Planet Pirates

"Planet Pirates" is the first episode of Ruff and Reddy season one, and came as part of The Ruff and Reddy Show. It aired on December 14, 1957 on NBC. It was written by Charles Shows, and produced and directed by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, the creators of the series and the founders of H-B Enterprises.

Ruff and Reddy are abducted by a UFO.

Characters

 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Reddy
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Ruff
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Newscaster
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Daws Butler
 * style="background-color:#FDB56C" colspan="2"| Captain Comet
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Narrator (voice only)
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Don Messick
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable
 * style="background-color:#d2d2ff"| Robot
 * style="background-color:#aaffaa"| Unavailable

Organizations

 * Daily Screech (mentioned)

Locations

 * Earth
 * United States
 * Middleville
 * Ruff and Reddy's residence
 * The Moon

Objects

 * Daily Screech newspaper
 * Reddy's space helmet

Vehicles

 * Flying saucer

Music
The music was composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Release
Dates are in order of release:


 * United States: December 14, 1957 at 10:30 am on NBC

Behind the scenes

 * Even though Ruff and Reddy are abducted one at a time, the recap in the next episode shows Ruffy and Reddy being abducted at the same time.

Everlasting influence

 * This begins a serial of twelve other segments.

Home availability

 * In the United Kingdom and Ireland:
 * 1988: Hanna-Barbera Video releases Hanna-Barbera Personal Favorites: Animal Follies on VHS.
 * In the United States:
 * 1989: Image Entertainment releases Hanna-Barbera Personal Favorites: Animal Follies on LaserDisc.