

Season - Episode
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3 - 1Barney in Concert Jul 29, 1991
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3 - 2A Trip to Sally's Birthday Party Jun 13, 1991
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3 - 3Rock with Barney Oct 30, 1991
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2 - 1Waiting for Santa Jan 06, 1990
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2 - 2Campfire Sing Along Aug 06, 1990
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2 - 3The Backyard Gang Sleepover May 11, 1990
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2 - 4Barney Goes to School Aug 15, 1990
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1 - 1A Day at the Beach Feb 01, 1989
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1 - 2The Backyard Show Aug 29, 1988
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1 - 3Three Wishes Dec 10, 1988
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1 - 4Waiting for Santa May 11, 1990
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1 - 5Barney's Campfire Sing-Along Jun 08, 1990
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1 - 6Barney Goes to School Aug 15, 1990
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1 - 7Barney In Concert Jul 29, 1991
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1 - 8Rock with Barney Aug 01, 1991
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.