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Pilot
	; Bubba accidentally destroys Pertwee's car
Premiere date	1970
Run time	24:29
Writer(s)	Iwao Takamoto
Director(s)	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
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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.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

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
Night Train	Herb Jeffries
Pertwee	Paul Lynde
Freight Train's mother
Mechanic	Don Messick
Mrs. Pertwee
Pertwee's relatives	N/A
Sportscaster	Dick Enberg
Audience	N/A
Doctors	N/A
Tackle Makowsky	N/A
Referee	N/A
Coach	Joe Besser
Paramedic #1	Allan Melvin
Paramedic #2	Don Messick

Organizations

Locations

Huddle residence
McCoy residence
Football stadium
- Locker room

Objects

Vehicles

Pertwee's Cannelloni DTG

Production

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."

Music

Behind the scenes

Errors

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

References

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+:''This article is about the ''[[Where's Huddles?]]'' pilot pitch. For other uses, see ''[[Pilot]].''
 {{Infobox episode
 |name= Pilot
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 |caption= [[Bubba McCoy|Bubba]] accidentally destroys [[Claude Pertwee|Pertwee]]'s car
 |prodno=
-|premiere= 1970
+|premiere= [[1970]]
 |run_time= 24:29
-|writers= [[Iwao Takamote]]
+|writers= [[Iwao Takamoto]]
 |directors= [[William Hanna]]<br />[[Joseph Barbera]]
 |previous= Pilot (Where's Huddles?)
 |next= The Old Swimming Hole
 }}
-'''"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]].
+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.
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 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Marie Wilson]]
 |-
-|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Freight Train]]
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Freight Train|Night Train]]
 |style="background-color:#aaffaa"| [[Herb Jeffries]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Claude Pertwee|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"| Unavailable
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
+|-
+|style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| [[Mrs. Pertwee]]
 |-
 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Pertwee's relatives
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 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Coach MadDog|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
 |-
 {{CastBottom}}
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 ==Organizations==
 * [[The Rhinos]]
-* Unnamed football team
+* [[The Lions]]
 ==Locations==
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 ==Vehicles==
-* Pertwee's car
+* Pertwee's Cannelloni DTG
 ==Production==
 ===Development===
-==Music==
-==Release==
-==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 Huddles|Marge]] and [[Penny McCoy|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 invented into the show, as she was absent for the pilot but present for the later reworked episode "The Ramblin Wreck".
+** 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."
+==Music==
+==Behind the scenes==
+*
 ==Errors==
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 <references/>
+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
 [[Category:Where's Huddles? episodes]]
+[[Category:Where's Huddles?]]