We lost Jules Huffman ten years ago last week at the age of 91. The retired WSAZ weatherman was better known to generations of kids as “Mr. Cartoon,” the host of a daily (later weekly) cartoon show on WSAZ that for most of its run aired at 5 PM, right after school. I am recycling this Sunday Evening Video post from ten years ago because it’s Easter (and Wrestlemania) and a lot of folks will not be online…and also because Jules Huffman loved Easter.

The outstanding thing about Huffman was that he was a genuinely nice man. I met him a couple of times as an adult working in the television business, and he treated everyone, from a major TV executive to a lowly production assistant, with respect.  I’ve heard dirt on almost every local broadcaster, and he’s one of the few people that had no dirt to tell. He was just the same nice guy that you saw on TV.

Last year, thanks to a wonderful documentary produced by WVPB in conjunction with WSAZ-TV, Huffman finally got his flowers. You can see that documentary HERE.

Today we’re bringing you two video clips of the man in action. That’s a ten-minute excerpt up top, with a longer video below from the 1985 Charleston Regatta. He was the last of a generation of cartoon-show hosts, and a lot of “Cartooners” were really bummed out by his passing.