Pilot (Where's Huddles?)


 * This article is about the Where's Huddles? pilot pitch. For other uses, see Pilot.''

The Where's Huddles? pilot pitch was produced as a story reel/animatic made by Iwao Takamoto, Jerry Eisenberg, and Willie Ito to sell Where's Huddles? as a full-length series to CBS.

Ed and Bubba accidentally destroy Pertwee's car shortly after he leaves to go to a meeting, in return, Ed and Bubba must fix the car, however, Pertwee returns when his meeting was called off and assumes that his car was stolen.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ed Huddles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cliff Norton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pom Pom Huddles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fumbles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bubba McCoy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Penny McCoy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Marge Huddles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marie Wilson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Night Train
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herb Jeffries
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pertwee
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Lynde
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Freight Train's mother
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mechanic
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Mrs. Pertwee
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pertwee's relatives
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sportscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dick Enberg
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Audience
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctors
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tackle Makowsky
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Referee
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Coach
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Joe Besser
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paramedic #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Allan Melvin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paramedic #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Audience
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Doctors
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Tackle Makowsky
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Referee
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Coach
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Joe Besser
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paramedic #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Allan Melvin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paramedic #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paramedic #1
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Allan Melvin
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paramedic #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Paramedic #2
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick

Organizations

 * The Rhinos
 * The Lions

Locations

 * Huddle residence
 * McCoy residence
 * Football stadium
 * Locker room

Vehicles

 * Pertwee's Cannelloni DTG

Development

 * Some notable differences from the series that were later reworked include the following:
 * Marge and Penny not only had design differences, but also used one another's voice actor.
 * Freight Train was originally named "Night Train".
 * Coach MadDog went unnamed, had a different design including him not wearing glasses, and was voiced by Joe Besser instead of Alan Reed.
 * This pilot reveals that Beverly was the last main character to be introduced into the show, as she was absent for the pilot but present for the later reworked episode "The Ramblin' Wreck."

Aftermath
The animatic was later reworked into the episode "The Ramblin' Wreck."