Imagination Island (Fanmade Edition)

(NOTE: This is my own version of the video & in my world The I Love You Lawsuit doesn't exist.)'

Imagination Island (titled Bedtime with Barney: Imagination Island in its initial broadcast) is a 1994 special that premiered on NBC on April 24, 1994. Based on the children's television series Barney & Friends, it was the first Barney video to be on prime-time television. The special was later released on home video on October 4, 1994.

Plot
Min and Tosha are having a sleepover; and Tosha's mom reads them a story about a mystical place called "Imagination Island" unable to finish the story. When Barney comes to life, he shows the two girls that they can go on a sailing adventure if they use their imaginations. With that, Barney mystically takes the two girls on deck aboard a huge ship destined for Imagination Island. Along the way, they meet up with Shawn, Derek, Baby Bop, and BJ. As the ship sails closer to the island, a big storm causes a huge tidal wave to knock the ship up onto some palm trees on the island.

While Baby Bop and BJ stay on the ship, Barney and the children go explore the island. After hiking through the island's jungle, they eventually find a tropical house where they meet Professor Tinkerputt, a toy inventor who doesn't like to share his creations. He explains to the group the he moved to Imagination Island to be alone with his toys. The professor shows the group his new balloon maker that does not properly work. After Tosha realizes that her heart-shaped locket is the key to make the machine work, she gives the professor her locket. Through the process, Barney helps him understand that sharing with others makes people happy. By finally sharing different toys with the group, the professor realizes that making other people happy makes him happy too.

Wanting to leave the island himself, Tinkerputt agrees to help the explorers get off the island. After a moment of thinking, Tinkerputt gets an idea of how to get the ship out of the trees. They can fly back with help from his balloon machine.

The group returns to the ship where Tinkerputt inflates many balloons to attach to the ship. Tinkerputt takes control of the ship, and the ship flies up to the sky. Baby Bop and BJ return home, and Barney reminds the kids the importance of home.

Later, the ship reaches back home, and Barney and the kids leave. With Tosha and Min falling asleep, the ship sails off into the night sky with the professor heading to build a new toy factory.

Stories: "Imagination Island"

Cast

 * Barney (Voice: Bob West, Costume: David Joyner)
 * Baby Bop (Voice: Julie Johnson / Carol Farabee, Costume: Jeff Ayers)
 * BJ (Voice: Patty Wirtz, Costume: Jeff Brooks)
 * Tosha (Hope Cervantes)
 * Min (Pia Manalo)
 * Shawn (John David Bennett II)
 * Derek (Rickey Carter)
 * Tosha's Mom (J.D. Mosley)
 * Tosha's Dad (David J. Courtney)
 * Professor Tinkerputt (Barry Pearl)
 * Parrot Puppeteer (Ray Henry)

Songs

 * 1) "Just Imagine"
 * 2) Sea Medley:
 * 3) "Sailing, Sailing"
 * 4) "Row, Row, Row Your Boat"
 * 5) "Blow the Man Down"
 * 6) "My Blankey Lies Over the Ocean"
 * 7) "A Sailor Went to Sea, Sea, Sea"
 * 8) "That's What an Island Is"
 * 9) "Jungle Adventure"
 * 10) "Tinkerputt's Song"
 * 11) "If You're Happy and You Know It"
 * 12) "Just Imagine (reprise)"
 * 13) "It's Good to Be Home"/I Love You

Production
In June 1992, the same time that Barney & Friends was initially cancelled, Sheryl Leach (creator of Barney) and Kathy Parker (co-creator) were contacted by CBS about doing a fall prime-time special based on the show.

In April 1993, it surfaced that two television networks were bidding the rights to a prime time special based on Barney & Friends that was scheduled to be released in Winter 1994. In September 1993 it was announced that The Lyons Group was negotiating with four commercial networks for a prime-time Barney special that was now moved up to Spring 1994.

Production for this video took place in February 1994 at Mercury Studios in Las Colinas, Irving, Texas. During production of this video, a lawsuit revolving around the song "I Love You" occurred. Unlike other Barney videos, "I Love You" was not sung due to the lawsuit but also to give the video a separate identity.<

Casting
Julie Johnson was not on set during production due to an off Broadway gig she received at the time the video was being filmed. Carol Farabee replaced Julie Johnson as the voice of Baby Bop but soon later returned to dub over Carol Farabee's lines, due to the NBC network wanting the continuity to continue from the television series. This explains why both actresses were listed in the end credits for voicing that said character.

Book
Main Article: Imagination Island (book)

The video was adapted into a book of the same name. Released on April 12, 1994. It was adapted by Stephen White, who also contributed in writing to the special, and illustrated by Jay B. Johnson.

Broadcast
7.7 million American households watched the original broadcast on NBC. Airing at 7PM (EST), the airing on NBC was sponsored by JCPenney.

Home media

 * On April 12, 2002, this special was featured in the Blockbuster Exclusive video, Barney's Island Safari (along with Let's Go to the Zoo).
 * This video was released with the video The Land of Make-Believe in 2007 by 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and HIT Entertainment under the Kids' Double Features banner.

Music

 * In this TV special/video, some of the songs featured are included on the album, Barney's Favorites Vol. 2. The songs are "Just Imagine", "Jungle Adventure", "Sailing Medley", "Tinkerputt's Song", and the reprise of "Just Imagine".
 * Most home video releases claim that the special contains the song, "Our Friend Barney Had a Boat". That song was never sung in this TV special/video, not even during its original air date.
 * When the tape was reprinted in 1996, the song was properly removed from the song list. However, every home video release since 1999 has the song reinserted in the list.
 * Although the "Barney Theme Song" is not sung in this TV special/video, it is heard as an underscore when Barney fixes Tosha's bed, and Barney greets Tosha and Min.

Occurrences

 * This TV special/video marked:
 * The first video, in home video releases, to feature the "Please Stay Tuned" bumper.
 * Another time something happens to the Barney doll before coming to life.
 * The first appearance of the prototype Season 3 Barney costume.
 * The first appearance of the 1994 BJ costume]].
 * The first time BJ is shorter and performed by Jeff Brooks according to production order.
 * The first appearance of Professor Tinkerputt, who would later return in the stage show, Barney's Big Surprise.
 * The first video where Dennis DeShazer served as an executive producer solely on his own. This was not put into permanent use yet until Barney's Halloween Party.
 * The second time where a Barney Home Video does not take place at the school set. Instead, it takes place at nighttime in Tosha's Bedroom in Tosha's House.
 * The final video where Kathy Parker served as a co-producer prior to her split from the franchise that same year.
 * The final video until Best Fairy Tales to not feature the "I Love You" song.
 * This group (Derek, Min, Shawn, Tosha) also appeared in "May I Help You?".

Release

 * On the original NBC airing, an extended shot of Professor Tinkerputt looking out the window door accompanied with the final few notes of "Pop Goes the Weasel" was used. This short clip was edited out of all home video releases.
 * This TV special/video aired on NBC two years after the Barney & Friends episode, "Let's Help Mother Goose!", aired and one year after "Hoo's In The Forest?" aired on television.
 * The 2010 DVD release refers to this video as a movie as evidenced on the front cover (similar to the releases of Barney's Jungle Friends, Big World Adventure and A Very Merry Christmas for instance) despite Barney's Great Adventure being the only movie released during the series' original run.
 * Also, the cover received new artwork by showcasing the dinosaur's current costume performers at the time on the front.

Sequel

 * Following Imagination Island, Stephen White (writer of the video) thought of a sequel for the video that involved Rainbow Beard the Pirate, a character from the episode "The Treasure of Rainbow Beard", stealing all the colors from the Island. This idea never came to fruition.