4/28/2023 0 Comments Child barney costume![]() So you can't be walking through the set destroying things. 'And on top of that there's kids, there's lighting. ![]() 'Inside I'm nodding up and down, it's hot, I'm sweating, but I've got props and then on top of that, the voice is talking so I have to make sure my nod and my mannerisms are going with the voice,' he says. To help him with that, David would practice as if he was blind and would 'try to feel the energy' of the people and set around him. And even though he had limited visibility through Barney’s mouth, whenever the mouth was closed he couldn't see at all. Temperatures inside the suit could reach up to 120 degrees, according to David. He even moved the eyes and the mouth, which was controlled by a bar attached to Barney’s bottom jaw that David had wrapped a sponge around and would bite and nod his head in order to move it. While Bob West voiced the character, David was inside the cumbersome suit, walking around on set or stage during live performances, doing choreographed dance moves and picking up props. Texas schoolteacher Sheryl Leach came up with the idea for Barney 30 years ago because she wanted to create an education television show for her son, who loved dinosaurs.ĭavid Joyner, 54, (pictured) wore the Barney the dinosaur suit for 10 years from 1991 to 2001 on the children's television show and at live performancesīeing Barney was no small task. And I want to make this the best thing that I’m possibly doing at this moment and to have fun doing it.’ ‘Once I kind of received that message and once I knew what Barney was doing and the effect that Barney was causing to so many different children and parents, then it became an honor and then it became like, okay, this is a blessing, this is a joy. ‘After a while, it was almost like God sat me down and said “I’m going to use all your talents to help bring love and joy to children”. Barney’s getting all this popularity and no one knows it’s me,’ he tells. ![]() ‘At first, you know, I had a hard time dealing with it. He wore the 70-pound costume from 1991 to 2001, during the most successful years of the children’s television show, which premiered on television 25 years ago in April. Little did they know that Barney had been in their midst only hours before on that November day in 2000.ĭavid Joyner, who wore the Barney suit for ten years on the beloved children’s television show and during live tours, decided to arrive at his own performance early at the Colin Creek Mall in Plano, Texas, to sit among and chat with the parents and eager children - just not in the suit.ĭavid, now 54, always knew he wanted to be an entertainer he just didn’t necessarily expect he would be performing from inside a giant purple dinosaur suit. The parking lot of the Texas mall was a sea of children fidgeting in folding chairs, strollers and their parents’ laps, craning to see the six-foot tall purple dinosaur as he ran onto the stage.ĭespite the bulky suit, Barney jumped into the air, waving his short, T-rex arms and spinning to the delighted screams of the children. A Texas schoolteacher came up with the idea of Barney 30 years ago because she wanted to make an educational show for her son, who loved dinosaurs.Despite how hard it was to dance and act inside the 70-pound suit, David loved it.A woman got the job at first, but she couldn't handle the pressure of a live performance and meet-and-greet in costume, so the role was given to David.He was eventually convinced by the casting director to audition and had a dream he would get the role.He always wanted to be an entertainer, but he didn't want to audition for Barney because he had never played a costumed role and wanted to be seen.David Joyner, 54, played Barney the dinosaur for ten years from 1991 to 2001.My life as Barney the Dinosaur: Actor who sang and danced in 70lb purple costume for 10 years during the height of the show's success reveals it was 120F inside the suit and he hadn't even wanted to audition for the role
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