Viraldice: The Actor Who Played Barney the Dinosaur Is Now a Tantric Sex Therapist

The Actor Who Played Barney the Dinosaur Is Now a Tantric Sex Therapist

o you remember Barney?

For most of the nineties and early aughts, he was the dinosaur from "our imagination," that led children on imaginary but educational excursions that ended with the proclamation, "I love you."

I, for one, hated Barney. He was a weird-looking purple Tyrannosaurus Rex, and I always thought his voice rode the cusp between weird and just plain creepy.

As you can guess, I was one of “those” children. You know, the obstinate ones that hate everything just for the sake of hating it. If they’d made a show about fairies that magically reached out the TV and gave you ice cream – three scoops – I’d hate it too.

Despite all my obstinacy, however, Barney marked a magical period in my life. It was that hazy time when everything seemed much less stressful than it is now, and there was always the hope of a Happy Meal complete with toy around the corner.

It was the same for many other children, particularly those that came of age in the 90’s. For them, Barney was the symbol of childhood, and he was played by actor David Joyner, who donned the suit from 1991 to 2001.

(Barney’s voice was mostly provided by actor Bob West, however.)

 

Before Joyner donned the 70-pound purple suit – which, by the way, could reach 120 degrees inside during the long filming hours – he worked as a software Analyst.

He also had a very interesting side hobby – tantra…