To millions of kids, he's *** superstar of public television. It's good to see. Are you guys ready? We're ready, but for these University of Nebraska coeds, they'd rather have Barney seeing stars.

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 ...

Barney the singing-and-dancing TV dinosaur is cheerful and loving. He represents kindness, fun, discovery, safety and other worthy values. Little kids — particularly preschoolers — love him. Then why ...