Pilot (Where's Huddles?)

Pilot
Bubba accidentally destroys Pertwee's car
Premiere date	1970
Run time	24:29
Writer(s)	Iwao Takamote
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"Pilot" is the first episode of Where's Huddles? season one. It was produced in 1970. It was written by Iwao Takamote, and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

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

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Ed Huddles	Cliff Norton
Pom Pom Huddles	Jean Vander Pyl
Fumbles	Don Messick
Bubba McCoy	Mel Blanc
Penny McCoy	Jean Vander Pyl
Marge Huddles	Marie Wilson
Freight Train	Herb Jeffries
Pertwee	Paul Lynde
Mechanic	Unavailable
Pertwee's relatives	N/A
Sportscaster	Dick Enberg
Audience	N/A
Doctors	N/A
Tackle Makowsky	N/A
Referee	N/A
Coach	Joe Besser

Organizations

• The Rhinos
• Unnamed football team

Locations

• Huddle residence
• McCoy residence
• Football stadium
  • Locker room

Vehicles

• Pertwee's car

Behind the scenes

• The Pilot episode was actually later reworked into the episode "The Ramblin' Wreck".
• Some notable differences from the series that were later reworked include the following:
  • Marge and Penny not only had different designs, 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 invented into the show, as she was absent for the pilot but present for the later reworked episode "The Ramblin Wreck".

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning