The Barkleys
The Barkleys is an American animated television series produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises and distributed by Viacom, which aired on NBC from September 9 to December 2, 1972.
Premise
Taking inspiration from the CBS sitcom All in the Family, the cartoon features an anthropomorphic family of dogs consisting of Arnie, a bus driver and his wife Agnes. They had two teenagers, Terry and Roger and one younger child, Chester.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 " There's No Place Like Home".
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.
- Associate Producers: Joe Ruby, Ken Spears
- Produced by David H. DePatie, Friz Freleng
Voice cast
- Henry Corden as Arnie Barkley
- Joan Gerber as Agnes Barkley
- Julie McWhirter as Terry Barkley
- Gene Andrusco as Chester Barkley
- Steve Lewis as Roger Barkley
- Michael Bell, Bob Frank, Bob Holt, Don Messick, and Frank Welker as additional voices
Episodes