Joseph Barbera
Director
The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957)
Season 1
The Ruff and Reddy Show is a Hanna-Barbera animated series starring Ruff, a straight and smart cat voiced by Don Messick, and Reddy, a dumb and stupid dog voiced by Daws Butler. First broadcast in December 1957 on NBC, it was the first television show produced by Hanna-Barbera and presented by Screen Gems, the television arm of Columbia Pictures.
Released Dec. 14, 1957
Episode 30 min
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Genres: Animation, Comedy, Family
Keywords: tmdb.cartoon-cat, tmdb.cartoon-dog, imdb.dog, imdb.nbc, imdb.comic-relief, imdb.hbo-max, imdb.hanna-barbera, tmdb.jambo-e-ruivao
Production Companies: Screen Gems, Hanna-Barbera Productions
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Planet Pirates
In this, the very first episode of Hanna-Barbera's first TV show, our heroes read reports of spacecrafts from other worlds. One such ship bears a bead on Ruff and Reddy as they nap and take them aboard the craft.
Dec. 14, 1957, midnight
S1E2 - Night Flight Fright
Ruff and Reddy awaken from their nap to find they have been taken hostage by the ship from space.
Dec. 14, 1957, midnight
S1E3 - "Whama Bamma Gamma" Gun
Ruff and Reddy's robotic captors pursue them with a gun that Reddy gets hold of.
Dec. 14, 1957, midnight
S1E4 - The Mastermind of Muni Mula
On the metal planet Muni-Mula ("aluminum" spelled backwards), Ruff and Reddy face a two-headed metallic chieftain called "The Big Thinker," who takes our heroes to be assimilated as metal clones.
Dec. 21, 1957, midnight
S1E5 - The Mad Monster of Muni Mula
The duplicating process of Ruff and Reddy begins. Reddy tries to intervene but becomes a robot himself after he gets zapped by the robot brain implanter.
Dec. 21, 1957, midnight
S1E6 - Hocus Pocus Focus
Ruff tries to help Reddy but is followed by a roving mechanical spy.
Dec. 21, 1957, midnight
S1E7 - Muni Mula Mix-Up
Reddy gets accidentally mesmerized by the brain waves and under orders of the Big Thinker takes Ruff captive.
Dec. 28, 1957, midnight
S1E8 - Creepy Creature Feature
Ruff and Reddy discover a scientist, Professor Gizmo, in the dome of the Big Thinker. Gizmo tells how he blasted off in his homemade rocket and was taken prisoner in Muni-Mula.
Dec. 28, 1957, midnight
S1E9 - The Creepy Creature
After Reddy destroys the slumbering inner works of the Big Thinker, he, Ruff and Gizmo are hunted down by a huge robot centurion.
Dec. 28, 1957, midnight
S1E10 - Surprise in the Skies
Reddy, having given the Gizmo 2 ship a boost, is left behind on Muni-Mula. Ruff and Gizmo go back after him but are confronted by a flying attack squad of Muni-Mula robots.
Jan. 4, 1958, midnight
S1E11 - Crowds in the Clouds
Gizmo confuses the Muni-Mula attack squadron by cloaking the Gizmo 2 craft in a dark cloud. Meanwhile, Reddy takes off in one of the metal squadron's head propellers and is mistaken by Gizmo to be one of the metal men.
Jan. 4, 1958, midnight
S1E12 - Reddy Rocket Rescue
Gizmo rescues Reddy from his freefall, but now the Gizmo 2 rocket ship is on a collision course with a meteor.
Jan. 4, 1958, midnight
S1E13 - Rocket Ranger Danger
The meteor hits the Gizmo 2, sending it and our heroes on a crash course to Earth, where broadcast media reports its arrival as if it were a UFO invasion.
Jan. 11, 1958, midnight
S1E14 - Pinky the Pint Sized Pachyderm
A baby elephant escapes from a circus and requests Ruff and Reddy to take him home in Africa.
Jan. 11, 1958, midnight
S1E15 - Last Trip of a Ghost Ship
Ruff, Reddy and Pinky board Voo Doo Queen and get locked on board.
Jan. 11, 1958, midnight
S1E16 - The Irate Pirate
Captain Crossbones Jones forces Ruff, Reddy and Pinky to be his crew, but they start to escape.
Jan. 18, 1958, midnight
S1E17 - Dynamite Fright
Ruff, Reddy and Pinky get stranded at sea trying to escape and then they start to sink.
Jan. 18, 1958, midnight
S1E18 - Marooned in Typhoon Lagoon
Ruff, Reddy and Pinky cruise to an island. Ruff gets captured whilst exploring.
Jan. 18, 1958, midnight
S1E19 - Scarey Harry Safari
A hunter named Harry Scary uses Ruff as bait to lure a lion, but the lion and Ruff take off.
Jan. 25, 1958, midnight
S1E20 - Jungle Jitters
Ruff rescues the lion and Harry Scary reveals himself as an elephant hunter.
Jan. 25, 1958, midnight
S1E21 - Bungle in the Jungle
Before Harry Scary can shoot Reddy, the lion comes to his rescue and all three run for it.
Jan. 25, 1958, midnight
S1E22 - Miles of Crocodiles
Ruff, Reddy and Pinky escape from Harry and try to get across a river. Their escape log turns out to be a crocodile.
Feb. 1, 1958, midnight
S1E23 - A Creep in the Deep
Reddy gets trapped with the crocodiles after saving Ruff and Pinky and Harry Scary comes round.
Feb. 1, 1958, midnight
S1E24 - Hot Shot's Plot
Ruff and Reddy follow Harry Scary who took Pinky away. Harry Scary makes Pinky lure his mother into a trap.
Feb. 1, 1958, midnight
S1E25 - The Gloom of Doom
Harry Scary gets all Ruff, Reddy, the lion, Pinky and his mother exactly where he wants.
Feb. 8, 1958, midnight
S1E26 - The Trapped Trap the Trapper
The tables turn because of Harry Scary's empty rifle. Ruff and Reddy stowaway back home.
Feb. 8, 1958, midnight
S1E27 - Westward Ho Ho Ho
Reddy wins a trailer, so he and Ruff take a vacation to the Grand Canyon. An accident, however, sends them to the ghost town of Gruesome Gulch.
Feb. 8, 1958, midnight
S1E28 - Slight Fright on a Moonlight Night
Ruff and Reddy are spooked by Gruesome Gulch's ghosts, which are actually fake ones manipulated by two rustlers.
Feb. 15, 1958, midnight
S1E29 - Asleep While the Creep Steals Sheep
Ruff and Reddy meet Wooly, a sheepdog whose flock of sheep is being mysteriously stolen. Reddy is coerced into posing as a sheep to catch the thieves.
Feb. 15, 1958, midnight
S1E30 - Copped by a Copter
The sheep thieves in a helicopter pluck Reddy from the flock and take him to Gruesome Gulch.
Feb. 15, 1958, midnight
S1E31 - The Two Terrible Twins from Texas
The thieves, sibling outlaws Killer and Diller, aim to sheer the sheep of their wool, which threatens Reddy's cover.
Feb. 22, 1958, midnight
S1E32 - Killer and Diller in a Chiller of a Thriller
Reddy's cover is blown. Killer and Diller tie him up, place him in a mine's ore car and sends him towards an unfinished section of the trestle.
Feb. 22, 1958, midnight
S1E33 - A Friend to the End
Ruff and Wooly rescue Reddy, and together the three heroes head back to Gruesome Gulch to find Wooly's sheep.
Feb. 22, 1958, midnight
S1E34 - Heels on Wheels
As Ruff, Reddy and Woolly pursue the Texan Twins, they get flat tires and take the helicopter for transport.
March 1, 1958, midnight
S1E35 - The Whirly Bird Catches the Worms
Reddy lands on the truck's roof where he holds Killer at gunpoint. But Reddy ends up getting clobbered by a tunnel's low clearance.
March 1, 1958, midnight
S1E36 - The Boss of Double-Cross
On Killer and Diller's secret ranch, the Double Cross, the sheep spell out the word "help" for our heroes. Unfortunately, their copter has run out of gas.
March 1, 1958, midnight
S1E37 - Ship-Shape Sheep
Thanks to the sheep, our heroes find the copter's safety chute for landing safely. Once landed, Killer and Diller capture them and lock them up.
March 8, 1958, midnight
S1E38 - Tootin' Shootin'
In accordance with the rules of the west, Wooly demands that he and his friends fight for their lives. So he volunteers Reddy to a duel with Killer and Diller.
March 8, 1958, midnight
S1E39 - Hot Lead for a Hot-Head
Reddy nervously faces Killer and Diller in the duel, but he has an ace in the hole: Ruff in his cowboy hat with a second revolver.
March 8, 1958, midnight
S1E40 - The Treasure of Doubloon
At an aquarium, a baby seal follows Ruff and Reddy home. A chase ensues when the aquarium announces a reward for the seal's return.
March 15, 1958, midnight
S1E41 - Blunder Down Under
The chase for the seal leads to a pier near the ocean, where someone underwater is in trouble.
March 15, 1958, midnight
S1E42 - The Metal Monster Mystery
The metal monster Ruff and Reddy hoist to land is a diving bell, and in it is Professor Gizmo, who is mining for gold beneath the sea. Meanwhile, a periscope spies our heroes.
March 15, 1958, midnight
S1E43 - The Late, Late Pieces of Eight
The periscope belongs to a mysterious submarine that trails Gizmo's ship, the S.S. Leadbottom, which is on the way to a pirate's treasure.
March 22, 1958, midnight
S1E44 - The Goon of Doubloon Lagoon
The submarine captures Gizmo's diving bell with a giant magnet and takes it to a mysterious grotto.
March 22, 1958, midnight
S1E45 - Two Dubs in a Sub
Captain Greedy and Saltwater Daffy imprison Ruff, Reddy and Dr. Gizmo. Then the seal arrives to help them.
March 22, 1958, midnight
S1E46 - Big Deal With A Small Seal
The seal helps Ruff, Reddy and Gizmo escape and leads Greedy and Salt Water Daffy on a merry chase.
March 29, 1958, midnight
S1E47 - A Real Keen Submarine
The crew attempts to escape on Captain Greedy's sub, but are recaptured. Greedy forces Ruff and Gizmo to mine for treasure while Salt Water Daffy keeps Reddy and the seal at bay.
March 29, 1958, midnight
S1E48 - No Hope for a Dope of a Periscope
The seal saves Reddy from drowning but Saltwater catches him.
March 29, 1958, midnight
S1E49 - Rescue In The Deep Blue
The seal and Reddy manage to get away from Saltwater but are tailed by a shark.
April 5, 1958, midnight
S1E50 - A Whale of a Tail of a Tale of a Whale
Reddy and the seal escape but are being pursued by a shark. A friendly whale scares off the shark and takes Reddy and the seal to help Ruff and Gizmo.
April 5, 1958, midnight
S1E51 - Welcome Guest in a Treasure Chest
The seal boards Dr. Gizmo's sub with Ruff inside it and prepares a surprise for Greedy.
April 5, 1958, midnight
S1E52 - Pot-Shot Puts Hot Shot on Hot Spot
Greedy gets all the gold, but when he makes Reddy give back the doubloon he was going to keep as a souvenir, Greedy's ship sinks from the weight.
April 5, 1958, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 30 min.
Season Runtime: 15 min.
Released: Dec. 14, 1957
Last Air Date: April 2, 1960, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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