Every '90s kid remembers the silly-looking purple dinosaur that appeared on TV screens from 1992 through 2009. It doesn't matter if you loved him, hated him, or were indifferent — Barney was an icon.

Barney, the purple dinosaur that has become such a hit with the pre-school crowd, will be entertaining kids at Universal Studios Florida soon. That’s great – unless you’re the parents of a ...

He has a fixed, goofy grin, a pudgy green belly and bright yellow toenails that clash with his purple “skin.” And with a 6-foot-tall body mounted on short, plump legs, he moves with a clunky waddle.

Barney Corrigan's food pantry has grown so large that he's running out of space to keep it going. "Little by little, it's just outgrown our house," he said. "It crept into our living room and now it's ...