The Ruff and Reddy Show (found episodes of NBC Hanna-Barbera animated series; 1957-1960)
Ruff and Ready is the first television production from Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera, the creators behind the Tom and Jerry series of theatrical short films [1]. The show features the adventures Ruff the Cat and Reddy the Dog, each episode was part of a longer thirteen episode story arc, with each series having four story arcs in total [2]
It was produced by H-B Enterprises, formed after MGM closed its production studio in 1957 [3] under significantly lower budgetary constraints than the previous MGM productions [4]. It is one of the earliest original animated television programs and pioneered the use of limited animation techniques within television production[5] and although it was only a modest success [6] the show would pave the way for the studios more famous creations, such as the Huckleberry Hound Show which was released a year after Ruff and Reddy's first season [7]
Broadcast History
The show debuted on 14th December 1957 on NBC alongside live action puppetry segments hosted by Jimmy Blaine [8]. Afterwards it was re-run on NBS as part of the Captain Bob Cottle Show until 1964 and then syndicated to local children's television shows across the USA[9]. Later, in the 1980s, it was broadcast as part of the USA cable network's Cartoon Express although only briefly due to audiences at the time not embracing the characters[10].
The final two broadcasts were briefly on Cartoon Network in the early 1990s and on Boomerang sometime around 2002. [11]
Home Video
A small selection of episodes were released as "Animal Follies" on VHS and Laserdisc as part of the Hanna Barbera Personal Favorites collection [12] [13] and on VHS in the UK as "Ruff and Reddy: Crowds in the Clouds" [14].
The first episode was announced to be part of the Best of Warner Brothers: Hanna Barbera 25 Cartoon Collection [15] but was omitted, along with a number of other cartoons, from the final release [16]. The show has not officially been released on DVD. Unofficial full series collections have been found as listings on Animation collectors websites [17] [18] and on eBay [19] but have not been able to verify any of these releases or sellers due to the prohibitively high cost of acquiring them outside of the US.
Availability & Missing Episodes
104 of the 156 episodes created have been found through YouTube, DailyMotion and Archive.org uploads[20]
Here are the episodes that are currently unavailable to view to the public, as of June 2021.
Season | Episode | Title | Status |
---|---|---|---|
Season 2 | 054 | The Dummy Mummy | Lost |
Season 2 | 055 | The Chickenhearted Chickosaurus Chase | Lost |
Season 2 | 058 | The Chicken-Hearted Chickasaurus | Lost |
Season 2 | 064 | A Chick in Need Is a Chick Indeed | Lost |
Season 2 | 065 | Quick Trick Saves a Slick Chick | Lost |
Season 2 | 066 | Scary Tale on a Canyon Trail | Lost |
Season 2 | 067 | Borrowed Burro in a Burrow | Lost |
Season 2 | 068 | Pint Size Surprise for the Guys | Lost |
Season 2 | 069 | Reddy and Me and Pee-Wee Makes Three | Lost |
Season 2 | 070 | Hoss Thief Grief | Lost |
Season 2 | 071 | Tricked and Trapped by a Tricky Trapper | Lost |
Season 2 | 072 | Harry Safari and the Phoney Pony | Lost |
Season 2 | 092 | Missile Fizzle | Lost |
Season 2 | 093 | Missing Missile Mystery | Lost |
Season 2 | 094 | Never Land in Never-Neverland | Lost |
Season 2 | 095 | Polar Bear Scare | Lost |
Season 2 | 096 | A Liking for a Striking Viking | Lost |
Season 2 | 097 | Bear Hunting Is for the Birds | Lost |
Season 2 | 098 | Beep-Beep from the Deep-Deep | Lost |
Season 2 | 099 | Two Fiends in a Submarine | Lost |
Season 2 | 100 | Muscle Man Meets Missile Man | Lost |
Season 2 | 101 | Bull Fight Fright | Lost |
Season 2 | 102 | Reddy Clobbers Robbers | Lost |
Season 2 | 103 | Machine Gun Fun | Lost |
Season 2 | 104 | Bad Guys Meet the Good Guys | Lost |
Season 3 | 105 | Dizzy Deputies | Lost |
Season 3 | 106 | Later Later, Alligator | Lost |
Season 3 | 107 | Gator Caper | Lost |
Season 3 | 108 | Chip Off the Old Chopper | Lost |
Season 3 | 109 | La Fitt to Be Tied | Lost |
Season 3 | 110 | Hide and Go Seek on Okeechonokee Creek | Lost |
Season 3 | 111 | Boom Boom Doom | Lost |
Season 3 | 112 | Spellbound Fool in a Round Whirlpool | Lost |
Season 3 | 113 | Fast Chase Through a Spooky Place | Lost |
Season 3 | 114 | Looks Like the End for a Cotton Picking Friend | Lost |
Season 3 | 115 | No Laff on Half of a Raft | Lost |
Season 3 | 116 | Gator Thrills and Whooshmobiles | Lost |
Season 3 | 117 | Trapped and Snapped Sap | Lost |
Season 3 | 118 | Spooky Meeting at Spooky Rock | Lost |
Season 3 | 119 | Dig the Bigger Digger | Lost |
Season 3 | 120 | The Secret Bizz of Professor Gizz | Lost |
Season 3 | 121 | Test Hop Flip Flop | Lost |
Season 3 | 122 | Sticks and Stones and Aching Bones | Lost |
Season 3 | 123 | Gun, Gun, Who's Got the Gun? | Lost |
Season 3 | 124 | Big Papoose on the Loose | Lost |
Season 3 | 125 | Mine, Mine, All Mine Gold Mine | Lost |
Season 3 | 126 | Gold Data in the Substrata | Lost |
Season 3 | 127 | The Ghost with the Most | Lost |
Season 3 | 128 | In the Soup with a Supernatural Snoop | Lost |
Season 3 | 129 | Sneaky Knaves in the Caves | Lost |
Season 3 | 130 | Tailspin Twins | Lost |
References
- ↑ Emmys: William Hanna and Joseph Barbera Biography
- ↑ The art of Hanna-Barbera : fifty years of creativity
- ↑ Animation Resources: Ruff And Reddy
- ↑ Art of Hanna-Barbera; Fifty Years of Creativity
- ↑ My life in Toons by Joseph Barbera
- ↑ Ruff and Reddy: On Record
- ↑ Museum of Broadcast Communications: Hanna Barbera
- ↑ TV Party: Ruff and Reddy
- ↑ Animation Resources: Ruff And Reddy
- ↑ TV Party: Ruff and Reddy by Kevin S. Butler
- ↑ Boomerang Wiki
- ↑ Amazon UK: Animal Follies VHS
- ↑ Laserdisc Database: ID6613HA
- ↑ Ruff and Reddy: Crowds in the Clouds VHS
- ↑ Cartoon Brew: Warner Bros. Anniversary DVD Set salutes Hanna Barbera
- ↑ DVD Review: The Best of Warner Bros.: Hanna-Barbera 25 Cartoon Collection.
- ↑ WingNuts Toons: Ruff and Reddy
- ↑ Worlds Best Comics: Classic Cartoons
- ↑ Ebay Listing: Ruff and Reddy
- ↑ Mega: Backup of Available Episodes