I Love You, You Hate Me - The Rise & Fall of Barney

Talk Is Jericho

Chris Jericho

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4.8 • 9.4K Ratings

🗓️ 19 October 2022

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Tommy Avallone returns to talk Barney! His new documentary “I Love You, You Hate Me” is streaming now on Peacock, and looks at the cultural hate and backlash that surrounded the popular purple dinosaur almost from his first introduction to the world. Tommy chronicles the creation of Barney, his rise and fall in popularity, and the hate the sprang up around him. He explains how Barney’s cultural phenomenon status impacted Bob West who voiced Barney and actor David Joyner who physically played the purple dinosaur in the giant costume. Tommy talks about the “Barney Curse” that plagued creator Sheryl Leach’s family, and shares some of the dark urban legends surrounding Barney involving drug cartels and serial killers. Stream “I Love You, You Hate Me” on Peacock: https://www.peacocktv.com/stream-tv/i-love-you-you-hate-me Support Tommy Avallone’s next documentary, “The House From”: www.thehousefrom.com Please support our sponsors! Babbel: visit Babbel.com/TIJ to get up to 55% off your subscription FanDuel: download the FanDuel app & use promo code JERICHO to get a “No Sweat First Bet” up to $1000 Cynch: download the Cynch app or go https://www.cynch.com/ and get your first tank exchange for $10 with code JERICHO. Bosch Tools: learn more at https://www.boschtools.com/us/en/ SlingTV: check out https://www.sling.com/ for special offers STAY CONNECTED: TikTok: @TalkIsJericho Instagram: @talkisjericho @chrisjerichofozzy Twitter: @TalkIsJericho @IAmJericho YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/ChrisJerichoFozzy https://www.webisjericho.com/

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0:00.0	I love you.
0:20.1	You hate me.
0:21.4	The story of Barney.
0:22.4	The big purple dinosaur that became a pop culture phenomenon for both how much kids
0:26.6	seemed to love him and how much adults seemed to hate him.
0:30.2	The doc traces the story of the creation of Barney by schoolteacher Cheryl Leach who came
0:34.6	up with the idea to entertain her young Sung Patrick.
0:37.9	What started out as homemade VHS tapes quickly turned into a multi-million dollar enterprise
0:43.3	for public television but as you'll see in the doc Barney's popularity also had some
0:47.3	negative consequences for Cheryl and her Sung Patrick and even society at large given
0:52.4	the huge backlash of hate that grew for Barney.
0:55.7	Adults love to hate him.
0:57.0	There were Barney bashing events in the 90s and even an I hate Barney secret society.
1:01.9	Today, documentary filmmaker Tommy Avaloni returns to talk his Jericho for the third
1:06.3	time to talk about his latest project and we made him want to do a deep dive into Barney
1:11.0	and the hate associated with the big purple dinosaur.
1:14.2	He talks about the many people he interviewed for the doc including both the voice of Barney
1:17.4	Bob West and David Joyner the man who actually wore the big purple dinosaur costume.
1:22.6	He explains why Cheryl Leach opted not to participate in the doc and shares the tragic
1:26.8	story about both her husband and her son Patrick.
1:29.9	Tommy talks about some of the curses and crazy rumors that grew around Barney like people
1:33.9	believing Barney was a satanic demon or that he was named after a serial killer or that
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