▁" an ▁adult ▁human ▁man ▁who ▁dress es ▁up ▁in ▁bright ▁clothes ▁and ▁d ances ▁around ▁America ’ s ▁desert ed ▁soft ▁play ▁cent res ▁for ▁the ▁benefit ▁of ▁YouTube ". ▁The ▁first ▁B li ppi ▁video ▁was ▁published ▁on ▁January ▁ 2 7 , ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁with ▁John ▁st arring ▁as ▁B li ppi ▁and ▁doing ▁all ▁of ▁the ▁film ing , ▁editing ▁and ▁graphics ▁himself ▁on ▁the ▁initial ▁videos . ▁T aking ▁insp iration ▁from ▁children ' s ▁educ ators ▁and ▁entertain ers ▁before ▁him , ▁such ▁as ▁Mr . ▁Rog ers , ▁John ▁wished ▁to ▁port ray ▁B li ppi ▁as ▁educational , ▁but ▁also ▁as ▁thinking ▁and ▁acting ▁as ▁a ▁child ▁would . ▁ ▁The ▁videos ▁would ▁eventually ▁gar ner ▁a ▁large ▁following ▁with ▁over ▁a ▁billion ▁views ▁on ▁YouTube , ▁and ▁the ▁production ▁staff ▁expand ing . ▁The ▁B li ppi ▁team ▁would ▁begin ▁producing ▁videos ▁in ▁Spanish , ▁establish ▁B li ppi ▁To ys , ▁and ▁begin ▁offering ▁DVD s ▁and ▁digital ▁download s ▁from ▁the ▁B li ppi ▁website . ▁Although ▁B li ppi ' s ▁child like ▁de mean or ▁has ▁met ▁with ▁much ▁success ▁from ▁children , ▁some ▁parents ▁have ▁question ed ▁the ▁simpl istic ▁nature ▁of ▁the ▁character ▁in ▁regards ▁to ▁his ▁tone ▁and ▁repet itive ▁songs ▁about ▁things ▁such ▁as ▁garbage ▁tr uck s , ▁fire ▁tr uck s ▁and ▁p izza . ▁▁ ▁John ▁was ▁critic ized ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁when ▁he ▁performed ▁a