Charlie Barkin's parents

Troll Berserker · **Posted:** Sat Sep 18, 2010 8:50 am

Wow, nice find Cat!

I think that Lioni might be a Collie/GS mix and Burt being Great Dane/Retriever/German shepherd mix with more German shepherd in him, that's why Chalie looks almost purebreed.

Toshiko-Sama · **Posted:** Tue Jul 03, 2012 11:47 am

Charlie's parents were named Burt and Loni. They are the canine version of Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, who were together at the time.

angryunicorn · **Joined:** Wed Dec 28, 2005 10:41 am **Posts:** 3023

Toshiko-Sama wrote:

Charlie's parents were named Burt and Loni. They are the canine version of Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson, who were together at the time.

Thank you for not contributing to the topic xD

catwhohas14tails wrote:

**(Interesting tidbit. Burt and Loni were named after the actors Burt Reynolds (Charlie) and Loni Anderson (Flo), who were actually married at the time, but later on divorced. Hence the choice in their middle initials. Could this be a hint towards Charlie and Flo's relationship?)

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Charlie Barkin's parents