Please welcome to the stage: David Joyner, aged 53, who 16 years on, has explained what it was like to play Barney, and how he got the job.
"Being inside this costume is pretty cool," he began. "Now Barney is about 70 pounds, and it can get over 120 degrees inside, so inside you're sweating profusely. It's a T-Rex, so you're basically up to your elbows in being able to move, and then also, Barney's feet were huge."