BARNEY is back — did you know the Shreveport connection to the purple dinosaur?

Mattel is re-launching “Barney” as an ANIMATED series in 2024.  There’s also a possibility of MOVIES and YouTube content.  Mattel says, quote, “We will tap into the nostalgia of the generations who grew up with Barney, now parents themselves, and introduce the iconic purple dinosaur to a new generation of kids and families.”

Did you know there’s a Shreveport connection to the original “Barney and Friends” show?

One of the child actors, Rickey Carter, is actually a Shreveport native. His “Barney Wiki Fandom” page says:

Rickey Lynn Carter (born November 9, 1981 in Shreveport, Louisiana) is an American rapper and former actor. Later, he moved from Shreveport to North Dallas, Texas with his mother. At a young age, Carter was an actor on the children’s television series Barney & Friends and the preceding Barney & The Backyard Gang videos portraying as “Derek“.

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