Barkley (Muppet character)

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Barkley, originally named Woof-Woof, was a dog character on the children's television program Sesame Street.

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

Owned by deaf librarian Linda, the character made its formal television debut in the tenth season of the show. Its name was changed by popular vote from "Woof-Woof" to "Barkley" in the first episode of season ten. It is of note that producers and Towson spelt the original name "Woov-Woov".

Around this time, Towson's contract ran out, and Bruce Connelly replaced him.

Barkley was used in the show's closing credit sequence from 1980-1992, in which he and a group of children played in Central Park.^{[citation needed]}

Also, in the Album "Hot Hot Hot Dance Songs", Barkley and Prarie Dawn sang a song called Do the Dog

Barkley remained a major recurring character on the show until the mid- to late-1990s, and rarely appears currently.

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