Wonderful Movie

Fantastic!

A Masterpiece!

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

THIS IS THE first Hanna-Barbera Produced TV cartoon series. It was different than their standard fare that was to come down the pike in the next few years. Rather than being all cartoon with multiple character features, this show featured a single cartoon series, Later syndicated half-hours, such as THE HUCKLEBERRY HOUND Show, featured the main star (HUCK)and two back-up features (PIXIE & DIXIE and YOGI BEAR).FURTHER MARKED DIFFERENCES are apparent in the use of live (or videotaped) performers in studio. The implementation of a puppet side show added an element of contrast to the comedy of the RUFF & REDDY Cartoon adventures.AND SPEAKING OF those R & R adventures, they had a sort of continuing theme, much like a movie serial, sans the cliff-hanger endings. Theirs were humorous, but strung together by the inclusion of a singular plot line and some protagonists.IN WHAT WAS most likely an intentional switch in names for comic effect, RUFF & REDDY were polar opposites in their appearances. With Ruff ("ROUGH") being the expected name for the huge bulldog, he was Reddy ("READY") and the small cat partner was really Ruff ("ROUGH"). (Did you get that one, Schultz?) UNLIKE SO MANY more of their productions, this Hanna-Barbera show was shown on the network of NBC, instead of being sent out via the wonders of syndication.

"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.

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

The "Ruff & Reddy Show" was not only an example of Hanna-Barbera's earlier works,but it is a classic in the utmost sense of the word. I remember catching the show a couple of years ago on the CBN Network,but also most recently on Cartoon Network's Boomerang channel. I never got to see some of the black and white episodes that Hanna-Barbera produced,but the episodes that I saw were in living color and it featured some of the most compelling episodes ever devised and it was always keeping its viewers on a cliffhanger until the next episode(case in point with the same formula that would be seen during "Rocky and Bullwinkle"(1959) years later.). Dilbolical villians,and evil doers at every turn and out to destroy the world,and to leave our heroes Ruff and Ready to save the day! Worth seeing.THEME SONG: They're Ruff and Reddy Always Ruff and Reddy They're tough and steady Always Ruff and ReddyThey sometimes fight like dogs and cats Even though when to comes to that but when they need each other that's when They're Ruff and Reddy