Friday, March 28, 2008

"TV's 'Barney' is far from extinct"

The purple dinosaur is marking his 20th year of delighting kids (while irritating many adults with his sugary-sweet show) with a tour that will bring him to L.A.

Barney the Purple Dinosaur is routinely held up as the epitome of sappy children's entertainment. Thousands of anti-Barney websites haunt the Internet.

But the children's TV and music icon must be doing something right.

This year, the giggly T. rex is celebrating 20 years in the biz with a “Big Purple Bus Tour” rolling into multiple cities for meet-and-greet (and hug) events. (Stops include appearances at Toys R Us stores Saturday in Torrance and Sunday in Los Angeles.)

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