The Ruff and Reddy Show (1957)
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.
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Episode 1 - Egg Yeggs
Release Date: 1958-12-13Ruff and Reddy help Dr. Gizmo to protect his valuable Chickasaurus egg from some thieves.
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Episode 2 - The Dummy Mummy
Release Date: 1958-12-13Killer and Diller in mummy guises swipe the Chickasaurus egg, wrapping Ruff and Reddy in their mummy wrappings.
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Episode 3 - The Chickenhearted Chickosaurus Chase
Release Date: 1958-12-20Gizmo, Ruff and Reddy pursue Killer and Diller, but the Chickosaurus egg tumbles out of their truck and towards our heroes.
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Episode 4 - The Chickasaurus Crack-Up
Release Date: 1958-12-20The Chickasaurus falls down a cliff and cracks. When Ruff, Reddy and Dr. Gizmo reach the egg, it begins to hatch.
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Episode 5 - The Slick Chickasaurus Chick Trick
Release Date: 1958-12-20The Chickasaurus has only managed to partially hatch from the egg. When it does hatch Killer and Diller arrive.
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Episode 6 - The Chicken-Hearted Chickasaurus
Release Date: 1958-12-27As Killer and Diller try to take the Chickasaurus away, but Ruff, Reddy and Dr. Gizmo get tangled with the running Chickasaurus.
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Episode 7 - Chickasaurus Choo Choo!
Release Date: 1958-12-27As the Chickasaurus becomes airborne, Killer and Diller follow by helicopter all the way to a secret prehistoric jungle.
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Episode 8 - Rumble in the Jungle
Release Date: 1958-12-27After a Brontosaurus blows Killer and Diller away, Ruff and Reddy try to flee from the jungle but they run towards a T-Rex.
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Episode 9 - The Sorehead Tyrannosaurus
Release Date: 1959-01-03Ruff, Reddy and Dr. Gizmo take shelter in a cave from a T-Rex. In the darkness they see a pair of eyes.
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Episode 10 - Two Eyes Spy on the Guys
Release Date: 1959-01-03Ruff, Reddy and Dr. Gizmo are met by a cave boy called Ubble-Ubble, who knocks out the T-Rex. Killer and Diller kidnap Ubble-Ubble.
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Episode 11 - Double-Trouble with Ubble-Ubble
Release Date: 1959-01-03Ubble-Ubble bats Killer and Diller but they recapture him and Ruff, Reddy and Dr. Gizmo are confronted by a sabre-toothed tiger.
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Episode 12 - A Chick in Need Is a Chick Indeed
Release Date: 1959-01-03Ubble-Ubble lands in the chickasaurus nest where the chickasaurus is nursing a pair of eggs.
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Episode 13 - Quick Trick Saves a Slick Chick
Release Date: 1959-01-10Killer and Diller try to steal the chickasaurus eggs but are flattened by Reddy. Ubble-Ubble joins the team back home (where Gizmo has presumably adopted him) and becomes a little league baseball sensation.
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Episode 14 - Scary Tale on a Canyon Trail
Release Date: 1959-01-10At the Grand Canyon, Ruff and Reddy hear of rumors of a pint-sized pony and as to the validity of their existence. Harry Scary hears of the rumors as well.
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Episode 15 - Borrowed Burro in a Burrow
Release Date: 1959-01-10Harry Scary sends Reddy on his out-of-control donkey Poco Loco, who disappears in a burrow.
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Episode 16 - Pint Size Surprise for the Guys
Release Date: 1959-01-17Ruff and Reddy make their way through the burrow where they see Poco Loco has made friends with a pony no bigger than Reddy's hand.
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Episode 17 - Reddy and Me and Pee-Wee Makes Three"
Release Date: 1959-01-17Harry Scary tracks the Pee-Wee Pony's hoofprints, and Pee-Wee leads Harry on a chase.
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Episode 18 - Hoss Thief Grief
Release Date: 1959-01-17Harry lassos Pee-Wee but the pint-sized pony refuses to give up.
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Episode 19 - Tricked and Trapped by a Tricky Trapper"
Release Date: 1959-01-24Pee-Wee escapes Harry's clutches and hides out in Reddy's hat. Poco Loco gives it to Harry "in the end."
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Episode 20 - Harry Safari and the Phoney Pony
Release Date: 1959-01-24Harry Scary tries to hold our heroes at gunpoint in exchange for Pee-Wee, but Poco Loco steals Harry's gun. As Pee-Wee heads back home, Harry lies in wait for him.
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Episode 21 - Frantic Antics of Poco Loco
Release Date: 1959-01-24Harry Scary captures Pee-Wee in a sack. Pee-Wee's mother runs to alert Poco Loco, Ruff and Reddy.
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Episode 22 - Nag in a Bag
Release Date: 1959-01-31Harry Scary escapes with Pee-Wee in a motorboat, pursued closely by Ruff and Reddy.
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Episode 23 - Bungled Bundle of Boodle
Release Date: 1959-01-31Harry takes Pee-Wee to his carnival, where he plans to get rich off using the pint-size pony as an attraction.
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Episode 24 - Chump's Jumps Bring Bumps and Lumps
Release Date: 1959-01-31As our heroes head for Harry Scary's carnival, Pee-Wee goes through indignities as a performer in Harry's show.
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Episode 25 - Show-Biz-Wiz
Release Date: 1959-02-07Pee-Wee is locked in a strongbox as Ruff, Reddy and Poco Loco infiltrate the carnival.
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Episode 26 - These Three Set Pee-Wee Free
Release Date: 1959-02-07Disguised as clowns, Ruff and Reddy rescue Pee-Wee, while Poco-Loco sends Scary into orbit with a good donkey kick.
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Episode 27 - Fantastic Phantom
Release Date: 1959-02-07Thinking they've subdued a burglar in the house, Ruff and Reddy discover a strange little man.
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Episode 28 - Long Gone Leprechaun
Release Date: 1959-02-14The visitor is a leprechaun, who filches Reddy's gold watch. How can he and Ruff explain this to the police?
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Episode 29 - The Goon of Glocca Morra
Release Date: 1959-02-14The leprechaun tells our heroes of the Goon of Glocca Morra, a greedy being who has taken their princess for ransom and just keeps all the gold.
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Episode 30 - Bungle in Banshee Castle
Release Date: 1959-02-14The leprechaun takes Ruff and Reddy to Ireland where the princess is being held captive at Banshee Castle.
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Episode 31 - Afloat in a Moat with No Boat
Release Date: 1959-02-21Reddy's climb to the castle ends in a moat, leaving our heroes to alternate means of entering.
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Episode 32 - Too Soon the Goon
Release Date: 1959-02-21Ruff is slingshot into the castle where he goes missing. The leprechaun shrinks Reddy to his size as the pair venture to the castle.
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Episode 33 - Smitten by a Kitten
Release Date: 1959-02-21The leprechaun and Reddy go across the moat and into the castle where Reddy is chased by the Goon's cat.
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Episode 34 - Mr. Small Meets Mr. Tall in the Hall — That Is All
Release Date: 1959-02-21Reddy finds Ruff locked in a cell, then has to get by the cat in order to get to the cell key, held by the Goon.
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Episode 35 - Going-Going Goon
Release Date: 1959-02-28Reddy sets eyes on the Goon of Glocca Morra as he makes a bid for the cell key.
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Episode 36 - Scary Chase Through a Spooky Place with a Goony Face
Release Date: 1959-02-28Reddy frees Ruff from his cell and together they flee from the Goon.
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Episode 37 - Bing Bang Boom in a Real Small Room
Release Date: 1959-02-28Ruff hides in a turret, and the Goon plans to blast him out with a cannon in which Reddy is hiding.
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Episode 38 - Gold Room Doom
Release Date: 1959-03-07Ruff and Reddy search the Goon's treasure room for the princess.
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Episode 39 - Three See the Wee Princess Free
Release Date: 1959-03-07Reddy clobbers the Goon with a gold piece and with Ruff discovers the princess had been imprisoned in the Goon's hat. Reddy is returned to normal size while the Goon is shrunk and made a playtoy for his own cat.
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Episode 40 - Missile Fizzle
Release Date: 1959-03-07With help from Ruff and Reddy, Professor Gizmo plans to launch a rocket to the moon. However, things go wrong when Reddy launches it prematurely.
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Episode 41 - Missing Missile Mystery
Release Date: 1959-03-14As the rocket's third stage engages its parachute, it falls to earth and is blown by upper level winds off course.
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Episode 42 - Never Land in Never-Neverland
Release Date: 1959-03-14The capsule lands in a frozen diorama. Meanwhile, Captain Greedy and Saltwater Daffy track the capsule, full of valuable instruments, in their submarine.
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Episode 43 - Polar Bear Scare
Release Date: 1959-03-14Reddy's ire is aroused when he sees a Viking boy being chased by a polar bear. But the slick ice surface isn't conducive to head-to-head battle.
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Episode 44 - A Liking for a Striking Viking
Release Date: 1959-03-21Ruff, Reddy, Gizmo and the Viking child, Olaf, make it to the capsule, but Olaf wants to go back out and fight the bear.
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Episode 45 - Bear Hunting Is for the Birds
Release Date: 1959-03-21Olaf summons his pet falcon to ward off the bear, who turns tail and runs away.
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Episode 46 - Beep-Beep from the Deep-Deep
Release Date: 1959-03-21While Ruff, Gizmo and Olaf search for food, Captain Greedy and Saltwater Daffy surface.
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Episode 47 - Two Fiends in a Submarine
Release Date: 1959-03-28Olaf calls upon his falcon again when Captain Greedy and Saltwater Daffy hold Ruff and Professor Gizmo hostage.
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Episode 48 - Muscle Man Meets Missile Man
Release Date: 1959-03-28Captain Greedy forces Gizmo to take him to the capsule, in which Reddy is sound asleep.
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Episode 49 - Bull Fight Fright
Release Date: 1959-03-28Olaf launches an offensive on Greedy and Daffy while Olaf's falcon alerts Reddy.
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Episode 50 - Reddy Clobbers Robbers
Release Date: 1959-04-04Reddy clobbers Saltwater Daffy, but Greedy, smelling something rotten in Denmark, sends Gizmo in to get clobbered as well.
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Episode 51 - Machine Gun Fun
Release Date: 1959-04-04Olaf gets hold of Captain Greedy's gun, and it goes haywire. Once it becomes loose, a battle for it ensues, ending with Greedy holding Reddy at gunpoint.
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Episode 52 - Bad Guys Meet the Good Guys
Release Date: 1959-04-04Greedy confiscates Gizmo's capsule equipment, but Olaf gets the drop on him with a horde of Vikings.