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6.7/10 TV Final episode date 2 April 1960 Number of seasons 3 | 7.2/10 IMDb First episode date 14 December 1957 Network NBC Presented by Robert Cottle | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Cast Daws Butler, Don Messick, Robert Cottle Similar The Quick Draw McGraw, The Huckleberry Hound S, Augie Doggie and Dogg, Peter Potamus, Hokey Wolf | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Ruff and Reddy Show (also known as Ruff and Reddy) is an American animated television series created by William Hanna and Joseph Barbera for NBC. The series follows the adventures of Ruff (voiced by Don Messick), a straight and smart cat, and Reddy (Daws Butler), a good-natured, brave dog. Ruff and Reddy was the first television series produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions; it was presented by Screen Gems, the television arm of Columbia Pictures (now Sony Pictures Television). Ruff and Reddy premiered in December 1957 and ran for fifty episodes until April 1960, comprising three seasons.
Hanna and Barbera created the series as the first of their fledgling television operation, first named H-B Enterprises. The "buddy" theme had previously been explored in their Tom and Jerry theatrical short subjects, although Ruff and Reddy lacks the element of the two being enemies. The series is notable as one of the earliest original animated television programs, and a pioneering use of limited animation techniques.
