According to Connecticut Public, the concept for “Barney” originated in the late 1980s when Sheryl Leach sought to create educational content for her young son. Leach initially considered ...

Barney was created in 1987 by Sheryl Leach and made it to a series of home videos, "Barney and the Backyard Gang". In 1992, the most popular series on the purple dinosaur, "Barney & Friends", ...