The Ruff & Reddy Show
The Ruff & Reddy Show is a Hanna Barbera series starring Ruff, a cat , and Reddy, a dog. First broadcast in December 1957, it was the first television show produced by Hanna-Barbera.
Messick's "Ruff" voice characterization was very similar to the one he would later use for Pixie the mouse. Butler used his tried-and-true southern drawl for "Reddy", a voice that would later become mainly identified with Huckleberry Hound. A supporting character in some episodes was the tiny-sized Professor Gizmo (also voiced by Don Messick). Villains Ruff and Reddy faced included Harry Safari (Daws Butler), Captain Greedy and Salt Water Daffy (Daws Butler and Don Messick) and western outlaws Killer and Diller (Daws Butler and Don Messick). The show's episodes borrowed from the serialized storytelling format of such shows as Crusader Rabbit by making extensive use of cliffhanger storylines. Each story had 13 episodes, two airing per show. Don Messick was narrator. The episodes were not much longer than four minutes, including an opening song and much repetition of preceding events.
The Ruff & Reddy Show is a Hanna Barbera series starring Ruff, a cat , and Reddy, a dog. First broadcast in December 1957, it was the first television show produced by Hanna-Barbera.
Messick's "Ruff" voice characterization was very similar to the one he would later use for Pixie the mouse. Butler used his tried-and-true southern drawl for "Reddy", a voice that would later become mainly identified with Huckleberry Hound. A supporting character in some episodes was the tiny-sized Professor Gizmo (also voiced by Don Messick). Villains Ruff and Reddy faced included Harry Safari (Daws Butler), Captain Greedy and Salt Water Daffy (Daws Butler and Don Messick) and western outlaws Killer and Diller (Daws Butler and Don Messick). The show's episodes borrowed from the serialized storytelling format of such shows as Crusader Rabbit by making extensive use of cliffhanger storylines. Each story had 13 episodes, two airing per show. Don Messick was narrator. The episodes were not much longer than four minutes, including an opening song and much repetition of preceding events.
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