The Old Swimming Hole

"The Old Swimming Hole" is the first episode of Where's Huddles? season one. It aired on July 1, 1970 on CBS. It was written by Harvey Bullock, Ray Allen and Iwao Takamoto, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the show and the co-founders of Hanna-Barbera Productions.

Ed wants to build a swimming pool with Bubba's help, however it isn't going to be easy for the two because of Pertwee getting in the way of building the pool. Later, they have an argument about the pool and come into agreement of demising the pool.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Claude Pertwee
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Paul Lynde
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Marge Huddles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Fumbles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Beverly
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ed Huddles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Cliff Norton
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bubba McCoy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Mel Blanc
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Coach MadDog
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pom Pom Huddles
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Mr. Cool
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| People in construction vehicles
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Uncle Judge Pertwee
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Freight Train
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herb Jeffries
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Penny McCoy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marie Wilson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bubba's friends and relatives
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Audience
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Sportscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dick Enberg
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Uncle Judge Pertwee
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Freight Train
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Herb Jeffries
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Penny McCoy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Marie Wilson
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Bubba's friends and relatives
 * style="background-color:#ffff00"| N/A
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Audience
 * 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"| Sportscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dick Enberg
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Dick Enberg

Organizations

 * The Rhinos
 * The Bears

Locations

 * Huddle residence
 * McCoy residence
 * Pertwee's residence
 * Football stadium
 * Locker room

Objects

 * Shovels
 * Bags of cement
 * Football

Vehicles

 * The Huddles car
 * Construction vehicles

Behind the scenes

 * This episode is very similar to The Flintstones episode "The Swimming Pool".

Everlasting influence

 * Issue one of the Where's Huddles? comics from Gold Key had a story titled "The Cool Pool", which seems to recreate this episode with a slightly different plot.

Home availability

 * This episode is on the DVD Where's Huddles?: The Complete Series, part of the Hanna-Barbera Classic Collection series. It was released by Warner Home Video in the United States on July 26, 2016.
 * This episode, alongside the complete series, is available to buy on YouTube starting on February 4, 2018.