The Barkleys

*The Barkleys*
The Barkleys
Genre	Animation
Created by	David H. DePatie; Friz Freleng; Joe Ruby
Written by	Heywood Kling; Dennis Marks; David Evans
Voices of	Henry Corden; Joan Gerber; Julie McWhirter; Steve Lewis
Composer	Doug Goodwin
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	13
Production
Producer	Friz Freleng
Editors	Roger Donley; Allan R. Potter; Joe Siracusa; Rick Steward
Production company	DePatie-Freleng Enterprises
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	September 9, 1972 –; September 1, 1973

The Barkleys is an American animated television series that ran from 1972 to 1973 on NBC and was produced by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises.

Premise

The cartoon - inspired by the CBS sitcom All in the Family - featured an anthropomorphic dog family consisting of Arnie, a bus driver (voiced by Henry Corden) and his wife Agnes (voiced by Joan Gerber). They had two teenagers, Terry and Roger (voiced by Julie McWhirter and Steve Lewis respectively) and one younger child, Chester (voiced by Gene Andrusco).^[1]

The theme song's lyrics ended with the advice "Just remember Arnie Barkley's bark is worse than his bite." This meant that Arnie's grouchy, unsociable front concealed a softer heart which he rarely allowed to show. 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 NBC 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 on the classic TV network Retro TV on Saturday mornings.

(The Barkleys is presumably in the public domain because production company DePatie-Freleng Enterprises folded into Marvel Productions in 1981, and the Marvel empire was purchased by The Walt Disney Company in 2009. Most likely, Marvel failed to renew the copyrights on The Barkleys when they expired in 2000, and Disney - very likely unaware this show was now a part of their vast library - failed to take any further action to renew the copyrights.)

Voices

Henry Corden - Arnie Barkley*
Joan Gerber - Agnes Barkley
Julie McWhirter - Terry Barkley
Gene Andrusco - Chester Barkley
Steve Lewis - Roger Barkley
Michael Bell - *
Bob Frank -
Bob Holt -
Don Messick -
Frank Welker -

Episode list

Match Breaker / 9.Sep.1972
Finders Weepers / 16.Sep.1972
Lib And Let Lib / 23.Sep.1972
Half-Pint Hero / 30.Sep.1972
No Place for a Lady / 7.Oct.1972
For the Love of Money / 14.Oct.1972
Keeping Up with the Beagles / 21.Oct.1972
Play No Favorites / 28.Oct.1972
Law and Missorder / 4.Nov.1972
The Great Disc Jockey / 11.Nov.1972
Barkley Beware / 18.Nov.1972
Arnie Come Clean / 25.Nov.1972
The Talent Agency Caper / 2.Dec.1972

DVD release

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] This collection features all 13 episodes of the series on DVD for the very first time.

Staff

Created for Television by David H. DePatie, Isadore "Friz" Freleng
In Association With Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
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
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.
THIS PICTURE MADE UNDER THE JURISDICTION OF IATSE-IA AFFILIATED WITH A.F.L.-C.I.O.
COPYRIGHT © MCMLXXII DePATIE-FRELENG ENTERPRISES, INC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Associate Producers: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
Produced by David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng
DFE FILMS
A DePATIE-FRELENG PRODUCTION

References

External links

The Barkleys at IMDb
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The Barkleys at Don Markstein's Toonopedia. Archived from the original on August 27, 2015.

[1] The Barkleys - TV Acres.com

[2] 2-DVD Set with DePatie-Freleng's 'The Barkleys' and 'The Houndcats'

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v t e DePatie–Freleng Enterprises
Founders	David H. DePatie Friz Freleng
Theatrical shorts (original)	The Pink Panther (1964–1980) The Inspector (1965–1969) Roland and Rattfink (1968–1971) The Ant and the Aardvark (1969–1971) Tijuana Toads (1969–1972) The Blue Racer (1972–1974) Hoot Kloot (1973–1974) The Dogfather (1974–1976)
Commissioned by Warner Bros.	Merrie Melodies/Looney Tunes (theatrical, 1964–1967) Bugs Bunny's Easter Special (CBS/TV special, 1977) Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales (CBS/TV special, 1979)
Television shorts	Misterjaw (1976) Crazylegs Crane (1978)
Television shows	The Super 6 (NBC, 1966–1969) Super President (NBC, 1967–1968) Here Comes The Grump (NBC, 1969–1970) The Pink Panther Show (NBC, 1969–1971) Doctor Dolittle (NBC, 1970–1971) The New Pink Panther Show (NBC, 1971–1976) The Barkleys (NBC, 1972–1973) The Houndcats (NBC, 1972–1973) Bailey's Comets (CBS, 1973–1975) The Oddball Couple (ABC, 1975–1977) Return to the Planet of the Apes (NBC, 1975–1976) The Pink Panther Laugh and a Half-Hour and a Half Show (NBC, 1976–1977) Baggy Pants and the Nitwits (NBC, 1977–1978) What's New, Mr. Magoo? (CBS, 1977–1979) Think! Pink Panther (NBC, 1978) The All New Pink Panther Show (ABC, 1978–1979) The Fantastic Four (NBC, 1978–1979) Spider-Woman (ABC, 1979–1980)
Television specials	The Bear Who Slept Through Christmas (NBC/TV special, 1973) My Mom's Having a Baby (ABC/TV special, 1977) Where Do Teenagers Come From? (ABC/TV special, 1980)
Dr. Seuss Television specials	The Cat in the Hat (CBS/TV special, 1971) The Lorax (CBS/TV special, 1972) Dr. Seuss on the Loose (CBS/TV special, 1973) The Hoober-Bloob Highway (CBS/TV special, 1975) Halloween Is Grinch Night (ABC/TV special, 1977) Pontoffel Pock, Where Are You? (ABC/TV special, 1980) The Grinch Grinches the Cat in the Hat (ABC/TV special, 1982)
See also	Marvel Productions Ltd. Saban Entertainment Here Comes the Grump (film) 1982 animators' strike

v t e Children's programming on NBC in the 1970s
First-run animated series	Tennessee Tuxedo and His Tales Here Comes the Grump The Pink Panther Show (1969–1978) The Underdog Show The Further Adventures of Dr. Dolittle The Houndcats The Roman Holidays The Barkleys Sealab 2020 Around the World in Eighty Days Inch High, Private Eye The Addams Family Emergency +4 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids Star Trek: The Animated Series (1973–1975) Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch The Secret Lives of Waldo Kitty Return to the Planet of the Apes (1975–76) CB Bears The Young Sentinels The New Archie and Sabrina Hour (1977) I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali Baggy Pants and the Nitwits Yogi's Space Race Galaxy Goof-Ups Buford and the Galloping Ghost The Godzilla Power Hour Fantastic Four The New Fred and Barney Show Casper and the Angels (1979–80) Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979-80) The New Shmoo (1979-80) The Super Globetrotters The New Adventures of Flash Gordon (1979–80)
First-run live-action series	H.R. Pufnstuf The Banana Splits Adventure Hour Barrier Reef The Bugaloos (1970–1972) Mr. Wizard Runaround Sigmund and the Sea Monsters Go Run, Joe, Run Land of the Lost (1974–1977) Westwind McDuff, the Talking Dog Monster Squad Big John, Little John (1976–77) The Kids From C.A.P.E.R. Muggsy Thunder Search and Rescue The Red Hand Gang The Krofft Superstar Hour
Rebroadcasts	The Heckle and Jeckle Show The Flintstones (1966-70) The Woody Woodpecker Show Deputy Dawg The Jetsons (1977-81) Josie and the Pussycats (1973-76) Hong Kong Phooey (1978-81) Speed Buggy (1977-80) Space Ghost and Frankenstein Jr. and The Impossibles (1977-80) The Go-Go Globetrotters The Alvin Show (1979) The Daffy Duck Show Jonny Quest (1979-81)
Related	Animation in the United States in the television era