The Ramblin' Wreck

The Ramblin' Wreck
Hasn't this happened before?
Premiere date	July 15, 1970
Writer(s)	Harvey Bullock Ray Allen Iwao Takamoto
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
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"The Ramblin' Wreck" is the third episode of Where's Huddles? season one. It aired on July 15, 1970 on CBS. It was written by Harvey Bullock, Ray Allen and Iwao Takamoto, and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera.

Ed and Bubba accidentally wreck Pertwee's Cannelloni DTG 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.

Memorable quotes

Pertwee: You hear that, Godzilla here thinks I misled my car.

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	Marie Wilson
Marge Huddles	Jean Vander Pyl
Freight Train	Herb Jeffries
Claude Pertwee	Paul Lynde
Beverly	Don Messick
Freight Train's mother
Taxi driver	N/A
Mechanic	Don Messick
George
Pertwee's relatives	N/A
Sportscaster	Dick Enberg
Audience	N/A
Doctors	N/A
Tackle Makowsky	N/A
Referee	N/A
Coach MadDog	Alan Reed
Paramedic #1	Allan Melvin
Paramedic #2	Don Messick

Organizations

• The Rhinos
• The Lions

Locations

• Earth
  • United States
    • Huddles residence
    • McCoy residence
    • Football stadium

Vehicles

• Pertwee's Cannelloni DTG
• Taxi

Production

Development

This episode was reworked from the Pilot Pitch.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: July 15, 1970 on CBS

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.