Barney and the Backyard Gang
Overview
Barney and the Backyard Gang is a direct-to-video series produced by The Lyons Group and was produced from October 13, 1988 to October 20, 1991. This series launched the stardom of the PBS television show Barney & Friends. Music for the Barney and the Backyard Gang videos was created by Stephen Bates Baltes and Phillip Parker. The series was a regional success, but only a moderate success throughout the rest of the country. Then one day, in 1991, Larry Rifkin, then head of Connecticut Public Television, rented a Barney video for his daughter Leora. He liked the concept and talked to Leach about possibly putting Barney on television through the Public Broadcasting Service. Rock with Barney was the last video in the series before the television show debuted. Also, only four of the kids from the videos (Michael, Luci, Tina and Derek) were carried over to the television show.
Episodes

S1E1 · 1988-08-29 · 30m
The Backyard Show

S1E2 · 1988-12-10 · 30m
Three Wishes

S1E3 · 1989-02-01 · 30m
A Day at the Beach

S1E4 · 1990-05-11 · 30m
Waiting for Santa

S1E5 · 1990-06-08 · 30m
Barney's Campfire Sing-Along

S1E6 · 1990-08-15 · 30m

