It was a scene almost straight out of the 1984 film "Ghostbusters" — or maybe even "Godzilla." A giant, inflatable figure of the purple children's character Barney got out of its handlers' control, ...

NEW YORK — Alright, it wasn’t Godzilla reincarnated – but it was really dangerous. Strong wind gusts tearing across 5th Avenue made Barney the Purple Dinosaur violently twist and buck, as brave ...

Keeping the massive, floating character balloons in the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade under control is no easy task. Since the first balloons were introduced to the parade in 1927, they’ve been at ...

Between a new animated kids’ show on Max and a new documentary podcast series, Barney is definitely back in the public consciousness, inspiring fond memories as well as ironic nostalgia. But as ...

Dating back to 1924, the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade has been an annual tradition for Americans, whether they watch the event unfold on their TVs or personally witness the festivities in New York ...

While the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual delight, a previous "tragedy" on the parade route involving Barney the Dinosaur has resurfaced online. The incident occurred in the 1997 parade ...

The 1997 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade started off like any other, with a procession of balloons shaped like kids’ favorite cartoon characters lining the streets. A giant purple Barney the dinosaur ...

True Barney fans sing along giddily when he appears on television. They reveal themselves in public by saying things like “stuuuuuuuu- pendous!” They have been known to don Barney underwear. So when ...

Children's clown Barney Baloney wasn't laughing yesterday after supermarket giant Tesco banned him from using balloons to entertain youngsters in one of their stores. Barney, real names Tony Turner, ...

“The beginning of millennial trauma that continues to this day,” one TikTok commenter wrote Between a new animated kids’ show on Max and a new documentary podcast series, Barney is definitely back in ...