Barney creator Sheryl Leach originally connived Barney as a bear until she noticed her son's enthusiasm for dinosaurs during a visit to a museum and decided to make Barney a dinosaur.
The first Backyard Gang video to be released.
The videos were a major success in the creators' hometown of Dallas, Texas, but only a moderate success elsewhere in the United States.
Chronologically, this is actually the second video in the early trilogy of the Backyard Gang videos, despite it being released first.
According to Brian Eppes, production for The Backyard Show (1988), Three Wishes (1989), and A Day at the Beach (1989) began production at the summer of 1988 in one time.