Where's Huddles?

Where's Huddles?

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The short run Hanna-Barbera series ran for 9 episodes as a Summer replacement show on CBS in 1971 and then ...  More »

Cast:

Ed Huddles...Cliff Norton
Bubba McCoy...Mel Blanc
Penny McCoy...Marie Wilson
Claude Pertwee...Paul Lynde
Mad Dog Maloney...Alan Reed
Marge Huddles...Jean Vander Pyl
Freight Train...Herb Jeffries
Announcer...Dick Enberg

Studio:

Hanna-Barbera

Network:

CBS

Release History:

7/1/70 - 9/9/70 CBS
If two bumbling friends who often get involved in crazy schemes can make it as prime time cartoons once, why can't another pair of bumbling friends who often get involved in crazy schemes have the same success? Where's Huddles? was an animated series based on (or inspired by) The Flintstones produced and directed by the men, the legends--Hanna and Barbera.

Ed Huddles was a pro football quarterback who played for a team called the Rhinos. His best friend, Bubba McCoy, was also his teammate and neighbor and the two not-so-smart buddies were suckers for a get-rich-quick scheme. That caused endless headaches for their long-suffering wives, Marge and Penny.

Huddles and Marge had a daughter, Pom Pom (a weird hybrid of Pebbles and Bam Bam, maybe), but the McCoys were childless. The Huddles household also had a dog named Fumbles, voiced by the Don Messick, who had played other cartoon dogs like Scooby-Doo, Astro and Muttley. Pauly Lynde provided the voice for the Huddles' sarcastic and fussy neighbor, Claude Pertwee.

By reuniting many of the voice talents from The Flintstones, Hanna-Barbera hoped that the series would get picked up for the regular fall lineup but they weren't so lucky. Where's Huddles aired only 10 episodes over the summer of 1970 and then quietly left the field.

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