A con man, in the form of a fox named Waldo Wigglesworth, and his stooge Filmore Bear befriend a frog named Hoppity Hooper and convince him that Waldo is his long lost uncle. Together, the trio share many adventures and get involved in plenty of weird situations.
Cast:Chris Allen , Hans Conried , Paul Frees , Edward Everett Horton , Bill Scott , Alan Reed , William Conrad
Uncle Waldo makes a fortune when he discovers a spring that produces water that can grow hair, but he makes an enemy of a miserly tycoon who sends a hit man to remove Waldo and his friends...permanently
Uncle Waldo makes Hoppity a star by putting a blonde wig on him and making a singing sensation out of his croaking.
Waldo's latest con involves charging people to dig for diamonds in a vacant lot, but this annoys an underground race of mole people who kidnap Waldo, Fillmore and Hoppity.
When Waldo and Fillmore have a parting of ways, the later hooks up with a pair of gangsters who plan to use his bugle-playing in a kidnapping plot.
When the trio befriends a giant, Waldo hist upon the idea of making money off of him by forming a basketball team.
The trio become detectives in order to stay on the right side of the law, and undertake a case to recover a stolen painting.
Waldo, Filmore, and Hoppity attempt to capture the Masked Martin, a Robin Hood with a switch: He robs the poor to give to the rich.
Filmore Bear enters another dimension called The Traffic Zone and returns as a giant turnip. Only the Grand Asparagus knows how to change him back - and he's out of season.
When Waldo loses his entire stock of Indian Guide Elixir, he must brew another batch. Unknowingly, he includes in the mix Wottabango corn - which is explosive.