Synopsis
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.
Episodes
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Planet PiratesIn 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.4m2
Night Flight FrightRuff and Reddy awaken from their nap to find they have been taken hostage by the ship from space.4m3
"Whama Bamma Gamma" GunRuff and Reddy's robotic captors pursue them with a gun that Reddy gets hold of.4m4E4The Mastermind of Muni MulaOn 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.4m5E5The Mad Monster of Muni MulaThe 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.4m6E6Hocus Pocus FocusRuff tries to help Reddy but is followed by a roving mechanical spy.4m7E7Muni Mula Mix-UpReddy gets accidentally mesmerized by the brain waves and under orders of the Big Thinker takes Ruff captive.4m8E8Creepy Creature FeatureRuff 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.4m9E9The Creepy CreatureAfter Reddy destroys the slumbering inner works of the Big Thinker, he, Ruff and Gizmo are hunted down by a huge robot centurion.4m10E10Surprise in the SkiesReddy, 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.4m11E11Crowds in the CloudsGizmo 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.4m12E12Reddy's Rocket RescueGizmo rescues Reddy from his freefall, but now the Gizmo 2 rocket ship is on a collision course with a meteor.4m13E13Rocket Ranger DangerThe 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.4m14E14Pinky the Pint Sized PachydermA baby elephant escapes from a circus and requests Ruff and Reddy to take him home in Africa.4m15E15Last Trip of a Ghost ShipRuff, Reddy and Pinky board Voo Doo Queen and get locked on board.4m16E16The Irate PirateCaptain Crossbones Jones forces Ruff, Reddy and Pinky to be his crew, but they start to escape.4m17E17Dynamite FrightRuff, Reddy and Pinky get stranded at sea trying to escape and then they start to sink.4m18E18Marooned in Typhoon LagoonRuff, Reddy and Pinky cruise to an island. Ruff gets captured whilst exploring.4m19E19Scarey Harry SafariA hunter named Harry Scary uses Ruff as bait to lure a lion, but the lion and Ruff take off.4m20E20Jungle JittersRuff rescues the lion and Harry Scary reveals himself as an elephant hunter.4m21E21Bungle in the JungleBefore Harry Scary can shoot Reddy, the lion comes to his rescue and all three run for it.4m22E22Miles of CrocodilesRuff, Reddy and Pinky escape from Harry and try to get across a river. Their escape log turns out to be a crocodile.4m23E23A Creep in the DeepReddy gets trapped with the crocodiles after saving Ruff and Pinky and Harry Scary comes round.4m24E24Hot Shot's PlotRuff and Reddy follow Harry Scary who took Pinky away. Harry Scary makes Pinky lure his mother into a trap.4m25E25The Gloom of DoomHarry Scary gets all Ruff, Reddy, the lion, Pinky and his mother exactly where he wants.4m26E26The Trapped Trap the TrapperThe tables turn because of Harry Scary's empty rifle. Ruff and Reddy stowaway back home.4m27E27Westward Ho Ho HoReddy 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.4m28E28Slight Fright on a Moonlight NightRuff and Reddy are spooked by Gruesome Gulch's ghosts, which are actually fake ones manipulated by two rustlers.4m29E29Asleep While the Creep Steals SheepRuff 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.4m30E30Copped by a CopterThe sheep thieves in a helicopter pluck Reddy from the flock and take him to Gruesome Gulch.4m31E31The Two Terrible Twins from TexasThe thieves, sibling outlaws Killer and Diller, aim to sheer the sheep of their wool, which threatens Reddy's cover.4m32E32Killer and Diller in a Chiller of a ThrillerReddy'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.4m33E33A Friend to the EndRuff and Wooly rescue Reddy, and together the three heroes head back to Gruesome Gulch to find Wooly's sheep.4m34E34Heels on WheelsAs Ruff, Reddy and Woolly pursue the Texan Twins, they get flat tires and take the helicopter for transport.4m35E35The Whirly Bird Catches the WormsReddy lands on the truck's roof where he holds Killer at gunpoint. But Reddy ends up getting clobbered by a tunnel's low clearance.4m36E36The Boss of Double-CrossOn 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.4m37E37Ship-Shape SheepThanks 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.4m38E38Tootin' 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.4m39E39Hot Lead for a Hot-HeadReddy 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.4m40E40The Treasure of DoubloonAt an aquarium, a baby seal follows Ruff and Reddy home. A chase ensues when the aquarium announces a reward for the seal's return.4m41E41Blunder Down UnderThe chase for the seal leads to a pier near the ocean, where someone underwater is in trouble.4m42E42The Metal Monster MysteryThe 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.4m43E43The Late, Late Pieces of EightThe 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.4m44E44The Goon of Doubloon LagoonThe submarine captures Gizmo's diving bell with a giant magnet and takes it to a mysterious grotto.4m45E45Two Dubs in a SubCaptain Greedy and Saltwater Daffy imprison Ruff, Reddy and Dr. Gizmo. Then the seal arrives to help them.4m46E46Big Deal With A Small SealThe seal helps Ruff, Reddy and Gizmo escape and leads Greedy and Salt Water Daffy on a merry chase.4m47E47A Real Keen SubmarineThe 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.4m48E48No Hope for a Dope of a PeriscopeThe seal saves Reddy from drowning but Saltwater catches him.4m49E49Rescue In The Deep BlueThe seal and Reddy manage to get away from Saltwater but are tailed by a shark.4m50E50A Whale of a Tail of a Tale of a WhaleReddy 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.4m51E51Welcome Guest in a Treasure ChestThe seal boards Dr. Gizmo's sub with Ruff inside it and prepares a surprise for Greedy.4m52E52Pot-Shot Puts Hot Shot on Hot SpotGreedy 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.4m
Planet PiratesIn 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.4m2Night Flight FrightRuff and Reddy awaken from their nap to find they have been taken hostage by the ship from space.4m3"Whama Bamma Gamma" GunRuff and Reddy's robotic captors pursue them with a gun that Reddy gets hold of.4m4E4The Mastermind of Muni MulaOn 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.4m5E5The Mad Monster of Muni MulaThe 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.4m6E6Hocus Pocus FocusRuff tries to help Reddy but is followed by a roving mechanical spy.4m7E7Muni Mula Mix-UpReddy gets accidentally mesmerized by the brain waves and under orders of the Big Thinker takes Ruff captive.4m8E8Creepy Creature FeatureRuff 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.4m9E9The Creepy CreatureAfter Reddy destroys the slumbering inner works of the Big Thinker, he, Ruff and Gizmo are hunted down by a huge robot centurion.4m10E10Surprise in the SkiesReddy, 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.4m11E11Crowds in the CloudsGizmo 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.4m12E12Reddy's Rocket RescueGizmo rescues Reddy from his freefall, but now the Gizmo 2 rocket ship is on a collision course with a meteor.4m13E13Rocket Ranger DangerThe 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.4m14E14Pinky the Pint Sized PachydermA baby elephant escapes from a circus and requests Ruff and Reddy to take him home in Africa.4m15E15Last Trip of a Ghost ShipRuff, Reddy and Pinky board Voo Doo Queen and get locked on board.4m16E16The Irate PirateCaptain Crossbones Jones forces Ruff, Reddy and Pinky to be his crew, but they start to escape.4m17E17Dynamite FrightRuff, Reddy and Pinky get stranded at sea trying to escape and then they start to sink.4m18E18Marooned in Typhoon LagoonRuff, Reddy and Pinky cruise to an island. Ruff gets captured whilst exploring.4m19E19Scarey Harry SafariA hunter named Harry Scary uses Ruff as bait to lure a lion, but the lion and Ruff take off.4m20E20Jungle JittersRuff rescues the lion and Harry Scary reveals himself as an elephant hunter.4m21E21Bungle in the JungleBefore Harry Scary can shoot Reddy, the lion comes to his rescue and all three run for it.4m22E22Miles of CrocodilesRuff, Reddy and Pinky escape from Harry and try to get across a river. Their escape log turns out to be a crocodile.4m23E23A Creep in the DeepReddy gets trapped with the crocodiles after saving Ruff and Pinky and Harry Scary comes round.4m24E24Hot Shot's PlotRuff and Reddy follow Harry Scary who took Pinky away. Harry Scary makes Pinky lure his mother into a trap.4m25E25The Gloom of DoomHarry Scary gets all Ruff, Reddy, the lion, Pinky and his mother exactly where he wants.4m26E26The Trapped Trap the TrapperThe tables turn because of Harry Scary's empty rifle. Ruff and Reddy stowaway back home.4m27E27Westward Ho Ho HoReddy 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.4m28E28Slight Fright on a Moonlight NightRuff and Reddy are spooked by Gruesome Gulch's ghosts, which are actually fake ones manipulated by two rustlers.4m29E29Asleep While the Creep Steals SheepRuff 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.4m30E30Copped by a CopterThe sheep thieves in a helicopter pluck Reddy from the flock and take him to Gruesome Gulch.4m31E31The Two Terrible Twins from TexasThe thieves, sibling outlaws Killer and Diller, aim to sheer the sheep of their wool, which threatens Reddy's cover.4m32E32Killer and Diller in a Chiller of a ThrillerReddy'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.4m33E33A Friend to the EndRuff and Wooly rescue Reddy, and together the three heroes head back to Gruesome Gulch to find Wooly's sheep.4m34E34Heels on WheelsAs Ruff, Reddy and Woolly pursue the Texan Twins, they get flat tires and take the helicopter for transport.4m35E35The Whirly Bird Catches the WormsReddy lands on the truck's roof where he holds Killer at gunpoint. But Reddy ends up getting clobbered by a tunnel's low clearance.4m36E36The Boss of Double-CrossOn 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.4m37E37Ship-Shape SheepThanks 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.4m38E38Tootin' 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.4m39E39Hot Lead for a Hot-HeadReddy 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.4m40E40The Treasure of DoubloonAt an aquarium, a baby seal follows Ruff and Reddy home. A chase ensues when the aquarium announces a reward for the seal's return.4m41E41Blunder Down UnderThe chase for the seal leads to a pier near the ocean, where someone underwater is in trouble.4m42E42The Metal Monster MysteryThe 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.4m43E43The Late, Late Pieces of EightThe 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.4m44E44The Goon of Doubloon LagoonThe submarine captures Gizmo's diving bell with a giant magnet and takes it to a mysterious grotto.4m45E45Two Dubs in a SubCaptain Greedy and Saltwater Daffy imprison Ruff, Reddy and Dr. Gizmo. Then the seal arrives to help them.4m46E46Big Deal With A Small SealThe seal helps Ruff, Reddy and Gizmo escape and leads Greedy and Salt Water Daffy on a merry chase.4m47E47A Real Keen SubmarineThe 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.4m48E48No Hope for a Dope of a PeriscopeThe seal saves Reddy from drowning but Saltwater catches him.4m49E49Rescue In The Deep BlueThe seal and Reddy manage to get away from Saltwater but are tailed by a shark.4m50E50A Whale of a Tail of a Tale of a WhaleReddy 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.4m51E51Welcome Guest in a Treasure ChestThe seal boards Dr. Gizmo's sub with Ruff inside it and prepares a surprise for Greedy.4m52E52Pot-Shot Puts Hot Shot on Hot SpotGreedy 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.4mCast
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