Barney's Colorful World! (2004, USA)

***Barney's Colorful World!*** is a stage show that was directed and choreographed by Penny Wilson, written by Mark S. Bernthal with songs in the show written by various individuals. It is based on the American live-action educational children's television series *Barney & Friends*. After a soft run in Memphis, Tennessee, the show made its world premiere on January 23, 2003 at Radio City Music Hall in New York City, New York. However, Is This the show made its world premiere on June 1, 2003 at Sydney Entertainment Centre in Sydney, New South Wales. The show performed in over eighty cities and performed over four-hundred shows.

This was Barney's fifth (major) stage show and third national stage show tour (after *Barney's Big Surprise* and *Barney's Musical Castle*). Presented by "Toys "R" Us" during its original run and produced by HIT Entertainment, the show toured in North America, The Australia in 2003, The Uruguay, Paraguay and Ecuador in 2003, Germany, Canada, Argeentina, Singapore, Mexico, Panama, the New Zealand and Australian again in 2004, the United Kingdom and and Ireland until November 2004. In the United States alone, the show was seen by over seven hundred fifty thousand people. *Barney's Colorful World*! also performed in Argentina in 2007, Mexico in 2007, Singapore again in 2008, again Mexico in 2009, Uruguay Argentina, Panama, Paraguay and Ecuador in 2008 again, and Brazil in 2011.

Barneyª, Baby Bopª and BJª invite you and your family to discover the colors of the world! Barney's Colorful World Presented by Toys"R"Us is a 90-minute live adventure that begins in a jungle, motors to the Arctic, sails to a beach and then goes under the sea! Look for Barney's Colorful World coming to a city near you. Then after the show, present your Barney's Colorful World stage show ticket stub at a "participating" Toys"R"Us store and get a FREE "Chat With Me" phone card to call Barney. It will be a lasting memory for your kids.

The store will retain your ticket stub upon issuing Barney's "Chat With Me" phone card. One card will be issued for each show ticket stub received. You will be dialing a toll-free telephone number so there is no charge for the card or the phone call. All requirements and restrictions listed on telephone card apply. "Participating" Toys"R"Us stores are those located within an approximate 50-mile radius of the show location. Offer available while supplies last for one week after date of last performance in your city at participating Toys"R"Us stores only.

In select cities Toys"R"Us guests can order tickets before they go on sale to the general public. Go to your local Toys "R" Us to obtain the secret password. The dates listed in the Special Offer column of this schedule provide the time frame that "Special Offer" orders can be placed as well as when complete ordering details can be found at the participating Toys"R"Us stores listed for your city.

On September 14, 2004, *Barney's Colorful World!* was released on VHS and DVD, having the show filmed at the Dodge Theater in Phoenix, Arizona in March 2004. It was the fifth Barney stage show to be released on home video and the first stage show to be released on DVD, as well as the rare stage show to be released on VHS

## Plot

### Video

* US
* UK

#### Act 1

The video opens with the children Jackson, Laura and Stacy putting together a pretend show with plush toys, with Barney as the star. By the children using their imaginations, the show proceeds to begin. Barney springs to life from behind the curtain and the children transition from a room in a house to a theater. As Barney comes out, he skips and bounces around on stage, greeting the audience under the "Barney Theme Song". Barney becomes very happy to see the audience smiling, prompting him to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It". After the song, Barney wants to introduce some friends of his to the audience, taking them to the park. Upon arriving, Barney doesn't see his friends, and eventually rings the caboose bell to call them out. As the children come out, they join Barney in singing "Being Together". After the song, Barney introduces the audience to Sarah, Donny, Mike, and Gina respectively. Glad that Barney rang the caboose bell, the bell is rang once more, prompting Barney and the children to wonder who rang it. Asking the audience who rang the bell, the audience sees it was Baby Bop prompting her to come out. Seeing the audience, Baby Bop wonders who they are, in which Barney declares that they're friends. Happy to see the audience, Baby Bop invites everyone to say silly things. Barney suggests that she tries an easier activity that everyone knows, queuing up the song "Mr. Knickerbocker". After playing "Mr. Knickerbocker" the children show Barney and Baby Bop toys they were playing with before everyone arrived. Mike shows off his toy airplane, Sarah shows off her toy boat, Donny shows off his toy bus and Gina shows her toy globe. Unsure what game to play with their toys, Barney suggests that the children use the Idea Bench to get an idea of what to do. While going round and round on the Idea Bench, they decide to take a trip around the world.

Using their imaginations, Mike's toy airplane becomes a real airplane, in which BJ appears to be the pilot. Everyone sings "The Airplane Song" and they land in the jungle. As they sing "Jungle Adventure" a monkey comes out on stage and leaves when the song ends. Baby Bop then asks Barney if she can search for another animal. The children wonder as to what she'll find and she soon comes out with an elephant, prompting everyone to sing "The Elephant Song". As the elephant leaves at the end of song, BJ thinks the elephant made loud noises when leaving, in which Barney concluded that it was no longer the elephant but thunder and it begins to rain. Barney suggests that everyone use their imaginations to change the rain into something more fun, in which they all sing "If All the Raindrops". The rain eventually stops.
Donny then thanks Barney for taking them to the jungle. BJ adds that it was great but a little too green, and suggested they go someplace else with a different color. Barney then adds that they'll go someplace with no greenery at all. He leaves the stage and then comes back with Donny's toy bus, which is now a real one, called the "Imagination Express". As BJ and Baby Bop board the bus, Barney invites everyone to sing "The Wheels on the Bus" as they continue their travels. They soon arrive at their next destination and Barney goes to park the bus. When Barney returns to the stage, he's seen in winter clothes as he reveals they traveled to the arctic. Baby Bop, BJ and the children begin to feel cold, prompting them to go get some winter clothes. As they return the children thank Barney for the winter clothes, in which Barney stated that he didn't put them where they found them. BJ wonders as to who put them where they were, prompting him to runaway at the sight of a polar bear. Everyone proceeds to sing ""It's C-C Cold BRRRR!". After the song and the polar bear leaves, Mike then notices something waddling on stage. No one else notices , prompting Barney to ask the audience if they saw anything. As they look around, they soon see two penguins who begin to dance, queuing the song "Look at Me I'm Dancing!". During the song, Barney comes out ice skating and then Sarah pushes him backstage . After the song, the sky becomes dark, in which Barney explains that its the norther lights. Because of the many colors that appear, everyone sings "The Rainbow Song". Baby Bop soon begins to feel cold and Barney tells her that the next place their going is somewhere warm

#### Act 2

Sarah's toy boat, which is now a real boat, is now seen on stage and they all sail to the next place while singing "I'd Love to Sail". Upon arrival, Barney goes to put the ship away and everyone wonders as to where they are. Barney informs everyone that they are at the beach. Upon walking on the sand, the sand becomes hot for Baby Bop's feet, prompting her to hop up and down and for everyone to sing "The Baby Bop Hop". After the song ends, the sand no longer feels hot to Baby Bop's feet. Mike soon begins to feel hot with all the sunshine, which prompts Barney to give everyone sunglasses and sunscreen. The sunscreen bottle becomes empty when it's BJ's turn for sunscreen, in which then Baby Bop finds a biggerbottle to squeeze on him. Upon seeing the bottle BJ runs away from Baby Bop as Barney and the children sing "Mr. Sun". At the end of the song, Baby Bop squeezes a large amount of sunscreen on BJ. Baby Bop notices that the audience didn't get any sunscreen and hints that she'll squeeze some on the audience. Before she can squeeze any, BJ comes back out with Ginger the dog. Barney thinks that Ginger wants to play a game, which they eventually sing the song "BINGO". Ginger leaves, making Donny think that she went to dig in the sand. This prompts the gang to make a sandcastle while singing "Castles So High". After the song, ducks waddle onto the stage and everyone sings "The Duckies Do".

After the song, the gang assumes that the ducks went back in the water, which prompts a conversation about water. BJ, Baby Bop and the children then ask Barney if they can take a trip under the sea. Using their imaginations, they arrive on the ocean floor. Noticing that there aren't any fish, Barney asks the audience to hold up their fishes and wave them around. Everyone then sings "If I Lived Under the Sea". After the song ends, Mike wants everyone to look inside a pirate's chest. Upon opening the chest, bubble float out and they all sing the song "Bubbles". After the song ends, BJ suggests they close the chest as they won't find any gold. Gina suggests that they might find goldfish instead, which prompts a conversation about fish. Baby Bop says that her favorite fish is a starfish, which prompts a starfish (appearing like Elvis Presley) to appear and sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". After the starfish leaves, everyone thanks Barney for bringing them under the sea. Barney suggests that they should thank the audience due to them using their imaginations to make everything happen, which queues the song "Just Imagine" As the song is sung, a whale comes out onstage and eventually goes backstage as the song ends.

Because the audience used their imaginations, Barney, BJ, Baby Bop, and the children say thank you to them. Everyone then reflects that their trip took them to lots of colorful places, which prompts them to sing "Colors All Around". During the song, the curtain opens to see Gina's toy globe become giant and all the animals, including robots around it, which are not in the video, but only in outer space. After the song, Barney tells the audience that what makes the world so special is sharing it with people we love, which queues "I Love You" to be sung. Everyone waves goodbye after the song and Barney blows a kiss to the audience.

As heart shaped confetti falls and balloon drop, Jackson, Stacy, and Laura end back up in a room where confetti continues to fall.

#### Act 1

The video opens with Mia, Oscar and Sarah following Barney, as a plush, on a big adventure around the world. Mum suggests to the children that they’ll need a lot of things for their travel, in which the children proceed to show her all that they’ve packed for where they’re going. Given that the kids are ready for their adventure, they spin the globe and use their imaginations. Transitioning to a stage, Barney springs to life from behind the curtain and the children transition from a room in a house to a theater. As Barney comes out, he skips and bounces around on stage, greeting the audience under the "Barney Theme Song". Barney becomes very happy to see the audience smiling, prompting him to sing "If You're Happy and You Know It". After the song, Barney wants to introduce some friends of his to the audience, taking them to the park. Upon arriving, Barney doesn't see his friends, and eventually rings the caboose bell to call them out. As the children come out, they join Barney in singing "Being Together". After the song, Barney introduces the audience to Sarah, Donny, Mike, and Gina respectively. Glad that Barney rang the caboose bell, the bell is rang once more, prompting Barney and the children to wonder who rang it. Asking the audience who rang the bell, the audience sees it was Baby Bop prompting her to come out. Seeing the audience, Baby Bop wonders who they are, in which Barney declares that they're friends. Happy to see the audience, Baby Bop invites everyone to say silly things. Barney suggests that she tries an easier activity that everyone knows, queuing up the song "Mr. Knickerbocker". After playing "Mr. Knickerbocker" the children show Barney and Baby Bop toys they were playing with before everyone arrived. Mike shows off his toy airplane, Sarah shows off her toy boat, Donny shows off his toy bus and Gina shows her toy globe. Unsure what game to play with their toys, Barney suggests that the children use the Idea Bench to get an idea of what to do. While going round and round on the Idea Bench, they decide to take a trip around the world.

Using their imaginations, Mike's toy airplane becomes a real airplane, in which BJ appears to be the pilot. Everyone sings "The Airplane Song" and they land in the jungle. As they sing "Jungle Adventure" a monkey comes out on stage and leaves when the song ends. Baby Bop then asks Barney if she can search for another animal. The children wonder as to what she'll find and she soon comes out with an elephant, prompting everyone to sing "The Elephant Song". As the elephant leaves at the end of song, BJ thinks the elephant made loud noises when leaving, in which Barney concluded that it was no longer the elephant but thunder and it begins to rain. Barney suggests that everyone use their imaginations to change the rain into something more fun, in which they all sing "If All the Raindrops". The rain eventually stops.

Donny then thanks Barney for taking them to the jungle. BJ adds that it was great but a little too green, and suggested they go someplace else with a different colour. Barney then adds that they'll go someplace with no greenery at all. He leaves the stage and then comes back with Donny's toy bus, which is now a real one, called the "Imagination Express". As BJ and Baby Bop board the bus, Barney invites everyone to sing "The Wheels on the Bus" as they continue their travels. They soon arrive at their next destination and Barney goes to park the bus. When Barney returns to the stage, he's seen in winter clothes as he reveals they traveled to the arctic. Baby Bop, BJ and the children begin to feel cold, prompting them to go get some winter clothes. As they return the children thank Barney for the winter clothes, in which Barney stated that he didn't put them where they found them. BJ wonders as to who put them where they were, prompting him to runaway at the sight of a polar bear. Everyone proceeds to sing ""It's C-C Cold BRRRR!". After the song and the polar bear leaves, Mike then notices something waddling on stage. No one else notices, prompting Barney to ask the audience if they saw anything. As they look around, they soon see two penguins who begin to dance, queuing the song "Look at Me I'm Dancing!". During the song, Barney comes out ice skating and then Sarah pushes him backstage. After the song, the sky becomes dark, in which Barney explains that its the norther lights. Because of the many colours that appear, everyone sings "The Rainbow Song". Baby Bop soon begins to feel cold and Barney tells her that the next place their going is somewhere warm.

#### Act 2

Sarah's toy boat, which is now a real boat, is now seen on stage and they all sail to the next place while singing "I'd Love to Sail". Upon arrival, Barney goes to put the ship away and everyone wonders as to where they are. Barney informs everyone that they are at the beach. Upon walking on the sand, the sand becomes hot for Baby Bop's feet, prompting her to hop up and down and for everyone to sing "The Baby Bop Hop". After the song ends, the sand no longer feels hot to Baby Bop's feet. Mike soon begins to feel hot with all the sunshine, which prompts Barney to give everyone sunglasses and sunscreen. The sunscreen bottle becomes empty when it's BJ's turn for sunscreen, in which then Baby Bop finds a bigger bottle to squeeze on him. Upon seeing the bottle BJ runs away from Baby Bop as Barney and the children sing "Mr. Sun". At the end of the song, Baby Bop squeezes a large amount of sunscreen on BJ. Baby Bop notices that the audience didn't get any sunscreen and hints that she'll squeeze some on the audience. Before she can squeeze any, BJ comes back out with Ginger the dog. Barney thinks that Ginger wants to play a game, which they eventually sing the song "BINGO". Ginger leaves, making Donny think that she went to dig in the sand. This prompts the gang to make a sandcastle while singing "Castles So High". After the song, ducks waddle onto the stage and everyone sings "The Duckies Do".

After the song, the gang assumes that the ducks went back in the water, which prompts a conversation about water. BJ, Baby Bop and the children then ask Barney if they can take a trip under the sea. Using their imaginations, they arrive on the ocean floor. Noticing that there aren't any fish, Barney asks the audience to hold up their fishes and wave them around. Everyone then sings "If I Lived Under the Sea". After the song ends, Mike wants everyone to look inside a pirate's chest. Upon opening the chest, bubble float out and they all sing the song "Bubbles". After the song ends, BJ suggests they close the chest as they won't find any gold. Gina suggests that they might find goldfish instead, which prompts a conversation about fish. Baby Bop says that her favorite fish is a starfish, which prompts a starfish (appearing like Elvis Presley) to appear and sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star". After the starfish leaves, everyone thanks Barney for bringing them under the sea. Barney suggests that they should thank the audience due to them using their imaginations to make everything happen, which queues the song "Just Imagine" As the song is sung, a whale comes out onstage and eventually goes backstage as the song ends.
Because the audience used their imaginations, Barney, BJ, Baby Bop, and the children say thank you to them. Everyone then reflects that their trip took them to lots of colourful places, which prompts them to sing "Colours All Around". During the song, the curtain opens to see Gina's toy globe become giant and all the animals, including robots around it, which are not in the video, but only in outer space. After the song, Barney tells the audience that what makes the world so special is sharing it with people we love, which queues "I Love You" to be sung. Everyone waves goodbye after the song and Barney blows a kiss to the audience.

As balloon drop all over the place, viewers are back with Mia, Oscar and Sarah who proceed to tell Mum about their adventure with Barney.
## Cast

* Original
* Second Run
* Final Run

The original cast of *Barney's Colorful World* performed from January 17 to May 18, 2003. This was also the cast that appeared in the book adaptation.

* Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Corby Sullivan/Sarah Vernon Swartz)
* Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jennifer Barlean / Matthew N. Myers)
* BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jerad Harris / Dave Kendall)

#### Children

* Mike (N/A)
* Donny (Corey Lopez)
* Sarah (Hayden Tweedie)
* Gina (N/A)

#### Dancers

The dancers are the individuals who portray the various animals seen in this tour.

* David Joyner, Sean Patrick Henry, Sara Hickman, Luciana Bell, Chelsea Dillin, Holly Hester, Kristine Lucht, Jessica Taylor and Luis Veliz

When the tour performed in Mexico in 2003, of "Sarah" since Hayden Tweedie wasn't able to extend to the Mexican tour for RARE Live! in Concert Talent Show. The performances in Mexico were also dubbed in Spanish, meaning that the voices of Barney, Baby Bop and BJ were done by José Carlos Moreno, Elsa Covián and Love Santini respectively was done as well, while would still be on stage. The Spanish dub was also the case for the performance on March 5, 2003 in Miami, Florida.

### Video

The following cast of *Barney's Colorful World* performed from September 5, 2003, to July 4, 2004. This was also the cast that performed on the home video release.

#### Dinosaurs

* Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Patrick Mcalister / Rick Starkweather)
* Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jennifer Barlean/Matthew N. Myers)
* BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jerad Harris/Dave Kendall)

#### Children

* Mike (Blake Garrett)
* Donny (Alex Collins)
* Sarah (Tory Green)
* Gina (Alexis Acosta)

#### Dancers

The dancers are the individuals who portray the various animals seen in this tour/video.

* David Voss, Sean Patrick Henry, Rebecca Wilson, Luciana Bell, Chelsea Dillin, Holly Hester, Kristine Lucht, Jessica Taylor and Luis Veliz

#### New footage

##### US

* Jackson (Daven Wilson)
* Stacy (Alyssa Franks)
* Laura (Julia Nicholson)
* Mom (Mauri Howell)

##### UK

* Mia (Jody Hope)
* Sarah (Amy Hope)
* Oscar (Yann Minski Luke)
* Mum (Dominica Warburton)

The following cast of *Barney's Colorful World* performed from September 2 to December 6, 2004.

#### Dinosaurs

* Barney (Voice: Dean Wendt, Costume: Josh Martin)
* Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume: Jeff Brooks)
* BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Dave Kendall)

#### Children

* Mike (Blake Garrett)
* Donny (Alex Collins)
* Sarah (Tory Green)
* Gina (Alexandrea Antonio)

#### Dancers

The dancers are the individuals who portray the various animals seen in this tour/video.

* David Joyner, Sean Patrick Henry, Marisa Kuers, Luciana Bell, Chelsea Dillin, Holly Hester, Kristine Lucht, Jessica Taylor and Luis Veliz

## Songs

### Act 1

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "If You're Happy and You Know It"
3. "Being Together"
4. "Mr. Knickerbocker"
5. "The Airplane Song"
6. "Jungle Adventure"
7. "The Elephant Song"
8. "If All the Raindrops"
9. "The Wheels on the Bus"
10. "It's C-C Cold BRRRR!"
11. "Look at Me I'm Dancing!"
12. "The Rainbow Song"

### Act 2

13. "I'd Love to Sail"
14. "The Baby Bop Hop"
15. "Mister Sun"
16. "BINGO"
17. "Castles So High"
18. "The Duckies Do"
19. "If I Lived Under the Sea"
20. "Bubbles"
21. "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
22. "Just Imagine"
23. "Colors All Around"
24. "I Love You"

## Production

### **Development**

Word of a Barney film stage show first arose in July 1995 when Debbie Ries, sales director for the Lyons Group said plans for a movie was in the works. In 1996, it was later announced by creator Sheryl Leach at the The National Press Club in Washington, D.C. that a movie was coming.

In April 1996, the same time that *Barney & Friends* was initially cancelled, Sheryl Leach (creator of Barney) and Kathy Parker (co-creator) were contacted by CBS about doing a fall prime-time special based on the show. Later in 1997, a Barney Magazine states that Barney would star in his first ever film entitled *Barney's A World of Colours Live! in Concert*.

In September 1997, it surfaced that two television networks were bidding the rights to a prime time special based on *Barney & Friends* that was scheduled to be released in June 24, 1998.
In November 4, 1997 it was announced that The Lyons Group was negotiating with four commercial networks for a prime-time Barney special that was now moved up to Mid.
In June 24, 1998, the same time that *Barney & Friends* was initially removed, Sheryl Leach (creator of Barney) were contacted by CBS about doing a summer prime-time special based on the show.

In August 1998, it surfaced that two television networks were bidding the rights to a prime time special based on *Barney & Friends* that was scheduled to be released in December 26, 2000.

In June 1999 it was announced that The Lyons Group was negotiating with four commercial networks for a prime-time Barney special that was now moved up to Spring 2006.

*Barney's Colorful World!* was initially slated to begin touring in Production for this video took place in Mid 1999 but was eventually postponed by a few months inspiration behind *Barney's Colorful World!* came from the desire of Mark S. Bernthal (the scriptwriter) to have interesting and varied looks and environments for the stage to keep things This video was one of five home videos filmed immediately after season six of *Barney & Friends* wrapped production. Other videos filmed around the same time included *Barney's You Can Be Anything*, *Barney's Beach Party*, *Barney's Super Singing Circus*, *Be My Valentine Love, Barney* and *Round and Round We Go*. In fact, the interesting which means it was completed months before it was released.

In April 2000, the same time that *Barney & Friends* was initially previously, Sheryl Leach (creator of Barney) and Kathy Parker (co-creator) were contacted by CBS about doing a horse race/easter/wild wild west/birthday surprise/summer prime-time special based on the show.

In June 2000, it surfaced that two television networks were bidding the rights to a prime time special based on *Barney & Friends* that was scheduled to be released in Winter 2012.

In August 27, 2000 it was announced that The Lyons Group was negotiating with four commercial networks for a prime-time Barney special that was now moved up to Spring 2012.

In December 2000, the same time that *Barney & Friends* was initially go back to, Sheryl Leach (creator of Barney) and Kathy Parker (co-creator) were contacted by CBS about doing a christmas prime-time special based on the show.

In March 2001, it surfaced that two television networks were bidding the rights to a prime time special based on *Barney & Friends* that was scheduled to be released in Winter 2013.

In May 2001 it was announced that The Lyons Group was negotiating with four commercial networks for a prime-time Barney special that was now moved up to Fall 2005.

In September 2001, the same time that *Barney & Friends* was initially Kathy Parker (co-creator) were contacted by CBS about doing a fiesta prime-time special based on the show.

In September 14, 2001 it was announced that The Lyons Group was negotiating with four commercial networks for a prime-time Barney special that was now moved up were contacted by CBS about doing a fiesta prime-time special based on the show to August 13, 2002.

In August 2002, it surfaced that two television networks were bidding the rights to a prime time special based on *Barney & Friends* that was scheduled to be released in December 31, 2008.

Production for this video took place in March 2004 at Miami Studios in Las Colinas, Irving, Texas. During production of this video revolving around the song Unlike other Barney videos was sung due to the but also to give the video a separate identity.

### Casting

From January to May 2003 (the first leg) of the tour, Sarah Vernon Swartz and Corby Sullivan portrayed as the costume performers of Barney. While prepping for the tour, Swartz and Sullivan were trained by David Joyner, the original body of Barney on *Barney & Friends*, to do the signature 360 spin in New York. Cast members from *Barney & Friends* such as Katherine Pully, who portrayed "Beth" and Hayden Tweedie who portrayed "Sarah" were asked to take part in the tour. Tweedie reprised her role however Pully ultimately declined. Tweedie was eventually replaced by Tory Green in Fall 2003 in the role. From September 2 to December 6, 2004, "Gina" was portrayed by Alexandrea Antonio when the tour performed in the Midwest, New England, Canada and Puerto Rico and at Nokia Live in Grand Prairie, Texas.

## Music and Soundtrack

*Main Article: Barney's Colorful World! LIVE!*

*Barney's Colorful World! LIVE!* is a soundtrack with songs from the stage show of the same name. The album was released on CD on September 7, 2004 by Koch Records and HIT Entertainment.

*Main Article: Barney y su Mundo de Colores*

Following the release of *Barney's Colorful World! LIVE!,* a Spanish-language version, titled *Barney y su Mundo de Colores*, was released in 2004.

## Release

### Marketing

To promote the tour, Barney appeared on *Live with Regis and Kelly* on the day of the show's premiere, January 23, 2003. During his appearance he sang "I Love You" and "If You're Happy and You Know It". Given Barney's Colorful World! was presented by Toys"R"Us, children were able to present their stage show ticket stub at participating Toys"R"Us stores to get a free "Chat With Me" phone card to call Barney. The store would retain the ticket stub upon issuing Barney's "Chat With Me" phone card, where one card would be issued for each show ticket stub received. Participants then would call the toll-free number. In select cities Toys"R"Us guests could order tickets before they went on sale to the general public by calling the phone number listed on their website. Barney’s Chat With Me Program at Toys “R” Us won the Silver Pyramid Award at the 26th Annual Promotional Products Association International in 2003. To promote the video release of the tour, Barney, Baby Bop, BJ, and the polar bear from the show performed "It's C-C Cold BRRRR!" in 2004 for the 78th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

### Home media

*Barney's Colorful World!* was released on VHS and DVD on September 14, 2004. Alongside the filmed performance of the show, the DVD included cast interviews from the children, a read-along, episodes from various HIT Entertainment shows and much more. For the DVD release, it contained various episodes from various HIT Entertainment shows under the HIT Extras bonus feature. Those included the episodes "Muck Gets Stuck" from *Bob the Builder*, "Haircut" from *The Wiggles*, "Sploshy of the Arctic" from *Rubbadubbers*, "Angelina and Anya" from *Angelina Ballerina*, "The Treasure Hunt" from *Kipper* and "Pingu Goes Fishing" from *Pingu*.

## Tour Dates

The original run of the tour ran from January 2003 through to November 2004. During the original run of the tour, Barney performed sing-alongs at hospital Child Life centers in each of the tour cities and donated a library of Barney videos to the hospitals. Fisher-Price also donated Barney toys for playrooms as well. Also during the show's original run, the intermission consisted of Sheryl Leach (the creator of Barney) coming "backstage" to bring roses to Barney in his dressing room and congratulating him on how well the "show" was going so far.

### Latin America (2007-2011)

Riff performed as an intermission act for the Latin American tour.

## Trivia

* This live show/video marks the first major live show to not have any new Barney songs.
* In this show, the 2007 Season 11 episode version of arrangement of the song, "Just Imagine", used was also a prototype of the one used from "The Emperor's Contest" onwards. In addition, the second verse was also cut out.
* In the video release of this live show, the costumes of Barney, Baby Bop and BJ would look similar to the ones used on the seventh season of the television series.
* The Barney costume in "Barney's Christmas Star", "BJ's Really Cool House", "Let's Make Music (2006)", "Let's Go To The Fire House", "The Best of Barney", "Barney's Jungle Friends", "Let's Play Outside", "A Very Merry Christmas", "I Love My Friends" and "**A Super-Dee-Duper Day!**".

### Cast

* Rebecca Wilson (who portrays Kelly in *Barney Live! In New York City*) was credited as a dancer.
* This Barney stage show marks the first national tour and the first stage show since *Barney Live! In New York City* to feature child cast members from the show reprising their roles, which in this case is Hayden Tweedie as Sarah.
	+ Although Tweedie is not seen reprising her role as Sarah in the video release, she is seen in the show's program (which was adapted into a read along for the DVD release).14
* David Voss plays the Polar Bear and Starfish.

### Characters

* This live show marked:
	+ The first live show/video Steven Feldman directed for the Barney concert show. He would as well as some home video releases until to his position during the eleventh season.
	+ The first live show as well as the first one released on video where Barney isn't performed by Carey Stinson (not counting *Barney in Concert* since that was made prior to his addition, *A Day in the Park With Barney* or any international live shows).
	+ The first time Jerad Harris performs BJ. Eventually, Jerad Harris would perform BJ again for a few home video releases which were produced in 2007 starting with *I Can Do This!*.
	+ The first time Stacy and Laura appeared together.

### Presentation

* Unlike the other previous stage show videos (*Barney Live! In New York City*, *Barney's Big Surprise*, and *Barney's Musical Castle*), there are no intermission scenes or references in this one.
* In some scenes of the video where the stage show was filmed, Jackson, Laura and Stacy are seen in several scenes amongst many of the audience members who interact with Barney at the auditorium. The UK release of this video also included the footage taken directly from the US release as there was never a performance that was filmed internationally to include Mia, Oscar and Sarah with the audience.
* In the show itself, a Barney doll sat on the idea bench before the show started. Right after the overture, the Idea Bench started to spin with a timpani roll, smoke arising from behind it. The spinning became increasingly faster as the bench went farther back. When the costumed Barney came through the curtains, the doll on the bench appeared to vanish. This was achieved with a part of the bench that was separate from the rest of the bench. The Barney doll was actually attached to this platform. This small platform for the doll flipped upside down, the front of the hollow, bottomless seat hiding the doll when the costumed Barney appeared, insuring that the two were never seen at the same time. The top of the Barney doll's head can be seen under the right bench seat in various shots of the home video. The outline of the bottom the platform can be seen on this seat of the bench as well. In addition to the live version this is the only time where we hear a male announcer saying "When we play in the park with Barney, we spin around on the idea bench and use our imaginations. If you want to play with Barney, use your imagination." rather than the "Today's appearance of Barney is made possible by your imagination" announcement.

### Release date

* This video was released on Blake Garrett's twelfth birthday.

## See Also

* *Barney's Colorful World! (coloring book/sticker book/book) -* a coloring book based on *Barney's Colorful World!*.
* *Una Tarde con Barney y Sus Amigos* - a stage show hybrid that contains some portions of *Barney's Colorful World!*.