ANTI BARNEY HUMOR TV
With help from his friend and co-worker, Roy Hess, Earl sneaks into Georgie's studio, knocks Georgie out, and goes on TV disguised as Georgie in an attempt to reveal the hippo's intentions. Earl escapes with the help of Jean-Claude and Brigitte, members of the Parents' Resistance who see Georgie for what he truly is: a money-grabbing, tax evading fraud. While in jail, Earl is visited by Georgie himself, who reveals his intentions to assert his brand on the children and profit from the marketing and merchandising. Unfortunately, this gets Earl arrested for copyright infringement by Georgie's people and is thrown in jail. Desperate to cheer up Baby, Earl dons a costume and imitates Georgie to stop the Baby's cries. However, Earl refuses to do so upon seeing the long line of Georgie's fans, prompting another tantrum from Baby. To make up for this, Earl has to take Baby to Georgie, who is making a live appearance at the nearby mall. Before long, the singing enrages Earl until he finally removes the tape and breaks it into pieces, prompting a tantrum from Baby.
In the episode, Baby Sinclair is enjoying watching a videotape featuring Georgie singing his song, "I Hug You" (a thinly veiled parody of Barney's famous "I Love You, You Love Me" song). The sitcom Dinosaurs similarly produced a satire episode, featuring "Georgie", another Barney parody that is an orange hippo, who is idolized by Baby Sinclair, much to the irritation of his siblings and his father, Earl Sinclair. The Warners try various methods to get rid of Baloney (including dropping anvils on his head after the second time Baloney says, "Let's do that again!"), but only escape when the show runs out of time, at which point they also take with them three extremely desperate adult members of the regular crew (including Hello Nurse). The entire episode is dedicated to lampooning the series, as well as PBS for airing it (the introduction promotes the show as part of the "SBS (Stupid Broadcasting Service)" while the voice-over says, " Baloney and Kids is brought to you by this station and other stations that lack clever programming.").
ANTI BARNEY HUMOR SERIES
The animated series Animaniacs produced a satirical episode in which the Warner siblings confront "Baloney", an orange dinosaur meant to be a parody of Barney. Only Caillou triggers a level of revulsion in audiences comparable to that seen toward Barney.Ĭharles Barkley was the guest host of Saturday Night Live on September 25, 1993, and performed a skit that parodied his Godzilla-themed Nike commercial by facing off against Barney in a one-on-one matchup. For comparison, other popular children's characters such as Thomas the Tank Engine, Dora the Explorer, Bert and Ernie, Elmo, Bali, Peppa Pig, and the Teletubbies have been subject to subversive adult humor in Barney's case, however, the humor has typically been far more dark and in a more vicious and hostile nature toward Barney. Mitchell's book The Last Dinosaur Book: The Life and Times of a Cultural Icon, he notes that the program is often a target for parody and negative attacks by children of various ages, adolescents, and adults in the United States and elsewhere the notion given that the show is "saccharine", "boring", "annoying", "sugary", "dangerous" or "uneducational".
The cover of a roleplaying guidebook The Jihad to Destroy Barney (2006) depicts anti-Barney humor in the 1990s.Īnti-Barney humor is a form of humor that targets the main character Barney the Dinosaur from the children's television series Barney & Friends and singles out the show for criticism.
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