The Guy Who Played Barney The Dinosaur For Ten Years Tells Us What It Was Like Inside That Big Purple Costume

David Joyner (who used to be a software analyst for Texas Instruments): "Now Barney is about 70 pounds, and it can get over 120 degrees inside. ... The head doesn't come off. The head doesn't swivel. There's no facial expressions that can be made. I can only see a certain amount, because of the peripheral of Barney's mouth. And when Barney's mouth is closed, I can't see anything. So what I would literally do [to prepare] is I would walk around my apartment as if I was blind." (video)

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