Pilot (Where's Huddles?)

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

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

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
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

• The Rhinos
• The Lions

Locations

• Huddles residence
• McCoy residence
• Football stadium
  • Locker room

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."

In other languages

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