The Barkleys

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 fatures an anthropomorphic dog family consisting of Arnie, a bus driver (voiced by Henry Corden) and his wife Agnes (voiced by Joan Gerber), 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."

Airings
Thirteen episodes were aired on NBC before the series was cancelled.

All the episodes of The Barkleys fell into the public domain in 2000-2001 due to Marvel Productions failing to renew the copyright in time. When The Walt Disney Company aquired Marvel's assets in 2009, Disney must have been unaware this show was now part of their assets, and they didn't take further action to renew the copyrights.

DVD release
On October 20, 2015, Film Chest Media Group released The Barkleys and The Houndcats - 2 DVD Classic Animation Set in the United States. For the first time ever, all 13 episodes of the series were available for purchase on DVD.

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

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