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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 – 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
assigned the task of developing a mystery-based cartoon series for Saturday mornings, the result of which was "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!". They were also writers and producers for DePatie–Freleng Enterprises, particularly for "The Barkleys" and "The Houndcats".
Ruby-Spears Productions was founded in 1977 while Ruby and Spears were network executives at ABC supervising the Saturday morning programing. ABC Entertainment president Fred Silverman wanted to create competition for Hanna-Barbera, which then provided the bulk of the