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