About this season
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.
Episodes (52)
1. Dizzy Deputies
Aired 19 December 1959
A swamp pirate, Jean La Fitt, runs amok and spoils Ruff and Reddy's fishing trip.
2. Later Later, Alligator
Aired 19 December 1959
Deputized by Sheriff Cotton E. Pickens, the boys and Pickens are pursued by an alligator.
3. Gator Caper
Aired 19 December 1959
The alligator, knocked out by La Fitt, makes friends with Ruff after he revives him.
4. Chip Off the Old Chopper
Aired 26 December 1959
Ruff names the alligator Chopper, and adds him to the pirate posse.
5. La Fitt to Be Tied
Aired 26 December 1959
La Fitt is cornered but makes an escape.
6. Hide and Go Seek on Okeechonokee Creek
Aired 26 December 1959
Ruff, Reddy and Sheriff Pickens try to find La Fitt's hideout.
7. Boom Boom Doom
Aired 2 January 1960
La Fitt turns his cannons on our heroes.
8. Spellbound Fool in a Round Whirlpool
Aired 2 January 1960
LaFitt creates a whirlpool to stop Pickens, Ruff and Reddy.
9. Fast Chase Through a Spooky Place
Aired 2 January 1960
Our heroes look for LaFitt's hideout.
10. Looks Like the End for a Cotton Picking Friend
Aired 9 January 1960
Cotton Pickens nearly meets his doom.
11. No Laff on Half of a Raft
Aired 9 January 1960
Chopper nearly destroys the raft our heroes are using.
12. Gator Thrills and Whooshmobiles
Aired 9 January 1960
Ruff turns Chopper into a makeshift whooshmobile.
13. Trapped and Snapped Sap
Aired 9 January 1960
Chopper helps with the final corralling of LaFitt.
14. Spooky Meeting at Spooky Rock
Aired 16 January 1960
Ruff and Reddy are trainbound for Spooky Rock where a rendezvous with Professor Gizmo is to take place
15. Dig the Bigger Digger
Aired 16 January 1960
Gizmo presents his invention, a mobile borer with which he plans to gather substrata data in the mountains. The outlaws Killer and Diller follow our heroes.
16. The Secret Bizz of Professor Gizz
Aired 16 January 1960
Killer and Diller watch in amazement as Gizmo tests out his borer.
17. Test Hop Flip Flop
Aired 23 January 1960
Satisfied with the borer's success, Killer and Diller plan to hijack it with the plan of finding the Lost Dutchman mine.
18. Sticks and Stones and Aching Bones
Aired 23 January 1960
Killer and Diller show up and force Gizmo to drive the borer to the Lost Dutchman mine.
19. Gun, Gun, Who's Got the Gun?
Aired 23 January 1960
After a lights-out fight, Ruff gets the drop on Killer and Diller. Reddy ties them up and transports them away to the nearest jail.
20. Big Papoose on the Loose
Aired 30 January 1960
A bump in the road causes Killer and Diller to bump off Reddy's car. The outlaws make a getaway with Reddy in pursuit.
21. Mine, Mine, All Mine Gold Mine
Aired 30 January 1960
Jumping off a railroad bridge, Killer and Diller land in a river. Reddy returns to the borer.
22. Gold Data in the Substrata
Aired 30 January 1960
Gizmo, Ruff and Reddy discover an illuminated mine. Killer and Diller discover a secret entrance back to the mine.
23. The Ghost with the Most
Aired 6 February 1960
Our heroes meet Schultz, the ghost of the Lost Dutchman. Killer and Diller pursue him in a merry chase.
24. In the Soup with a Supernatural Snoop
Aired 6 February 1960
Killer and Diller force Ruff, Reddy and Gizmo into piling the borer with bags of gold.
25. Sneaky Knaves in the Caves
Aired 6 February 1960
Schultz secretly leads our heroes to a safe place while having fun at Killer and Diller's expense.
26. Tailspin Twins
Aired 6 February 1960
Schultz lets Killer and Diller leave with all the gold they can carry. But there's a catch -- the gold disappears once the two are outside, and their entrance is sealed off.
27. Sky High Fly Guys
Aired 13 February 1960
After running afoul of a carnival policeman, Ruff and Reddy hide out in a hot-air balloon which slips its moorings.
28. A Tisket, a Tasket, Who Lost Their Basket?
Aired 13 February 1960
Ruff and Reddy find themselves in midair.
29. Three's a Crowd in a Cloud
Aired 13 February 1960
Ruff and Reddy try to ward off a giant vulture which is attacking their balloon.
30. Fine Feathered Birds of a Feather
Aired 20 February 1960
Ruff and Reddy land near an island and hear a voice repeatedly calling, "Help! Murder! Police!"
31. A Bird in Hand Is a Handy Bird
Aired 20 February 1960
Our heroes find a Swedish sailor, Skipper Kipper, and his parrot Squawky Talky, held prisoner by Captain Greedy and Saltwater Daffy. The two yeggs want a map to a treasure from Kipper.
32. No Laffy Daffy
Aired 20 February 1960
Guarding the shack where Kipper and Squawky Talky are imprisoned, Daffy hears Ruff and Reddy's voices.
33. Tiff on a Skiff
Aired 27 February 1960
Ruff and Reddy help Kipper and Squawky escape, much to Captain Greedy's irritation.
34. Sub a Dub Dub
Aired 27 February 1960
Our heroes and Skipper and Kipper commandeer Captain Greedy's sub.
35. Squawky No Talky
Aired 27 February 1960
Having returned to power of their ship, Greedy threatens bodily harm to Squawky Talky if Kipper doesn't reveal the map.
36. Big Beak Tweaks Big Sneak
Aired 5 March 1960
Squawky Talky turns the tables on Saltwater Daffy.
37. Off on a Toot with the Loot to Boot
Aired 5 March 1960
Captain Greedy and Saltwater Daffy leave the island under the pretense of giving up the search. Skipper Kipper reveals the map to Ruff and Reddy.
38. Thanks a Lot for X Marks the Spot
Aired 5 March 1960
Once the treasure's location is exposed, Greedy and Daffy return.
39. Tail of a Sail in a Whale
Aired 5 March 1960
Greedy and Daffy obtain the treasure, which winds up getting swallowed by a whale.
40. Misguided Missile
Aired 12 March 1960
Ruff and Reddy answer an ad for the promise of travel and adventure. A wily professor tricks them into taking off in a rocket ship.
41. Triple Trouble Trip
Aired 12 March 1960
The professor instructs Ruff and Reddy to gather information on the moon as they orbit around it.
42. Around the Moon in Eighty Ways
Aired 12 March 1960
An errant button press sends the rocket off course.
43. Button, Button, Who Pushed the Button?
Aired 19 March 1960
The rocket heads for a mysterious planet.
44. No Traces of Aces of Spaces
Aired 19 March 1960
The boys are held captive by a race of tiny aliens, the Lilipunis.
45. Lilipunies Meet Mooney Goonies
Aired 19 March 1960
Bound by the Lilipunies, Ruff and Reddy plead their case.
46. Little Guys are a Big Surprise
Aired 26 March 1960
Ruff and Reddy, along with the Lilipunies, are menaced by a creature called the Blop.
47. Two Is Company â a Million Is a Little Crowded
Aired 26 March 1960
Reddy's dander is raised when he sees the Blop picking on the Lilipunies.
48. Big Bop for a Big Flop
Aired 26 March 1960
Reddy fights back against the Blop, who takes Ruff captive.
49. Things Get Tough for Ruff â Sure 'Nuff
Aired 2 April 1960
Reddy searches the Blop's cave for Ruff.
50. Whap â Caught in a Trap by a Sap
Aired 2 April 1960
The Lilipunies help Reddy construct a spider web with which the catch the Blop.
51. Spin, Spin a Web to Catch a Blop In
Aired 2 April 1960
The boys beat a hasty retreat to their rocket.
52. Have Blop, Will Travel
Aired 2 April 1960
After the Blop gets away in the boys' rocket, the Lilipunies come up with a mode of transportation for Ruff and Reddy to return to Earth.