''The Barkleys'' is an American

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television series that aired in Autumn of 1972 on

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and was produced by

DePatie–Freleng Enterprises DePatie–Freleng Enterprises (also known as Mirisch-Geoffrey-DePatie-Freleng Productions when involved with the Mirisch brothers and Geoffrey Productions; and DFE Films) was an American animation production company that was active from 1963 to 1 ...

Premise

The cartoon – inspired by the

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sitcom ''

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'' – featured an

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dog family consisting of Arnie, a bus driver (voiced by

Henry Corden Henry Corden (born Henry Cohen; January 6, 1920 – May 19, 2005) was a Canadian-born American actor, best known for taking over the role of Fred Flintstone after Alan Reed's death in 1977. His official debut as Fred's new voice was in the 1 ...

) and his wife Agnes (voiced by

Joan Gerber Joan Gerber (July 29, 1935 – August 22, 2011) was an American voice actress who provided voices for a variety of cartoons. Her most challenging voice role was "all the children in a Japanese train wreck" for a ''Godzilla'' television episode ...

). They had two teenagers, Terry and Roger (voiced by

Julie McWhirter Julie McWhirter, also known as Julie Dees and Julie McWhirter-Dees (born October 12, 1947), is a retired American voice actress and impressionist best known for her work as Jeannie in the animated version of '' Jeannie'', Bubbles in ''Jabberjaw' ...

and Steve Lewis respectively) and one younger child, Chester (voiced by

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). The theme song's lyrics ended with the advice "Just remember Arnie Barkley's bark is worse than his bite." Doug Goodwin's theme song used part of "(Be It Ever So Humble) There's No Place Like Home".

Airings

The series was broadcast by

from September 9 to December 2, 1972. NBC continued to air reruns until September 1, 1973. Only 13 episodes were produced. The series resurfaced in 2016, airing Saturday mornings on the

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network. It is currently streaming daily on the Classic Toons channel on

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Cast

as Arnie Barkley *

as Agnes Barkley *

as Terry Barkley *

as Chester Barkley * Steve Lewis as Roger Barkley * Michael Bell * Bob Frank * Bob Holt *

Don Messick Donald Earle Messick (September 7, 1926 – October 24, 1997) was an American voice actor. He was best known for his performances in Hanna-Barbera cartoons. His best-remembered vocal creations include Scooby-Doo, Bamm-Bamm Rubble and Hoppy in ...

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Episodes

Home media

On October 20, 2015, Film Chest Media Group released ''The Barkleys and The Houndcats – 2 DVD Classic Animation Set'' on DVD in Region 1.2-DVD Set with DePatie-Freleng's 'The Barkleys' and 'The Houndcats'
This collection features all 13 episodes of the series on DVD.

Staff

* Created for Television by

David H. DePatie David Hudson DePatie (December 24, 1929 – September 23, 2021) was an American film and television producer who was the last executive in charge of the original Warner Bros. Cartoons studio and the longest-living until his death. He also formed ...

, Isadore "Friz" Freleng * In Association With

Joe Ruby Joseph Clemens Ruby (March 30, 1933 – August 26, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer, and music editor. He was best known as the creator of the animated ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise, together with Ken Spears. In 1977, they c ...

Ken Spears Charles Kenneth Spears (March 12, 1938 – November 6, 2020) was an American animator, writer, television producer and sound editor. He was best known as a co-creator of the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise, together with Joe Ruby. In 1977, they co-found ...

* Writers: Larry Rhine, Woody Kling, Dennis Marks, David Evans * Animation Director: David Detiege * Storyboard Directors: Gerry Chiniquy, Art Leonardi, Cullen Houghtaling, Paul Sommer * Layout Supervision and Design by Robert Taylor * Layouts: Cullen Houghtaling, Owen Fitzgerald, Richard Ung, Frank M. Gonzales, Nino Carbe, Wes Herschensohn * Animation: Don Williams, Manny Gould, Ken Muse, Norm McCabe, Warren Batchelder, Jim Davis, John Gibbs, Bob Richardson, Bob Matz, Bob Bransford, Reuben Timmins, Bob Bemiller * Background Supervised by Richard H. Thomas, Mary O'Loughlin * Film Editing Supervised by

Lee Gunther Lee Gunther (May 30, 1935 – August 25, 1998) was a co-founder of Marvel Productions and a film editor (which, in animation parlance, means sound effects editor) on more than 85 animated shorts in all. Career Starting at Warner Bros. in the 19 ...

* Film Editors: Joe Siracusa, Allan R. Potter, Roger Donley, Rick Steward * Title Design by Art Leonardi * Music by Doug Goodwin * Music Score Conducted by Eric Rogers * Music Recording Engineer: Eric A. Tomlinson * Executive in Charge of Production: Stan Paperny * Production Supervision: Harry Love * Camera: Ray Lee, Larry Hogan, John Burton Jr. * Production Mixer: Steve Orr * Sound by Producers' Sound Service, Inc. * Associate Producers:

* Produced by

Friz Freleng Isadore "Friz" Freleng (August 21, 1905May 26, 1995), credited as I. Freleng early in his career, was an American animator, cartoonist, director, producer, and composer known for his work at Warner Bros. Cartoons on the ''Looney Tunes'' and '' ...

References

External links

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