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The Offensives
	; Ed, Bubba and Freight start their performance in front of a live audience.
Premiere date	July 22, 1970
Writer(s)	Harvey Bullock; Ray Allen; Iwao Takamoto
Director(s)	William Hanna; Joseph Barbera
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Latest revision as of 20:43, 15 March 2023

This article is about the episode. For the singing group, see The Offensives (singing group).

"The Offensives" is the fourth episode of Where's Huddles? season one. It aired on July 22, 1970 on CBS. It was written by Harvey Bullock, Ray Allen and Iwao Takamoto, and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Ed, Bubba and Freight start a new singing group called "The Offensives", but MadDog puts up a "no moonlighting policy", so they must not let MadDog find out about their moonlighting plan.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

MadDog: SIX MONTH SUSPENSION!

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Ed Huddles	Cliff Norton
Fumbles	Don Messick
Bubba McCoy	Mel Blanc
Penny McCoy	Marie Wilson
Marge Huddles	Jean Vander Pyl
Irving Larson Show host	Unavailable
Irving Larson	Don Messick
Masher Makowsky	Unavailable
Claude Pertwee	Paul Lynde
Beverly	Don Messick
Sportscaster	Dick Enberg
Freight Train	Herb Jeffries
Referee	N/A
Audience	N/A
Coach MadDog	Alan Reed
Pom Pom Huddles	Jean Vander Pyl
Secretary	Jean Vander Pyl
Pertwee Famous	Paul Lynde
Deano
Annie Pertwee
Englebird Jones (poster)	N/A
Athletes	Unavailable
Show host	Unavailable
Mrs. Maloney	Jean Vander Pyl
Host	Unavailable

Organizations

Locations

Earth
- United States
  - Huddles residence
  - McCoy residence
  - Football stadium
  - Annie Pertwee's Recording Company (mentioned)
  - Record Your Voice
  - Boo-Teek
  - Pertwee Famous Records
  - The Boiler Factory

Objects

Vehicles

Uncle Pertwee's car

Production

Development

Music

Release

Dates are in order of release:

United States: July 22, 1970 on CBS

Behind the scenes

The Irving Larson Show appears to be a parody of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

Errors

For one frame while The Offensives are performing in front of a live audience, Ed's entire face is mistakenly colored brown.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning

Home availability

In the United States:
- July 26, 2016: Warner Archive Collection releases Where's Huddles?: The Complete Series on DVD.
- This episode, alongside the complete series, is available to buy on YouTube starting on February 4, 2018.

References

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 '''"The Offensives"''' is the fourth episode of ''[[Where's Huddles?]]'' season one. It aired on [[July 22]], [[1970]] on [[CBS]]. It was written by [[Harvey Bullock]], [[Ray Allen]] and [[Iwao Takamoto]], and directed by [[William Hanna]] and [[Joseph Barbera]].
-Ed, Bubba and Freight start a new singing group called "The Offensives", but MadDog put's up a "no moonlighting policy", so they must not let MadDog find out about their moonlighting plan.
+Ed, Bubba and Freight start a new singing group called "The Offensives", but MadDog puts up a "no moonlighting policy", so they must not let MadDog find out about their moonlighting plan.
 ==Detailed summary==
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+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Irving Larson Show host
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+|-
+|style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Irving Larson]]
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
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 |style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| [[Mrs. Maloney]]
-|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
+|style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Jean Vander Pyl
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 *** [[Boo-Teek]]
 *** [[Pertwee Famous Records]]
+*** [[The Boiler Factory]]
 ==Objects==
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 ==Vehicles==
-* Uncle Pertwee Famous' car
+* Uncle Pertwee's car
 ==Production==
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 ==Behind the scenes==
-* [[The Armin Larson Show]] appears to be a parody of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''.
+* [[The Irving Larson Show]] appears to be a parody of ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson''.
 ==Errors==
-* For one frame while [[The Offensives (singing group)|The Offensives]] are performing in front of a live audience, [[Ed Huddles|Ed]]'s entire face is mistakenly colored brown.
+* For one frame while The Offensives are performing in front of a live audience, Ed's entire face is mistakenly colored brown.
 ==Critical reception==
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 ==Home availability==
 * In the United States:
-** July 26, 2016: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''[[Where's Huddles?: The Complete Series]]'' on DVD.
+** [[July 26]], [[2016]]: [[Warner Archive Collection]] releases ''[[Where's Huddles?: The Complete Series]]'' on DVD.
-** This episode, alongside the complete series, is available to buy on YouTube starting on February 4, 2018.
+** This episode, alongside the complete series, is available to buy on YouTube starting on [[February 4]], [[2018]].
 ==References==
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+[[Category:Hanna-Barbera]]
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