Introduced in the less-than-successful A Special Sesame Street Christmas, its original actor Toby Towson notes that Barkley was originally intended to exist as an acrobatic ape.

Owned by deaf librarian Linda, the character processed its formal television debut in the tenth year of the indicate. Its title changed in the coming episodes from either "Woof-Woof" to "Barkley". These are of note that producers & Towson spelt a original title "Woov-Woov".

As much as this instance, Towson's contract ran out, & Bruce Connelly replaced him.

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