i be a bit surprised to see all of the hate comment on here . sure it not the best kid show and but do not people stop despise barney this much after the fifth grade . okay and everyone hat barney . okay and i think his voice and song be annoy . okay and he kinda creepy and strange . i be fourteen year old and so i know well enough . but here the thing . kid . they love this show . when i be a little kiddie of two or three and my parent spend more time chase me around the house than they do anything else . nothing could hold my attention for more than ten minute . face it and that how toddler be . even the most patient one can not sit still long enough to give their parent a break . there too much to do and see and explore and too much trouble to get into . and then come barney . i do not know exactly what it be about the purple dinosaur that so amuse to child and but they sure do love it . i know i do . i be hook on the show and and want to watch it over and over . yes and the song kind of drove my parent nut and but to be able to watch their kid learn and and be excite over something that can really hold their attention span and it worth it . i learn my abc and 123 and the magic word and brush your teeth . i would grow out of it by five or six and of course and but by that point at least i be a little more patient and and give my parent a break . my niece and nephew all go through the barney stage grow up and much to their mother delight . i know what keep barney on the air . he entertain . of course there big bird and ernie and and oscar and and theyre great and too . but at the toddler stage and it seem that more kid prefer the big singing dinosaur . and that enough for me .