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The Best Episodes of The Ruff and Reddy Show

Every episode of The Ruff and Reddy Show ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of The Ruff and Reddy Show!

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.

Genres:FamilyAnimationComedy
Network:NBC

Top Episode Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Ruff and Reddy Show" is "The Mastermind of Muni Mula", rated 7/10 from 13 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "The Mastermind of Muni Mula" aired on 12/21/1957 and is rated 0.3 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Planet Pirates".

  • The Mastermind of Muni Mula
    7.0/10 13 votes

    #1 - The Mastermind of Muni Mula

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 12/21/1957

    On the metal planet Muni-Mula ("aluminum" spelled backwards), Ruff and Reddy face a two-headed metallic chieftain called "The Big Thinker," who takes our heroes to be assimilated as metal clones.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Planet Pirates
    6.7/10 19 votes

    #2 - Planet Pirates

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 12/14/1957

    In this, the very first episode of Hanna-Barbera's first TV show, our heroes read reports of spacecrafts from other worlds. One such ship bears a bead on Ruff and Reddy as they nap and take them aboard the craft.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • "Whama Bamma Gamma" Gun
    6.4/10 14 votes

    #3 - "Whama Bamma Gamma" Gun

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 12/14/1957

    Ruff and Reddy's robotic captors pursue them with a gun that Reddy gets hold of.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Night Flight Fright
    6.0/10 15 votes

    #4 - Night Flight Fright

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 12/14/1957

    Ruff and Reddy awaken from their nap to find they have been taken hostage by the ship from space.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Creepy Creature
    6.0/10 10 votes

    #5 - The Creepy Creature

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 12/28/1957

    After Reddy destroys the slumbering inner works of the Big Thinker, he, Ruff and Gizmo are hunted down by a huge robot centurion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Surprise in the Skies
    6.0/10 11 votes

    #6 - Surprise in the Skies

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 1/4/1958

    Reddy, having given the Gizmo 2 ship a boost, is left behind on Muni-Mula. Ruff and Gizmo go back after him but are confronted by a flying attack squad of Muni-Mula robots.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Scarey Harry Safari
    6.0/10 10 votes

    #7 - Scarey Harry Safari

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/25/1958

    A hunter named Harry Scary uses Ruff as bait to lure a lion, but the lion and Ruff take off.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Rocket Ranger Danger
    5.8/10 10 votes

    #8 - Rocket Ranger Danger

    Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/11/1958

    The meteor hits the Gizmo 2, sending it and our heroes on a crash course to Earth, where broadcast media reports its arrival as if it were a UFO invasion.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Irate Pirate
    5.8/10 10 votes

    #9 - The Irate Pirate

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/18/1958

    Captain Crossbones Jones forces Ruff, Reddy and Pinky to be his crew, but they start to escape.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Marooned in Typhoon Lagoon
    5.8/10 10 votes

    #10 - Marooned in Typhoon Lagoon

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1958

    Ruff, Reddy and Pinky cruise to an island. Ruff gets captured whilst exploring.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Mad Monster of Muni Mula
    5.6/10 10 votes

    #11 - The Mad Monster of Muni Mula

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 12/21/1957

    The duplicating process of Ruff and Reddy begins. Reddy tries to intervene but becomes a robot himself after he gets zapped by the robot brain implanter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Muni Mula Mix-Up
    5.6/10 10 votes

    #12 - Muni Mula Mix-Up

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 12/28/1957

    Reddy gets accidentally mesmerized by the brain waves and under orders of the Big Thinker takes Ruff captive.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Dynamite Fright
    5.6/10 10 votes

    #13 - Dynamite Fright

    Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 1/18/1958

    Ruff, Reddy and Pinky get stranded at sea trying to escape and then they start to sink.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hocus Pocus Focus
    5.4/10 10 votes

    #14 - Hocus Pocus Focus

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 12/21/1957

    Ruff tries to help Reddy but is followed by a roving mechanical spy.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Reddy Rocket Rescue
    5.4/10 10 votes

    #15 - Reddy Rocket Rescue

    Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/4/1958

    Gizmo rescues Reddy from his freefall, but now the Gizmo 2 rocket ship is on a collision course with a meteor.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Creepy Creature Feature
    5.2/10 10 votes

    #16 - Creepy Creature Feature

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 12/28/1957

    Ruff and Reddy discover a scientist, Professor Gizmo, in the dome of the Big Thinker. Gizmo tells how he blasted off in his homemade rocket and was taken prisoner in Muni-Mula.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Pinky the Pint Sized Pachyderm
    5.2/10 10 votes

    #17 - Pinky the Pint Sized Pachyderm

    Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/11/1958

    A baby elephant escapes from a circus and requests Ruff and Reddy to take him home in Africa.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Last Trip of a Ghost Ship
    5.2/10 10 votes

    #18 - Last Trip of a Ghost Ship

    Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/11/1958

    Ruff, Reddy and Pinky board Voo Doo Queen and get locked on board.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Crowds in the Clouds
    4.2/10 10 votes

    #19 - Crowds in the Clouds

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 1/4/1958

    Gizmo confuses the Muni-Mula attack squadron by cloaking the Gizmo 2 craft in a dark cloud. Meanwhile, Reddy takes off in one of the metal squadron's head propellers and is mistaken by Gizmo to be one of the metal men.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Jungle Jitters
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #20 - Jungle Jitters

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 1/25/1958

    Ruff rescues the lion and Harry Scary reveals himself as an elephant hunter.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Bungle in the Jungle
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #21 - Bungle in the Jungle

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 1/25/1958

    Before Harry Scary can shoot Reddy, the lion comes to his rescue and all three run for it.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Miles of Crocodiles
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #22 - Miles of Crocodiles

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/1/1958

    Ruff, Reddy and Pinky escape from Harry and try to get across a river. Their escape log turns out to be a crocodile.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • A Creep in the Deep
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #23 - A Creep in the Deep

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/1/1958

    Reddy gets trapped with the crocodiles after saving Ruff and Pinky and Harry Scary comes round.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Hot Shot's Plot
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #24 - Hot Shot's Plot

    Season 1 Episode 24 - Aired 2/1/1958

    Ruff and Reddy follow Harry Scary who took Pinky away. Harry Scary makes Pinky lure his mother into a trap.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Gloom of Doom
    NaN/10 0 votes

    #25 - The Gloom of Doom

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 2/8/1958

    Harry Scary gets all Ruff, Reddy, the lion, Pinky and his mother exactly where he wants.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A