My goddamn sister used to watch Barney ALL FUCKING DAY. If it wasn't on, she was screaming. The VHS tapes were white with pink letters, Barney. Five+ stars for giving me a new and more acceptable memory of this downright irritating show. On a sidenote, my mom had some friend that saw the lady that more or less created Barney (in about 1997). He told her he hates the show, thinks it's stupid, trying to get a rise out of her. She basically told him to fuck himself, she doesn't care, she got million in its first two years.

I lived above my landlady, right over her son's room. He was a gentle man in his late 30's, suffered from down syndrome, wonderfully behaved with a booming voice when excited. I'd be awakened every morning at 5:58 by screams of "BYE BYE BARNEY!! BYE BYE!!" every weekday.

I loved that neighborhood.

What was this guy's schtick, anyway? "Hi I'm a bug dumb dinosaur who wants to teach you how to make friends?"

I'm really glad I was always way too old for Barney, but I do remember kids on the bus swapping Barney jokes, which were basically just recycled Michael Jackson jokes.