To millions of kids, he's *** superstar of public television. It's good to see. Are you guys ready? We're ready, but for these University of Nebraska coeds, they'd rather have Barney seeing stars.

Barney, the big, purple dinosaur’s ever-present smile, his saccharine song lyrics that force-fed love to the masses, engendered a level of hate few children’s characters have ever seen. Barney stuffed ...

Barney Rice was the keeper of running jokes. Family jokes, mostly. He catalogued them by the thousands and could reference them within seconds when some occasion called for a hearty laugh at the ...