Research Paper on:
Barney, Sesame Street, and the Colors Yellow and Purple

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Workshop in New York City, it was the first of its kind to meld puppetry (or rather, muppetry) with animation and constant repetitions of the alphabet and counting in order  to help children learn in front of the television. It was a show that parents actually felt comfortable leaving their kids in front of, and for all intents and purposes,  it launched the concept of "educational television." Sesame Street - which aired and still airs on Public Television (PBS) was ahead of its time, especially being first show aired in  a period of television history in childrens television was primarily a waste-land of Saturday morning cartoons and insipid, mindless after-school shows. Despite Sesame Streets high emphasis on education, however, many  teachers and educational experts were horrified, predicting that the show would have an adverse effect on children, and grades would go down appreciably.  More than 20 years later, critics of childrens television now had something else to complain about - a big purple dinosaur named Barney had come to roost on PBS  and he had his own show, Barney and Friends. Developed and produced by Texan Sheryl Leach, Barney and Friends, with its sweet platitudes, low-key pace and messages about friendship, caring  and love, was nothing like Sesame Street. Instead of the sophistication of Sesame Street (which, interestingly enough, had gone from horrifying waste of time to a beneficial teaching tool in  its two decades of existence), Barneys Pollyanna outlook on life ranged from annoying to insipid, or at least so most parents thought. The kids on the show, too, didnt seem  real - they overacted, they couldnt dance and they couldnt sing. Although pre-schoolers and even kindergartners loved Barney, their parents were, for the most part, ready to string him from