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The Best Episodes of The Ruff and Reddy Show Season 1

Every episode of The Ruff and Reddy Show Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Ruff and Reddy Show Season 1!

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

Season 1 Ratings Summary

The best episode of "The Ruff and Reddy Show" season 1 is "Planet Pirates", rated 6.7/10 from 19 user votes. It was directed by N/A and written by N/A. "Planet Pirates" aired on 12/14/1957 and is rated 0.7 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "Night Flight Fright".

  • Planet Pirates
    6.7/10 19 votes

    #1 - 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

  • Night Flight Fright
    6.0/10 15 votes

    #2 - 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

  • "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

  • The Mastermind of Muni Mula
    7.0/10 13 votes

    #4 - 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

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

    #5 - 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

  • Hocus Pocus Focus
    5.4/10 10 votes

    #6 - 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

  • Muni Mula Mix-Up
    5.6/10 10 votes

    #7 - 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

  • Creepy Creature Feature
    5.2/10 10 votes

    #8 - 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

  • The Creepy Creature
    6.0/10 10 votes

    #9 - 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

    #10 - 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

  • Crowds in the Clouds
    4.2/10 10 votes

    #11 - 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

  • Reddy Rocket Rescue
    5.4/10 10 votes

    #12 - 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

  • Rocket Ranger Danger
    5.8/10 10 votes

    #13 - 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

  • Pinky the Pint Sized Pachyderm
    5.2/10 10 votes

    #14 - 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

    #15 - 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

  • The Irate Pirate
    5.8/10 10 votes

    #16 - 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

  • Dynamite Fright
    5.6/10 10 votes

    #17 - 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

  • Marooned in Typhoon Lagoon
    5.8/10 10 votes

    #18 - 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

  • Scarey Harry Safari
    6.0/10 10 votes

    #19 - 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

  • 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