Summertime Touchdown.

"Where's Huddles?" was Hanna-Barbera's first prime-time series since "Jonny Quest." It ran for ten weeks in the summers of 1970 and 1971. Unfortunately, I was at summer camp both those years, so my comments on the show are limited.

I didn't get the chance to see it until Cartoon Network aired it during Super Bowl Weekend. Before that, I had only read about it in my books. The plot synopses of episodes, plus book illustrations of the characters made me realize that it was just a football -themed version of "The Flintstones." And, as Artytoons mentioned in a previous thread, troublesome neighbor Claude Pertwee called the team players "Savages."

It should also be noted that by this time, H-B was just beginning to include African American characters in their animated series. For this one, they included a footballer named Freight Train. Later that same year, there'd be more, but those I'll save for future threads.

You're right about Where's Huddles, Emeraldisle: it was largely a recycling of The Flintstones set in the modern day with a pro football theme.
However, adding Claude Pertwee as an active antagonist added a little more depth to the bumbling antics of the two leads. Really, having the Hooded Claw as a neighbor will make things ... interesting. I think that Hanna-Barbera Studios were trying to break away from the Funny Animal cartoons that had sustained them in the Sixties, and were fielding more exploratory ventures such as Jonny Quest and Where's Huddles to corral a broader market.

I have just been informed that Herb Jeffries, the voice of Freight Train, is now dead at 100. RIP, Mr. Jeffries.

Trivia Question 79: Which episode of this series dealt with a rather controversial subject?

Trivia Answer: "One Man's Family," in which Ed believed Bubba was pregnant!