The Barkleys

The Barkleys is an American animated television series that aired in 1972 on NBC and was produced by DePatie–Freleng Enterprises.

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 (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).

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".

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

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

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.

Home Media Releases
Despite the series falling into the public domain in the 2000s (due to then-owner Marvel Productions, who acquired DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, failing to renew the copyright in time), there wouldn't be any home media releases until October 2015, when Film Chest Media Group released The Barkleys and The Houndcats – 2 DVD Classic Animation Set on DVD in Region 1. This collection features all 13 episodes of the series on DVD.