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I loved being Barney. I loved everything about being Barney. But that chapter is gone. Search term. Billboard Pro Subscribe Sign In. Top Artists. Top Charts. Hot Songs. And try to feel the energy of anything that was around me. On Air Now:. Listen Live Here iHeartRadio. Barney was a childhood classic! Introducing David Joyner: The man who played Barney has revealed what life was like inside the costume he wore for 10 years, and it doesn't sound like fun..

When I am moving the mouth, it's like having a strob light. So I would practice being blind. To feel the energy around me. Looking back, all those lumbering dance moves and games seem all the more impressive knowing that the man beneath the suit couldn't actually see what was going on around him all the time.

I definitely have to give him more credit than I would have before. I don't think I would have had it in me to play happy games with singing children if I was dealing with either total darkness or strobe lights.

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