The BEST and WORST of BARNEY the Dinosaur's Original Series

Barney and the Backyard Gang set the stage for Barney the Dinosaur to become a worldwided sensation, eventually leading to the TV series, Barney and Friends. From the Barney theme song to the I Love You song, it was a set of eight home videos that defined the character. How did they all hold up? I rank them all on a tier list discussing each! Let's see how they all did!
00:00-00:24 Barney and Friends History Promo
00:25-01:33 How This Tier List Will Work
01:34-03:09 A Day at the Beach
03:10-05:11 The Backyard Show
05:12-06:57 Three Wishes
06:58-09:11 Waiting for Santa
09:12-10:59 Campfire Sing-Along
11:00-14:04 Barney Goes To School
14:05-15:35 Barney in Concert
15:36-18:07 Rock with Barney
18:08-21:25 Barney Home Videos Recap
21:26-22:23 Conclusion
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I'm Hedge, a narrator, graphic designer and animator. Hedge On Stage serves as my portfolio, allowing me to express my longlived love for Barney the Purple Dinosaur, and learn more/inform others on the production and history of the character. There's a lot different content currently available! Whether it be the costume evolution of the character, my time-lapsed artwork of Barney cast and characters, or even merch collection videos, I hope you'll be able to find something you like on the channel!
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[@EBTheOriginalMaster]

This is like the first ever Barney tier list video to ever hit KZbin.

[@HedgeOnStage]

good lord you’re right LMAO

[@ravencomiccollector4019]

Your videos are my guilty pleasure 🤣. Im a grown ass man who cares little about Barney, but for some odd reason I watch your hours long Barney videos. I think its because this is so pure and wholehearted compared to whats going on in the world and the rest of the internet.

[@HedgeOnStage]

ty for the kind words, this means so so much I’m glad I can provide comfort!

[@mahoubunni6885]

My Backyard Gang favorites from best to worst ❤ 1. Barney in Concert 2. Barney’s Campfire singalong 3. Rock with Barney 4. Barney Goes to school 5. Waiting for Santa 6. Three Wishes 7. A day at the Beach 8. The Backyard Show

[@HedgeOnStage]

we disagree but I RESPECT THIS LIST LOLLLL ❤️❤❤

[@jessiwilliams1012]

Barney in concert in my list would be in the top tier and I would give it an A+

[@tookeydookey]

Fun Fact: Barney Goes To School is actually 30 minutes, but your copy adds an extra 10 minutes for the commercials at the end. I actually agree with your tier list! Even though I am nostalgically biased by Three Wishes and Campfire Sing-Along, if I did this teir list, it prob would be the same thing! Awesome vid as always😁👌

[@HedgeOnStage]

oh wow! I was wondering why the “40 minutes” listing felt so strange thx!

[@tookeydookey]

@@HedgeOnStage You're more than welcome!😊 A similar thing happened on my VHS of "Let's Sing And Learn - Fun-Time Favorites". The box claims it's 20 minutes, but omitting the promo at the end, the tape is actually about 16 minutes, no joke!

[@nicolasribeirodossantos6082]

@@HedgeOnStage what's your opinion on Barney dubbed or sang in different languages?

[@jordanhowell7798]

My favourites: Waiting For Santa and Barney Goes To School. The Ones I Hate: Barney In Concert and Rock With Barney. The Ones I Like But Never Watched As A Kid Until Now: Barney's Campfire Sing Along, Three Wishes and A Day At The Beach. The One That's Just Ok: The Backyard Show

[@NPGLAMB]

I love this channel and I am not ashamed to love Barney at 22

[@HedgeOnStage]

ty for being here! Barney is for everyone ! ❤️

[@chantellethecool1]

When me and my sister were younger we had barney goes to school and waiting for santa. We loved both tapes.

[@HedgeOnStage]

that’s great!

[@tgif1345]

I would actually agree with you about Waiting for Santa because I had that tape when I was a kid, and my siblings and I would only watch it in December, during the Christmas season. I feel like with A Day at the Beach, The Backyard Show, and Three Wishes, Sheryl Leach had a story she wanted to tell with Barney, but with the remaining five tapes they just needed to get the tapes out because the first three were popular enough to warrant more tapes coming out. I mean that second trilogy of tapes all came out in 1990 and they're a very middle of the road kind of thing. And the last two are weird, because you had the live show, and then Rock with Barney, and like with Rock with Barney, they knew that Barney & Friends was coming up by that point and it felt like a promotional thing for the show, since it also introduced Lauren King as Kathy. The Backyard Gang is weird for me because I only owned The Backyard Show, Waiting for Santa, Barney in Concert and Rock with Barney, with Barney in Concert being taped off TV, so those are the ones I watched the most since I had them on the shelf. I didn't see Three Wishes until I was an adult, and I rented or borrowed or watched at the hospital A Day at the Beach, Barney's Campfire Sing-Along, and Barney Goes to School so I probably saw them only two or three times each, maybe. So it's hard for me to rank them all because I haven't really sat with them enough outside of the ones I owned.

[@heythatskyle14]

I gotta enjoy dis!

[@TothanCrawk]

Totally agree with the narrative driven aspect, and it's the same reason why I love Imagination Island.

[@HedgeOnStage]

Barney always just felt better with that direction

[@c.w.r.794]

For reference- John Grable directed Day at the Beach, and a few other VHS tapes. Sadly, he passed away on May 11th of 2016. And absolutely NOBODY talked about it. Which, makes me kind of sad.

[@michaeljarreau3185]

My favorites are......Barney a day at the beach, 3 wishes, camp fire sing along, Barney waiting for Santa is ok but i would only watch around Christmas time. The only ones i fine boring is, Rock with Barney & Barney Goes to School. Did you hear anything from the girl who played Tina or did she just stop messaging you?

[@HL-tf2ot]

Good video again Hedge, do you think you gonna do the best and worst of the home videos for Lyons before they switch to Lyric Studios.

[@HedgeOnStage]

there’ll definitely be more tier lists for sure ~

[@amobiuzukwu7949]

@@HedgeOnStage you going do the classic hit Entertainment like let's go to the zoo, you can be anything, pajama party, Beach party.

[@billa107]

From what I’m noticing on your channel you really like the more imaginative stories and episodes of Barney. At least from what I’m seeing, if I’m wrong my bad. Lol But I get why you would honestly. Imagination is quite important to have. I like to write so I get why it’s so important to have a sense of imagination and wonder.

[@HedgeOnStage]

Oh absolutely, I’ve always just felt Barney felt better outside the educational bubble, just wanted to see more of him doing adventurous things

[@billa107]

To be honest, I kinda agree with that. I don’t mind Barney being a teacher. But I adore when the kids teach each other and help each other more when it was time to convey a message.

[@WyettFoster1996]

My favorites: Waiting for Santa, Barney Campfire Sing-Along, Barney Goes to School and Barney in Concert The ones I like: Rock with Barney The ones I hate: Three Wishes and A Day at the Beach The one that’s just ok: The Backyard Show

[@ecomptonmusic]

I really enjoy your videos! Though, I believe that backyard show is underrated.

[@HedgeOnStage]

VALID

[@princess_ama]

When I was very young, Waiting for Santa was playing in the waiting room of the clinic I used to go to. Mind you, this was around 2005. I had been exposed to the first few seasons of Barney and Friends through my VHS tapes and the PBS Sprout reruns, but I had no knowledge of the Backyard Gang series. So my 4-year-old self was super confused when I saw Tina and Derek looking so different and young. 😂

[@HedgeOnStage]

oh man I can only imagine how strange that felt LOL

[@williamedwardhackman4695]

Thank you for ranking the episodes of Barney and the Backyard Gang. I wonder if you're going to to do home videos or episodes of each seasons for Barney and Friends next.

[@kevinchristman5482]

Great video man all of those videos were part of my childhood if I had to choose a favorite video it would have to be a three way tie between waiting for Santa Barney the backyard show and Barney in concert basically because I remember watching all of them a lot as a kid but I would have to say I liked those three the most I used to think campfire sing along was kinda weird but now that I’m 26 years old I think all of them are definitely worth passing along

[@Imaginamisuperfun]

What if I syndicated the Barney series on my imaginami streaming service? The full series from season 1-14? Including the backyard gang?

[@dorothyallspice1862]

I honestly feel like a better name for “Rock with Barney” would be “Lights! Camera! Imagination!”

[@jrthehedgehogpizzaking7625]

If you could direct and or write a Barney episode during the lyons/ Lyric era what would your episode be about?

[@HedgeOnStage]

I’m not much of a writer when it comes to that kind of thing but I’d probably just base it off my favorite outings from the early seasons

[@jrthehedgehogpizzaking7625]

@@HedgeOnStage oh that’s cool! For me? I always loved the story on how Barney was made. I was thought it would be cool if the made a back to the future/ saving mr banks type of origin film. Barney imagines himself going back into time and watching his life being born but tries to prevent stuff from his existence being altered

[@davidfriends9871]

12:31 I don’t remember who said this, but apparently Barney Goes to School was kind of a “demo” of what the concept of Barney & Friends would be

[@moreproblemsbaby]

being someone who owned all of the vhs tapes from the 2nd series of the Backyard Gang when i was very young, those are 100% my faves. I understand why the first 3 tapes hold that value for you, being that you had access to them at the time. I vaguely remembered watching the blue Barney tapes with my dad but I never owned them and desperately wanted to see them for years. my sister got them from ebay when we were in middle school and I was ecstatic. I watched all 3 and was as entertained as I could be, but the production value in those first sets of tapes pale in comparison to later years in the BYG series. Campfire Sing A Long, Waiting for Santa and Barney Goes to School were all classic in my house. Barney with his bug eyes and claw-like hands was slightly terrifying but when I got over being afraid of him I grew to love him and the whole cast. My favorite of those 3 had to be between Barney Goes to School and Campfire Sing A Long. Queen Tina was front and center and she became my favorite character. The music in those tapes are top tier, from I'm being eaten by T-Rex, Frog on a Log and my personal favorite "Little cabin in the forest green" in CSA to "I wish there was school everyday", the weather song and the CLASSIC "if all the raindrops." Beyond the music, my young mind felt the actors and Barney had found a rhythm with each other that felt inviting and fun. Those tapes will always be my faves. Out of the original series, I'm gonna say A Day at the Beach was my fave, mostly for the "swimming, swimming under the deep blue sea" song which was featured as advertisements at the end of the 2nd series BYG tapes that left me mesmerized as an adolescent. Seeing Barney and the gang swimming "under water" was really cool lol. A Day at the Beach was the one Blue Barney tape I vaguely remembered watching with my dad. I could say so much more but I'll end it here and say I love your channel. it truly legitimizes the impact Barney has had on people like me.

[@lukeroberts3464]

Barney’s birthplace got started at color dynamics studio.

[@PaperbackWriter92]

I never owned the original Backyard Gang videos as a kid, but I would have to say my favorites that I did own are "Barney Goes to School" and "Waiting for Santa". Those are nostalgic to me because I had them as a kid. LOL, "Rock with Barney, get out of here. " Funnily enough I had that one as a kid too but hadn't thought of it in years. I'm not sure what my opinion on it is but I suppose I'd put it in the nostalgic category too just because it was a childhood tape. Oh, and speaking of "Imagination Island." I had that one too and my mom says I always watched it at bedtime, probably because of the "Bedtime with Barney" tagline.

[@Twatkins2006]

Here's my Backyard Gang favorites from best to worst 1. Three Wishes 2. Barney's Campfire Sing-Along 3. Barney in Concert 4. A day at the Beach 5. Rock with Barney 6. Barney goes to School 7. Waiting For Santa 8. The Backyard Show

[@LardManAnimation]

Rock with Barney makes me fall asleep…Like a rock

[@HedgeOnStage]

buh dum tisssHHH

[@linkbetweenwayne]

Growing up I know I had at least some of these Backyard Gang Videos and I usually seemed to prefer them over the Barney & Friends Videos. I know for a fact that I had Waiting for Santa and Barney in Concert. I think I may have also had Rock with Barney and I’m almost certain I had at least one of the original 3 videos because I remember seeing that version of the Barney costume. As for my favorite video overall, it’s gotta be Waiting for Santa. I watched it year round. Didn’t matter to me if it was Christmas time or not.

[@HedgeOnStage]

ty for sharing!! ❤

[@linkbetweenwayne]

@@HedgeOnStage Not a problem. Your channel showed me the Eco-friendly Barney plush that I ended up getting. I probably wouldn’t have even known about it if it weren’t for your channel.

[@supermariof0521]

"Barney In Concert" is oddly nostalgic for me. The version I had is the 1994 release.

[@drevianedwardsproductions9244]

Pretty good ranking and thoughts of the whole Barney and the Backyard Gang series from 1988 until 1991 if I ever do a top eight video on one of those Backyard Gang videos then I will do that during the 35th Anniversary next year.

[@ravengurl92]

My Ranking Best to Worst: 1. Three Wishes 2. Campfire Sing Along 3. A Day At the Beach 4. Waiting For Santa 5. The Backyard Show 6. Barney Goes to School 7. Barney in Concert 8. Rock with Barney

[@Idiotic_Idiot666]

Hi, i know im a bit late for you to proably notice my comment, but can you review hebrew barney, its not a dub, it got its own version and i think it would be cool for you to review it!

[@sophiebyers5496]

The backyard show in a nutshell: Constant public domain songs, more so than any other episode.

[@lukeroberts3464]

Agreed hedge on stage a day at the beach is the first vhs 📼 tape I thought 💭 the backyard show was the first tape but to me I perfer a day at the beach is Barney’s first chronically instead of the backyard show.

[@barneyhomevideo6035]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ 1:41

[@blueacidd6383]

A lil burn but your opinions though and that fine 🙂

[@HedgeOnStage]

I respect your respect 😭

[@preciousjones2752]

Do best and worst Barney and Friends tape

[@adenkovar]

I hate Rock with Barney definitely 0/10 I never wanna watch it again

[@musiclover_kb4913]

Thank u, for it being the last Backyard Gang video, it just goes out on a whimper. It barely has anything to do with protecting the earth, even tho it mentions it a total of 3 or 4 times