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The History of Carrollton Tx from the view of The Pink house that sits on Beltline & Stemmons I-35
The History of Carrollton Tx from the view of The Pink house that sits on Beltline & Stemmons I-35 Carrollton Texas History from 1900 to the present. Find out what it was like during those years. Learn what Fox & Jacobs, Dr. Benjy Brooks, The Beatles invasion in Dallas in 1963, Bonnie & Clyde, the assignation of JFK, Josey rancho, Stanley Marcus, Neiman Marcus, Yves Saint Laurent, Mary Elizabeth Grimes, Maranatha Christian Book store and the Vintage House all have in common with Carrollton, Texas. Carrollton is rich with history! Find out just how much interesting history has occurred here!
Have you visited Saint Tacos in Carrollton, Farmers Branch and Las Colinas?
Dallas County Commissioner JJ Koch tries Saint Tacos for the first time!
Have you heard the news? Miss Carrollton was crowned Miss Texas for 2022!
Miss Carrollton, Averie Bishop has won the title of Miss Texas!!!
Did you know this giant purple dinosaur celebrity was a resident of Carrollton, Texas?
Lots of deep Texas roots in this post!
Did you know Carrollton, Texas was home to the world famous Barney the Dinosaur? Did you recognize where this segment was filmed? Barney was created by Sheryl Leach of Dallas, Texas. She was raised in Dallas, Texas by her father, who was the assistant superintendent of the Dallas Independent School District.
She was a graduate of Kimball High School in Dallas, Sheryl Leach holds a bachelor's degree in elementary education, with a specialty in Spanish from Southern Methodist University and a master's and honorary doctorate from Texas A&M University–Commerce. She came up with the idea of a children's program after noticing that her son outgrew Wee Sing Together, and then recognizing that there were no videos to appeal to her son. Leach then brought together a team who created a series of home videos, Barney and the Backyard Gang, initially released in 1988.
The first three videos starred actress Sandy Duncan. One day in 1991, the daughter of Connecticut Public Television executive Larry Rifkin rented one of the videos and was "mesmerized" by it. Rifkin thought the concept could be developed for PBS. Rifkin thought Barney had appeal because he was not as neurotic as Big Bird. He pitched it to CPTV president Jerry Franklin, whose preschool son also fell in love with it. Franklin and Rifkin pitched the idea to all of their colleagues with preschoolers, and they all agreed that kids would love a Barney show. Franklin and Rifkin convinced Leach to let CPTV revamp the concept for television.
The show debuted as Barney & Friends in 1992. Although the show was a runaway hit, PBS initially opted not to provide funding beyond the initial 30-episode run. For several years, the show was taped at the Color Dynamics Studios facility at Greenville Avenue & Bethany Drive in Allen, Texas, after which it moved to The Studios at Las Colinas in Irving, Texas, and then ended up calling the marvelous city of Carrollton their home.
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