![]() Maybe you can follow the example of David Joyner and become a huge part of pop culture history. If your artistic calling leads you to the friendly shores of costumed children’s entertainment, don’t run away out of fear that you might vanish into obscurity or never make a decent wage. Just the residuals alone were impressive enough to pay for Joyner’s first house, the white stucco home of his dreams, an achievement he’s still proud of. According to Business Insider, the earnings from the residual checks were big enough to make Joyner’s jaw drop to the floor - his real jaw, not the funny purple one - and he managed to put that money to good use. If you’re an aspiring actor, and you’re busy scouring online job postings in search of a sweet gig like playing Barney, what kind of paycheck can you expect to earn? It’s hard not to wonder: Was Joyner’s time as the world’s favorite purple playmate a minimum wage kinda deal, or some sketchy, under-the-table business, or did he earn a decent salary?Īs it turns out, playing Barney was actually a really smart financial decision on Joyner’s part. He’s still earning money from his Barney days Joyner admitted to being a bit hesitant about taking on another costumed role but couldn’t resist when producers called him “the Michael Jordan of costumed characters.” These days, he seems to love Hip Hop Harry just as much as he loved Barney, posting pictures on his Twitter feed of himself as Harry filling up his car’s gas tank, and proving that even big, fluffy children’s TV characters have to deal with real-life chores. In an interview with Herald & Review, Joyner describes the rapping, dancing bear as having “more swagger to his walk he actually has a little bit of street to him.” It helps that Harry’s costume allows much fuller, more expressive, more mobile body language than the stiff old Barney costume did, which must be a relief. Yeah, you heard that right.īut Hip Hop Harry is no Barney Lite because Joyner’s approach to playing the character is completely different. In the 21st century, he has swapped out those antiquated purple scales for yellow fur, a sideways cap, and gold bling - thus becoming Hip Hop Harry, an anthropomorphic bear who does educational rap videos. Though Joyner’s dinosaur years are long behind him, he never stopped being the man in the costume. He became a rapping bear named Hip Hop Harry Do you want a conspiracy theory that’s halfway believable? If someone claimed Joyner had traveled to Area 51 and received superpowers from aliens, that might be closer. ![]() The docuseries I Love You, You Hate Me explores the strange backlash to Barney & Friends. Joyner’s obviously alive obviously didn’t go to prison, and both dumb rumors were thoroughly debunked by Snopes. Barney the purple dinosaur was the role of his life.
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