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Background

The Lyons Group was founded in 1988 by Richard C. Leach (father-in-law of Barney creator Sheryl Leach) as a division of his religious/educational publishing company DLM (Developmental Learning Materials). The company produced as well as handled distribution of Barney and the Backyard Gang, the predecessor to Barney and Friends. In 1994, Leach founded another company, Lyrick Studios; Lyons was renamed to Lyons Partnership and made an in-name subsidiary of Lyrick. In 2001, Lyrick was bought by HIT Entertainment (Lyons Partnership still exists under copyright holders, however).

Logo (October 13, 1988-1992)

Visuals: On a stitched white background with barely visible stitching lines, a silver rectangle outline rests in the center of the screen. "THE", in a silver gradient colored serif font, flashes in the top left of the rectangle, and then the cursive script text "Lyons" in either a blue or teal color, writes out over the rectangle, occasionally poking through the borders and casting a grey shadow below it. Once the script finishes writing, the text "GROUP", in the same font and color as "THE" but larger, flashes in the bottom right of the outline.

Technique: 2D computer animation.

Audio: A rising 2 note synthesized string stinger plays out, followed by an Irish-styled whimsical flute tune, finishing with a final string sting. A synth piano plays out in the background.

Audio Variant: On very early prints of The Backyard Show and Three Wishes, the same toy piano rendition of "I Love You" from the Kids Edutainment Video logo is heard, followed by Sandy Duncan's line "Love you!" at the end.

Availability:

Seen at the end of VHS releases of Barney and the Backyard Gang. The 1992 re-prints of those tapes (without any previews) also have this logo.
Later Barney videos (as well as post-1992 re-prints of the Backyard Gang videos) instead use the Barney Home Video logos.

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+'''Visuals:''' On a stitched white background with barely visible stitching lines, a silver rectangle outline rests in the center of the screen. "'''THE'''", in a silver gradient colored serif font, flashes in the top left of the rectangle, and then the cursive script text "''Lyons''" in either a blue or teal color, writes out over the rectangle, occasionally poking through the borders and casting a grey shadow below it. Once the script finishes writing, the text  "'''GROUP'''", in the same font and color as "'''THE'''" but larger, flashes in the bottom right of the outline.
-'''Visuals:''' In a silver rectangular outline on a gray background with a barely visible line pattern, the word "<span style="background:linear-gradient(180deg,gray,silver,white); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">'''THE'''</span>" flashes on the top left, then "''{{color|blue|Lyons}}''" writes itself in a blue script font, and finally, "<span style="background:linear-gradient(180deg,gray,silver,white); -webkit-background-clip:text !important; -webkit-text-fill-color:transparent;">'''GROUP'''</span>" flashes on the bottom right.
 '''Technique:''' 2D computer animation.
-'''Audio:''' A synthesized string and flute fanfare sounding like an Irish tune.
+'''Audio:''' A rising 2 note synthesized string stinger plays out, followed by an Irish-styled whimsical flute tune, finishing with a final string sting. A synth piano plays out in the background.
 '''Audio Variant:''' On <u>very early prints of ''The Backyard Show'' and ''Three Wishes''</u>, the same toy piano rendition of "I Love You" from the [[Kids Edutainment Video]] logo is heard, followed by Sandy Duncan's line "Love you!" at the end.
 '''Availability:'''
 * Seen at the end of VHS releases of ''Barney and the Backyard Gang''. The 1992 re-prints of those tapes (without any previews) also have this logo.
 * Later ''Barney'' videos (as well as post-1992 re-prints of the ''Backyard Gang'' videos) instead use the [[Barney Home Video]] logos.