![]() When Joyner’s not busy doing rock conga drums or meditating, he’s even found some time in his schedule to post on Reddit under the username BarneyBody22. On top of that, Joyner also runs his own successful tantra massage business. Joyner enjoys auditioning for guest roles on many popular TV shows, which accounts for how he managed to both meet Gregory House and play a detective on Southland, along with his many other appearances. In his own words, “I love to work, and I love to stay busy.” In a regular day, he works at the production company that puts together Hip Hop Harry, but in addition to being the man in the furry yellow bear costume, he also works behind the scenes and spends long nights in the office. Just as Barney gave hope to kids all over the world, it looks like Joyner gives hope to adults. ![]() That’s not just surprising, but actually rather inspiring. Joyner was so passionate about the role that he played Barney for over a decade, securing his place in history as the one true happy, singing dinosaur. However, there’s at least one person who seems to be just as joyful, optimistic, and loving as Barney himself: the very man who wore the purple suit, David Joyner. ![]() ![]() He would kidnap them and force them to act like they were happy or he’d slit their throats and dump them in the river.Ī number of rumors have circulated about the titular purple dinosaur character in the children’s television show Barney & Friends since the program first aired in 1992. Rumor has it that Barney the dinosaur is based off of a man named Barney that in the 30’s would go to the park dressed as a dinosaur to draw kids to him. The children’s TV show ‘Barney & Friends’ was based on a 1930s serial killer. He would force them to be happy, otherwise he would rape and kill them. He would lure in little kids and kidnap them. He dressed up in a purple dinosaur costume everyday and went to the park. Who was the man who dressed up as a dinosaur in the 1930s?īack in the 1930’s, there was a man named Barney. The super-loving giant purple dinosaur was a kids’ TV staple back in the day, and while there have been many reincarnations of the show, you just can’t beat the original. What shows has David from Barney been on?Īs well as Barney, David has featured in House, That 70s Show, Hip Hop Harry and 24. Meet David Joyner, the man who wore the Barney costume for a decade on the TV series and for live performances. The youths were fined $200 each.If you thought the guy who played Barney was a down-on-his-luck actor who took the role just to pay his rent, think again. Store officials called that dinosaur a Barney lookalike. Last September, four youths attacked a person in a purple dinosaur costume at a store opening in Galveston, Texas. There is no telephone listing for McMahan or Murdoch in the Worcester area. Police said his roommate, David Murdoch, was in the car and bet McMahan he didn’t have the nerve to bash Barney. McRoy was treated at the Medical Center of Central Massachusetts-Memorial and released, but said she returned Saturday after suffering severe headaches and vomiting.ĭoctors told her she had a neck injury that would take up to 6 weeks to heal, she said.ĭerrick McMahan, a Worcester State College student, was charged with assault and battery. ″One little boy said, ’I’m going home to get my gun, Barney, and I’m going to shoot him.‴ McRoy told the Telegram & Gazette that her attacker tackled her Friday and hit her in the face after her mask fell off. ″I said, ’Why are you doing this to me?‴ said Deborah McRoy, who was dressed as Barney to celebrate the opening of a drug store. (AP) _ Egged on by a $10 bet, a college student jumped from a car, shouted obscenities and assaulted a woman dressed as Barney the dinosaur, police said.
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