wsutton_49
I remember this show, when it first aired as a Saturday morning show. Never missed it. I was 7 or 8 at the time, have always had the words to the theme in my head, but could have sworn it debuted in 1956, based on where we lived at the time. (My dad was in the AF & I remember shows, music, fads, etc. based on where we lived since we moved every 2 or 3 years.) At any rate, I remember it was about a cat & a dog who were best friends, with the dog looking out for the cat. Episodes were introduced by a live actor/narrator/host. Seems like the host was the same voice heard as the narrator of most HB cartoons after that. Figured out later this was the first TV cartoon series from HB after they left MGM, where they produced/directed the best of all the Tom & Jerry cartoons. They had developed a simpler method to make cartoons quicker & cheaper, almost eliminating the need for large art departments. In that respect this little cartoon series helped bring about the decline and eventual end of large studio cartoon departments at MGM, WB, etc. Soon after this success they followed with the Huckleberry Hound Show on weekday afternoons, followed by Yogi Bear's own show and all their other afternoon and Saturday shows, many of which were almost copies of some of the earlier MGM cartoon series. Of course they also made history with the first prime time cartoon series, The Flintstones, in 1960. While not a copy of an earlier cartoon it was loosely based on 'The Honeymooners'.
jumpshotinyourface
"Ruff n' Reddy" was a fun to watch and suspenseful TV cartoon series. The weekly adventures were a treat for kids in the 7 to 10 year old range, and the stories were always fresh and interesting to the young and curious mind. I must fully agree with Mr. 'wdbasinger' on the "cliffhanger" technique employed at the end of every half hour show. The only story line I can still recollect was the pair's abduction to another planet by the "Munimula" robots (yes, aluminum spelled backwards). These creations were one-wheeled, hemisphere-topped droids, perhaps fore-runners of "R2-D2" of "Star Wars" fame. At the end of one episode, I was horrified that our heroes were somehow trapped in an assembly line and about to be somehow transformed into Munimulas themselves!!! My brother and I had to fret through an entire week of dread until next Saturday morning to see them escape this awful fate. This show was one of my favorites during those years of Saturday morning bowls of cereal and hours of TV animation pleasure. If anyone knows where or how to buy these wonderful cartoons on DVD or VHS, please notify me. Thank you.
mark-simon
These are the correct ones:Get set, get ready, Here come Ruff and Reddy. They're tough, but steady, Always rough and ready. They sometimes have their little spats, Even fight like dogs and cats, But when they need each other, That's when, they're rough and ready.They were the earliest cartoon I can remember as a kid growing up in Seattle. I didn't learn until two years ago that they were one of the early Hanna-Barbera cartoons, as was Tom And Jerry.I was reading the comment by ransom and realized immediately that he had the lyrics wrong. Can't have that now can we???Mark
consortpinguin
Growing up in the late 1950s and early 1960s, my favorite time of the week was Saturday morning. I enjoyed a variety of cartoon and live-action shows such as Sky King, Fury, Leonardo the Lion, Howdy Doody, Texas Rangers, and especially "Ruff and Reddy."My keenest memory of this was the premiere on the Saturday morning right after I had my tonsils out. What a pleasant surprise just when I needed a lift, to see this great animated adventure show of a cat and dog drawn in to an adventure in the planet of robots called "Muni-Mula" which is aluminum spelled backwards. The evil leader, who literally would spin his head around between a kind face who would welcome you and the mean face that threatened you, was out to conquer the universe starting with Earth with his army of robots. The robots whizzing after our heroes on one wheel sometimes caught them, but in the end Ruff and Reddy managed to destroy the robot manufacturing assembly line and escape this planet just before it blows up. Hmm, come to think of it, I wonder if the authors of the film "Independence Day" might just have seen this show when they were little.Ruff and Reddy beat all the bad guys, including the Pirate Captain Greedy. There was one villian who fired missiles from inside a barn that opened up. This was, of course, during the Cold War just after the Russians launched Sputnik.My friends and I enjoyed many play adventures based on the Ruff and Reddy Episodes, and we also played World War II Marines and sometimes imagined World War III, especially on those Friday Afternoons when they tested the air raid sirens. The Cold War was a very real part of life, but we made the best out of it.And yes, I did see the movie "Thirteen Days" and yes, we really did come that close.
