Why Burt Reynolds ‘wanted to kill’ Sandy Duncan over ‘Barney’ appearance
Sandy Duncan has had an illustrious Hollywood profession, however she could also be remembered by a sure era for her appearance on “Barney.”
NEW YORK, NY – FEBRUARY 19: Actress Sandy Duncan attends the “Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me” screening at Paley Center For Media on February 19, 2014 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)
Duncan took the function of “Mom” in an early iteration of the collection, a stint lasting three episodes that went straight to video.
“When I got there and saw what it was, I went, ‘Oh my God, what have I done?'” Duncan joked on the “Nostalgia Tonight With Joe Sibilia” podcast. “We filmed it, and it was very much a [children’s] show. It ended because I had to go back to work.”
Duncan opted not to reprise her function after the success of the video collection, which went on to turn out to be “Barney and Friends” on PBS, one thing she admits she regretted.
HOLLYWOOD – AUGUST 18: Barney the dinosaur greets the viewers throughout the Hollywood Radio and Television Society’s tenth Annual Kids Day 2004 present on August 18, 2004 at Hollywood and Highland’s grand ballroom in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Vince Bucci/Getty Images)
But her transient function went platinum in Burt Reynolds home. His son, Quinton, whom he adopted with spouse Loni Anderson in 1988, was a superfan of the VHS tape.
“We were at a big gathering, one of those events, and someone behind my back creeped up and whispered in my ear, ‘I wanted to kill you,'” Duncan revealed. It was Reynolds, and she or he defined, “Because he had a toddler, and he said, ‘All we have on television is you and Barney.'”
AUSTIN, TX – MARCH 12: Actor Burt Reynolds attends the screening of “The Bandit” during the 2016 SXSW Music, Film + Interactive Festival at Paramount Theater on March 12, 2016 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Mike Windle/Getty Images for SXSW)
Duncan has donated her share of children’s programming, including starring roles in “Peter Pan” on Broadway, and a live-action adaptation of “Pinocchio” for CBS. She additionally did voice work on “Scooby-Doo” and “The Fox and the Hound.”
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