The fluffy pink dinosaur Barney was a staple of public television all through the 1990s and 2000s, as the title character on the long-running Barney & Friends series.
Barney was a ubiquitous figure in many of our childhoods, then he disappeared into the shadows, left misunderstood.
The final new episodes were made in 2009, while reruns continue to air in various places on cable and online.
Personally, I did not have this kind of relationship to Barney & Friends; that was a bit after my time, as they say.