Barney [talking to Lily in San Francisco]: Yeah, yeah, yeah… Barney what are you doing here…I can’t believe it’s really you…Come in, have a seat…You want some tea…I know the apartment’s small but I ...
What made Barney, the purple dinosaur and nineties kids’-TV sensation, so infuriatingly loathsome? Was it his doofy voice and inane giggle, coming at you like a low-watt Pillsbury Doughboy? His ...