Ruff and Reddy (segments)

This article is about the segments. For the variety series it was part of, see The Ruff & Reddy Show.

Ruff and Reddy
On-screen title card.
Network	NBC
Production company	Hanna-Barbera
Distributor	Screen Gems
Original release	September 29, 1957—April 2, 1960
Run time	4 minutes
Starring	Don Messick Daws Butler
Producer(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera
Music composed by	Hoyt Curtin
Writer(s)	Charles Shows
Director(s)	William Hanna Joseph Barbera

Ruff and Reddy is a series of animated segments as part of The Ruff & Reddy Show, produced by Hanna-Barbera Enterprises for NBC's Saturday morning children's programming, and then syndication. It ran from 1957 to 1960, airing 156 episodes that spanned three seasons. Presented in serial form, each season consists of four arcs divided into thirteen segments. It was the first cartoon series created by producers and directors, William Hanna and Joseph Barbera using their own studio, after leaving MGM's animation department.

The series centers on the serialized adventures of Ruff, a steadfast and smart cat; and Reddy, a well-meaning but dumb dog. The two go on many escapades, as they face danger of all kinds. In some adventures, Ruff and Reddy are assisted by a kindly, old scientist named Professor Gizmo.

Music

The theme song and score were composed by Hoyt Curtin.

Episodes

Episode	Original air date
1x01 "Planet Pirates"	December 14, 1957
1x02 "Night Flight Fright"	December 14, 1957
1x03 "The "Wama Bama Gamma" Gun"	December 14, 1957
1x04 "The Mastermind of Muni-Mula"	December 21, 1957
1x05 "The Mad Monster of Muni-Mula"	December 21, 1957
1x06 "Hocus Pocus Focus"	December 21, 1957
1x07 "Muni-Mula Mix-Up"	December 28, 1957
1x08 "The Creepy Creature Feature"	December 28, 1957
1x09 "The Creepy Creature"	December 28, 1957
1x10 "Surprise in the Skies"	January 4, 1958
1x11 "Crowds in the Clouds"	January 4, 1958
1x12 "Reddy's Rocket Rescue"	January 4, 1958
1x13 "Rocket Ranger Danger"	January 11, 1958
1x14 "Pinky, the Pint Sized Pachyderm"	January 11, 1958
1x15 "Last Trip of a Ghost Ship"	January 11, 1958
1x16 "The Irate Pirate"	January 18, 1958
1x17 "Dynamite Fright"	January 18, 1958
1x18 "Marooned in Typhoon Lagoon"	January 18, 1958
1x19 "Scarey Harry Safari"	January 25, 1958
1x20 "Jungle Jitters"	January 25, 1958
1x21 "Bungle in the Jungle"	January 25, 1958
1x22 "Miles of Crocodiles"	February 1, 1958
1x23 "A Creep in the Deep"	February 1, 1958
1x24 "Hot Shot's Plot"	February 1, 1958
1x25 "The Gloom of Doom"	February 8, 1958
1x26 "The Trapped Trap the Trapper"	February 8, 1958
1x27 "Westward Ho Ho Ho"	February 8, 1958
1x28 "A Slight Fright on a Moonlight Night"	February 15, 1958
1x29 "Asleep While a Creep Steals Sheep"	February 15, 1958
1x30 "Copped by a Copter"	February 15, 1958
1x31 "The Two Terrible Twins from Texas"	February 22, 1958
1x32 "Killer and Diller in a Chiller of a Thriller"	February 22, 1958
1x33 "A Friend to the End"	February 22, 1958
1x34 "Heels on Wheels"	March 1, 1958
1x35 "The Whirly-Bird Catches the Worms"	March 1, 1958
1x36 "The Boss of Double-Cross"	March 1, 1958
1x37 "Ship-Shape Sheep"	March 8, 1958
1x38 "Rootin' Tootin' Shootin'"	March 8, 1958
1x39 "Hot Lead for a Hot-Head"	March 8, 1958
1x40 "The Treasure of Doubloon"	March 15, 1958
1x41 "Blunder Down Under"	March 15, 1958
1x42 "The Metal Monster Mystery"	March 15, 1958
1x43 "The Late, Late Pieces of Eight"	March 22, 1958
1x44 "The Goon of Doubloon"	March 22, 1958
1x45 "Two Dubs in a Sub"	March 22, 1958
1x46 "Big Deal with a Small Seal"	March 29, 1958
1x47 "A Real Keen Submarine"	March 29, 1958
1x48 "No Hope for a Dope on a Periscope"	March 29, 1958
1x49 "Rescue in the Deep Blue"	April 5, 1958
1x50 "A Whale of a Tale of a Tail of a Whale"	April 5, 1958
1x51 "Welcome Guest in a Treasure Chest"	April 5, 1958
1x52 "Pot Shot Puts Hot Shot on a Hot Spot"	April 5, 1958
2x01 "Egg Yeggs"	December 13, 1958
2x02 "The Dummy Mummy"	December 13, 1958
2x03 "The Chicken-Hearted Chickosaurus Chase"	December 20, 1958
2x04 "The Chickasaurus Crack-Up"	December 20, 1958
2x05 "The Slick Chickasaurus Chick Trick"	December 20, 1958
2x06 "The Chicken-Hearted Chickasaurus"	December 27, 1958
2x07 "Chickasaurus Choo Choo!"	December 27, 1958
2x08 "Rumble in the Jungle"	December 27, 1958
2x09 "The Sorehead Tyrrannosaurus"[sic]	January 3, 1959
2x10 "Two Eyes Spy on the Guys"	January 3, 1959
2x11 "Double-Trouble with Ubble-Ubble"	January 3, 1959
2x12 "A Chick in Need Is a Chick Indeed"	January 3, 1959
2x13 "Quick Trick Saves a Slick Chick"	January 10, 1959
2x14 "Scary Tale on a Canyon Trail"	January 10, 1959
2x15 "Borrowed Burro in a Burrow"	January 10, 1959
2x16 "Pint Size Surprise for the Guys"	January 17, 1959
2x17 "Reddy and Me and Pee-Wee Makes Three"	January 17, 1959
2x18 "Hoss Grief Thief"	January 17, 1959
2x19 "Tricked and Trapped by a Tricky Trapper"	January 24, 1959
2x20 "Harry Safari and the Phoney Pony"	January 24, 1959
2x21 "Frantic Antics of Poco Loco"	January 24, 1959
2x22 "Nag in a Bag"	January 31, 1959
2x23 "Bungled Bundle of Boodle"	January 31, 1959
2x24 "Chump's Jumps Bring Bumps and Lumps"	January 31, 1959
2x25 "Show-Biz-Whiz"	February 7, 1959
2x26 "These Three Set Pee-Wee Free"	February 7, 1959
2x27 "Fantastic Phantom"	February 7, 1959
2x28 "Long Gone Leprechaun"	February 14, 1959
2x29 "The Goon of Glocca Morra"	February 14, 1959
2x30 "Bungle in Banshee Castle"	February 14, 1959
2x31 "Afloat in a Moat with No Boat"	February 21, 1959
2x32 "Too Soon the Goon"	February 21, 1959
2x33 "Smitten by a Kitten"	February 21, 1959
2x34 "Mr. Small Meets Mr. Tall in the Hall---That Is All"	February 21, 1959
2x35 "Going-Going Goon"	February 28, 1959
2x36 "Scary Chase Through a Spooky Place with a Goony Face"	February 28, 1959
2x37 "Bing Bang Boom in a Real Small Room"	February 28, 1959
2x38 "Gold Room Doom"	March 7, 1959
2x39 "Three See the Wee Princess Free"	March 7, 1959
2x40 "Missile Fizzle"	March 7, 1959
2x41 "Missing Missile Mystery"	March 14, 1959
2x42 "Never Land in Never-Never Land"	March 14, 1959
2x43 "Polar Bear Scare"	March 14, 1959
2x44 "A Liking for a Striking Viking"	March 21, 1959
2x45 "Bear Hunting Is for the Birds"	March 21, 1959
2x46 "Beep-Beep from the Deep-Deep"	March 21, 1959
2x47 "Two Fiends in a Submarine"	March 28, 1959
2x48 "Muscle Man Meets Missile Man"	March 28, 1959
2x49 "Bull Fight Fright"	March 28, 1959
2x50 "Reddy Clobbers Robbers"	April 4, 1959
2x51 "Machine Gun Fun"	April 4, 1959
2x51 "Bad Guys Meet the Good Guys"	April 4, 1959
3x01 "Dizzy Deputies"	December 19, 1959
3x02 "Later Later, Alligator"	December 19, 1959
3x03 "Gator Caper"	December 19, 1959
3x04 "Chip Off the Old Chopper"	December 26, 1959
3x05 "La Fitt to Be Tied"	December 26, 1959
3x06 "Hide and Go Seek on Okeechonokee Creek"	December 26, 1959
3x07 "Boom Boom Doom"	January 2, 1960
3x08 "Spellbound Fool in a Round Whirlpool"	January 2, 1960
3x09 "Fast Chase Through a Spooky Place"	January 2, 1960
3x10 "Looks Like the End for a Cotton Picking Friend"	January 9, 1960
3x11 "No Laff on Half of a Raft"	January 9, 1960
3x12 "Gator Thrills and Whooshmobiles"	January 9, 1960
3x13 "Trapped and Snapped Sap"	January 9, 1960
3x14 "Spooky Meeting at Spooky Rock"	January 16, 1960
3x15 "Dig the Bigger Digger"	January 16, 1960
3x16 "The Secret Bizz of Professor Gizz"	January 16, 1960
3x17 "Test Hop Flip Flop"	January 23, 1960
3x18 "Sticks and Stones and Aching Bones"	January 23, 1960
3x19 "Gun, Gun, Who's Got the Gun?"	January 23, 1960
3x20 "Big Papoose on the Loose"	January 30, 1960
3x21 "Mine, Mine, All Mine Gold Mine"	January 30, 1960
3x22 "Gold Data in the Substrata"	January 30, 1960
3x23 "The Ghost with the Most"	February 6, 1960
3x24 "In the Soup with a Supernatural Snoop"	February 6, 1960
3x25 "Sneaky Knaves in the Caves"	February 6, 1960
3x26 "Tailspin Twins"	February 6, 1960
3x27 "Sky High Fly Guys"	February 13, 1960
3x28 "A Tisket, a Tasket, Who Lost Their Basket?"	February 13, 1960
3x29 "Three's a Crowd in a Cloud"	February 13, 1960
3x30 "Fine Feathered Birds of a Feather"	February 20, 1960
3x31 "A Bird in Hand Is a Handy Bird"	February 20, 1960
3x32 "No Laffy Daffy"	February 20, 1960
3x33 "Tiff on a Skiff"	February 27, 1960
3x34 "Sub a Dub Dub"	February 27, 1960
3x35 "Squawky No Talky"	February 27, 1960
3x36 "Big Beak Tweaks Big Sneak"	March 5, 1960
3x37 "Off on a Toot with the Loot to Boot"	March 5, 1960
3x38 "Thanks a Lot for X Marks the Spot"	March 5, 1960
3x39 "Tail of a Sail in a Whale"	March 5, 1960
3x40 "Misguided Missile"	March 12, 1960
3x41 "Triple Trouble Trip"	March 12, 1960
3x42 "Around the Moon in Eighty Ways"	March 12, 1960
3x43 "Button, Button, Who Pushed the Button?"	March 19, 1960
3x44 "No Traces of Aces of Spaces"	March 19, 1960
3x45 "Lilipunies Meet Mooney Goonies"	March 19, 1960
3x46 "Little Guys are a Big Surprise"	March 26, 1960
3x47 "Two is Company-A Million is a Little Crowded"	March 26, 1960
3x48 "Big Bop for a Big Flop"	March 26, 1960
3x49 "Things Get Tough for Ruff-Sure 'Nuff"	April 2, 1960
3x50 "Whap-Caught in a Trap by a Sap"	April 2, 1960
3x51 "Spin, Spin a Web to Catch a Blop In"	April 2, 1960
3x52 "Have Blop, Will Travel"	April 2, 1960

Cast

• Don Messick as Ruff and narrator
• Daws Butler as Reddy

Legacy

Twelve years later, Ruff and Reddy reappeared in the 1972 crossover television movie Yogi's Ark Lark. Since 2021, they have made guest spots on the HBO Max series Jellystone!, in which they are now child-like robots who consider themselves brothers.

Ruff also had a solo cameo in the Yogi's Treasure Hunt episode "Goodbye, Mr. Chump" in 1987.

Ruff and Reddy also had cameos in two Laff-a-Lympics-themed comics published by Marvel Comics in 1978.

In 2017, DC Comics reimagined the series with a more mature comedic take with The Ruff and Reddy Show.

In 2020, they were reenvisioned as young robot brothers who live in Jellystone in the HBO Max series Jellystone!

Merchandise

Reading material

Ruff and Reddy first appeared in print format in 1957 with Western Publishing's Ruff and Reddy Fun Kite Book. Then in 1959, Dell Comics published three one-shots, before starting an ongoing Ruff and Reddy between 1960 to 1962, which in total lasted twelve issues.

Board game

In 1962, Transogram released the board game Ruff and Reddy: Spills and Thrills Circus Game.

Video games

In 1990, Hi-Tech Software published Ruff and Reddy in the Space Adventure on multiple platforms including Amstrad CPC, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64, Amiga, Atari 8-bits and Atari ST.