In June 2009 John Culhane wrote the following introduction for this interview:
“I have met all of Art Babbitt’s wives and admire them all immensely. Almost forty years ago, I researched my New York Times article on Hanna and Barbera: The Kings of Saturday Morning (The Men Behind Dastardly & Muttley, Nov. 23, 1969) while staying with Art and his third and last wife, the actress and eccentric dancer, Barbara Perry. She used to bring a nosh up to me every night at bedtime, and that was Barbara: A giver of delights.[...]"
