This Is The Guy Who Played Barney For Most Of Your Childhood

And so we finally meet, Man Inside The Purple Suit. Um. Hi. You’re hot.

You remember this guy, right? The incessantly cheerful and unconditionally loving purple dinosaur, Barney?

You remember this guy, right? The incessantly cheerful and unconditionally loving purple dinosaur, Barney?

As a little kid, you watched him before school, or your parents popped in one of those VHS specials to shut you up for an afternoon.

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He sang this song...

He sang this song...

Really, doesn't this dude have standards? He seriously loves EVERYONE. (Or he's just drunk. But I digress...)

As a child, you never thought twice about Barney's true identity. But then, one day, as a grown-up, you briefly wondered...

As a child, you never thought twice about Barney's true identity. But then, one day, as a grown-up, you briefly wondered...

And then it began eating away at your soul. MUST FIND BARNEY.

Well, dear friends, this is the man who played Barney as you knew him. His name is David Joyner.

Well, dear friends, this is the man who played Barney as you knew him. His name is David Joyner.

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