Recently, Daniel Kaluuya confirmed that he would star in a film about Barney and his friends. Yeah, the enormous dinosaur botarga who appeared on our television in the 90s to have different adventures with a group of children at a school.
However. We might think that a Barney movie is the most terrible idea that any producer in Hollywood could come up with. However, they announced that this tape will have a narrative closer to A24 movies to represent the angst and anger of millennials.
That is, those who grew up watching Barney, and who in their 30s they find themselves anxious, sad, angry, frustrated and envisioning a rather grim future… Daniel Kaluuya, 34, said that the joke of this film is to see if “I love you, and you love me” could survive the passage of time.
As we can see, the film will have a more serious and interesting picture (or at least that’s what we hope). So we put together a list of children’s series similar to Barney, and that millennials probably saw, and that we would like to see on the big screen with a more existentialist story. What would they add?
Bear in the big blue house
This was one of the most beautiful children’s series that we saw towards the end of the 90s and the first years of the new millennium. Bear in the big blue house (Bear in the Big Blue House) It was one of Disney’s most successful productions of 1997 a 2002.
Its protagonist was Bear, a huge and furry bear with a great sense of smell. As the title indicates, this He lived in a huge house that he shared with other animals such as a couple of otters, a mouse, a bear and a lemur. As he went through a few rooms, he chatted with his friends and part of the audience.
One of the most iconic parts of Bear’s show was the closing, where the balcony of the house came out and next to the Moon, they sang a farewell song while images of the episode were shown and how beautiful her friendship with the rest of the characters is (take out the tissues now).
Bananas in Pyjamas
Bananas in Pyjamas (Bananas in Pyjamas) It was also one of the most popular series of the 90s. The names between the English and Spanish versions varied, but the story continued. a pair of bananas with arms and legs that were always…in pajamas.
Their names were Bananin and Bananon and they lived in a beautiful neighborhood in the Avenue of Hugs. Despite the fact that they were the main protagonists, they shared various adventures with some friends, in an animal form, such as Don Rat, Maruca the magpie, Tolochito the turtle and the bears Lula and Moncho.
One of the most iconic aspects of Bananas in Pyjamasthe thing is there was a narrator (pure voice) that guided us in the adventures that the protagonists lived and the different scenarios that they traveled through.
Zobomafoo
We know that Zaboomafoo it is not like such a bottarga Huge as Barney, Bear and the Bananas. But it was one of the best known and most successful titles with its two seasons between 1999 and 2001which we saw in Mexico on channel 11 of open television.
The protagonists were the Kratt brothers, who had a best friend named Zaboomafoo, a lemur (to be more specific, a silky sifaka) with whom they shared their knowledge of the world of animals. It was like watching Crocodile Hunter, but in a kid’s version.
The Kratt brothers arrived at a house in the middle of nature and they met the primate, whom they fed. Then it transformed into a talking muppet who told us about various animals and their most interesting characteristics.
Teletubbies
“Teletubby time. Teletubby Time“announced a horn in a magical world where four quite strange beings lived who did not speak, but communicated through various sounds while carrying out some activities.
The Teletubbies, a BBC production, was Tinky Winky, Laa-Laa, Dipsy y Po whose bodies were of different colors like purple, yellow, green and red, respectively. There were other more sporadic characters like the vacuum cleaner that seemed to be scared.
But the most popular, perhaps, was the sun baby, which announced the arrival and departure of the Teletubbies. in their bellies they had some screens where we saw real images of boys and girls who played, cooked, took care of their pets, went on vacations and more.
Lester Rat (Beakman’s World)
Without fear of being wrong, Beckman the beakman’s world he was the best teacher many millennials had in the 90s. He was a scientist with tousled hair, a green coat, and a lot of knowledge and experiments to show off.
Beckman was not alone. Throughout its four seasons, he was accompanied by other characters such as Lester, a laboratory rat that had to help the protagonist carry out experiments or investigationsbut he always refused until it culminated in Beakman’s promise to give him food.
