Planet Pirates

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Planet Pirates
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Network NBC
Premiere date December 14, 1957
Run time 4:05
Starring Don Messick
Daws Butler
Music composed by Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s) Charles Shows
Director(s) William Hanna
Voice director(s) Joseph Barbera
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"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.

Detailed summary

Memorable quotes

Characters

Legend
Character debut Speaking debut Ep. debut No lines Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character Actor
Reddy Daws Butler
Ruff Don Messick
Newscaster Daws Butler
Captain Comet
Narrator (voice only) Don Messick
Robot Unavailable


Organizations

Locations

Objects

  • Daily Screech newspaper
  • Reddy's space helmet

Vehicles

  • Flying saucer

Production

Development

Filming

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.

Errors

Legacy

  • This begins a serial of twelve other segments.

Critical reception

In other languages

Language Name Meaning

Home availability

References