It was a scene almost straight out of the 1984 film "Ghostbusters" — or maybe even "Godzilla." A giant, inflatable figure of the purple children's character Barney got out of its handlers' control, ...

NEW YORK — Alright, it wasn’t Godzilla reincarnated – but it was really dangerous. Strong wind gusts tearing across 5th Avenue made Barney the Purple Dinosaur violently twist and buck, as brave ...

While the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade is an annual delight, a previous "tragedy" on the parade route involving Barney the Dinosaur has resurfaced online. The incident occurred in the 1997 parade ...

“The beginning of millennial trauma that continues to this day,” one TikTok commenter wrote Between a new animated kids’ show on Max and a new documentary podcast series, Barney is definitely back in ...

Since 1927, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade has been an American tradition as beloved as watching football and drunkenly fighting with your racist uncle. (Or, reading tips for dealing with fake ...

The 1997 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade started off like any other, with a procession of balloons shaped like kids’ favorite cartoon characters lining the streets. A giant purple Barney the dinosaur ...

Over nearly a century of this New York City tradition, its big bright balloons have had plenty of blowouts Kate Hogan was Director of Digital Specials and Features at PEOPLE. She started at PEOPLE in ...

A view of the Monkey D. Luffy by One Piece balloon. Getty It wasn’t a Barney level of puncture, but the One Piece balloon at today’s Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade suffered a flesh wound when its hat ...

Between a new animated kids’ show on Max and a new documentary podcast series, Barney is definitely back in the public consciousness, inspiring fond memories as well as ironic nostalgia. But as ...