Barney's Halloween Party

***Barney's Halloween Party*** is a Barney Home Video that was released on August 18, 1998.

## Plot

It’s Halloween, and Barney and his friends prepare for the big Halloween party at the school gym. From Indian corn to smiling jack-o-lanterns, the gym is aglow with the colors of fall. Meanwhile, BJ and Baby Bop are putting the final touches on their Halloween costumes as they get ready for a fun-filled night of trick-or-treating. Finally, evening arrives, the Halloween party begins, and the trick-or-treaters set out to search for goodies. Unfortunately, after a full night of trying, BJ comes up just a bit empty-handed. But when BJ and Baby Bop return to school, they soon find out that their friends have plenty of goodies and surprises waiting for them. Together the two learn that sometimes, the best treats at Halloween are good friends.

**Poems**: "Five Little Owls"

## Cast

* Barney Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Joyner)
* Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson, Costume Jeff Ayers)
* BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jeff Brooks)
* Curtis (Monté Black)
* Hannah (Marisa Kuers)
* Stephen (Chase Gallatin)
* Keesha (Mera Baker)
* Ashley (Maurié Chandler) (cameo)
* Alissa (Monét Chandler) (cameo)
* Mr. Boyd (Robert Sweatmon)
* Miss Kepler (Gene Raye Price)
* Farmer Dooley (Dave Tanner) (debut)
* Mrs. Pennypacker (Dottie Hall) (debut)
* Elijah Sanders Debut

## Songs

1. "Barney Theme Song"
2. "It's Halloween Night Tonight"
3. "Pop Goes the Weasel"
4. "I Like Autumn"
5. "Apples"
6. "So Many Pumpkins"
7. "S-M-I-L-E"
8. "Icky, Squishy, Gooey, Ooey"
9. "Itsy Bitsy Spider"
10. "Itsy Bitsy Spider" (Reprise)
11. "Five Little Owls"
12. "What I Want to Be"
13. "It's Halloween Night Tonight" (Reprise)
14. "A Big Parade of Costumes" Debut
15. "Toss It in a Window" Debut
16. "It's C-C Cold BRRRR!"
17. "One, Two, You Know What To Do"
18. No Matter What They Are Form Barney's Favorites Sing Along
19. "I Love You"

## Release

### Home video

*Barney's Halloween Party* was released on VHS on August 18, 1998 and released on DVD on August 19, 2003. Prior to the DVD release, the video was bundled with the video *Barney's 1-2-3-4 Seasons and Barney's Good Day Good Night* for an exclusive release at Blockbuster Video in 1998. This video was also shown in *Children's Favorites: Halloween Treats*.

### Streaming

On December 20, 2019, the official Barney YouTube channel, managed by 9 Story Media Group at the time, uploaded *Barney's Halloween Party* on the platform. The video uploaded by the channel came from a Barney fan upload on YouTube. *Barney's Halloween Party*! was later included in the streaming package titled *Barney & Friends Specials,* alongside other Barney Home Videos, which was began streaming on Tubi on October 25, 2023.

## Production

Production for this video took place in December **1996**.

## Trivia

* This video was closed-captioned by Media Access Group at WGBH.
* The Barney Theme Song in this home video uses the intro from Season 3 (featuring clips from the video, of course). However, when the video's title is shown beneath the "Season 3" logo, instead of saying, "Barney Home Video", it only says "Barney" (to show that this is not an episode from the TV series) and Unlike most of his Barney Home Video appearances, Duncan Brannan performs both the speaking and singing voice of Barney rather than solely taking on the singing role.
* This video marked:
	+ The final Barney video released on home media to be fully filmed in the studios at Las Colinas, fully utilizing the schoolyard and treehouse building sets.
	+ This is the final video to be produced by Connecticut Public Television, the PBS station that brought Barney & Friends on television.
	+ The first Halloween special in the Barney franchise.
	+ The final time Barney is voiced by Bob West and performed by David Joyner.
		- However, David Joyner would still perform Barney in live appearances up until 2005 with a brief return in 2020.
	+ The first appearances of Farmer Dooley a Mrs. Pennypacker.and Elijah Sanders Farmer Dooley would later reappear in the home video, *Let's Go to the Farm*, and Mrs. Pennypacker would later reappear in the home video, *Walk Around The Block With Barney Elijah Sanders Would Leter reappear in the home video Sing and Dance with Barney*.
		- This video marks the first time Mrs. Pennypacker appears with BJ and Baby Bop onscreen.
		- The First Time Elijah Sanders Appear With Hannah Stephen and Baby Bop
		- Only Time Elijah Sanders Keesha Curtis and BJ Appear Together
		- The First Time Elijah Sanders Appear With Ashley Alissa Barney Baby Bop and Miss Kepler
	+ The first time the school's gym is shown. In fact, a photo showcasing the entire cast and crew members was shot at this exact same spot before this video was made.
	+ The last appearance of the prototype Version 6 Barney costume.
	+ The last appearance of the prototype Season 6 Barney doll.
	+ The first appearance of the new school set, and now, there is a red bench surrounding the tree.
	+ The first time Mr. Boyd appeared with Curtis, Keesha and Hannah.
	+ The first home video Mr. Boyd appears in.
	+ The first time Barney and Miss Kepler appeared together onscreen.
	+ The first time Miss Kepler and Keesha appeared together.
	+ The first time Miss Kepler appeared with Curtis, Hannah, and Stephen.
	+ The final video to feature The Lyons Group's name on the VHS tape. However, their name would still continue to be used during the end credits for every episode of the television series until the Season 13.
* Lacy Cavalier, Kathryn Yee-Young, Luxy Banner, Molly Wilson, Kelly Eichenholz, Adrianne Kangas, Hannah Owens, Zachary Soza, Kayla S. Levels, Katherine Pully, Julia Nicholson, Hunter Pecunia, Alyssa Franks, Riley Morrison, Makayla Crawford, Reese Wilson, Kaitlin Lindley, Alex Wilson, Ashlan Cunningham, Demi Lovato, Selena Gomez, Hayden Tweedie, Zachary Fountain, Grayson Lee Vanover, who portrayed Linda and Emily respectively made uncredited cameos as people at the Halloween party.
* During the song, "A Big Parade of Costumes", one of the kids in the background of the stage is wearing the same cheerleading uniform Luci wore in the Season 1 episode, "Carnival of Numbers". The uniform was also the same one hanging in the Season 3 episode, "Are We There Yet?".
* When BJ says, "Thanks, Mrs. Pennypacker!", Baby Bop lip syncs the exact same words.
* The preview for this video is announced by Earl Fisher. On VHS, that preview first appeared in *Come on Over to Barney's House*.
* Bob Singleton did the music for the trailer of this video, while Because this video, along with "Barney's Adventure Bus" and "Barney's Good Day, Good Night" were released before Season 6 Pliots aired, Bob Singleton's 1991 arrangement of the theme song was still used for these home videos. However, the version of "I Love You" being heard in this video is similar to the Season 6 version did the music for the actual video.
* Barney would later wear the exact same cowboy outfit again in "Trail Boss Barney".

### Songs

* During the song, "A Big Parade of Costumes", Julie Johnson (Baby Bop's voice actress) can be spotted sitting behind Stephen.
* During the song, "Toss It in a Window", Jeff Ayers (Baby Bop's costume performer) and Jeff Brooks (BJ's costume performer) can be spotted.

### Goofs

* During the end credits, Baby Bop's name was misspelled as "Baby Bob" in Julie Johnson's credit.