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The Ruff And Reddy Show (NBC 1957 - 1959)

 
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Eadie
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 1:06 am    Post subject: The Ruff And Reddy Show (NBC 1957 - 1959) Reply with quote

Does anyone remember this? I found it on Boomerang Cartoon Network. Some of the cartoons involve robots from the planet Munimula (aluminum backwards).





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PostPosted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 10:39 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

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Yes, my young Padawan learner, your wise old master -- Budi-Wan Kenobi -- does indeed remember those two fuzzy Jedi knights Ruff and Reddy from my childhood days. I was but a wee lad of nine when this show aired in 1957, and they dabbled in science fiction themes often enough to lure me into watching.

Here's the first three minutes of Planet Pirates on YouTube, about aliens abducting our feline and canine heroes.

Thanks your stirring up the fond kidhood memories, Miss Eadie! Very Happy


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 2:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Full episodes can be found at:

http://www.listal.com/tv/the-ruff-reddy-show/feed/3

http://www.listal.com/tv/the-ruff-reddy-show/feed/2

http://www.listal.com/tv/the-ruff-reddy-show/feed

Start with the top one as for some silly reason they were posted last-to-first.


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PostPosted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 5:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like the way the Ruff is smart and patient, while Reddy is enthusiastic and eager. Good team. Very Happy



And the short clip from the one at the link I provided started out with Ruff telling Reddy what UFOs were, but stating firmly that there was no such thing as flying saucers — after which a news commentator on the radio says exactly the same thing. So we know we're going to see both Ruff and the news guy eat their words pretty soon! Very Happy

Meanwhile, little nine year olds like me, back in 1957, were being told what the initials stood for, and then we're taught not to be close-minded about controversial subjects. Very Happy

Cool show. Thanks again, Eadie
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 19, 2014 7:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Bud Brewster wrote:
And the short clip from the one at the link I provided started out with Ruff telling Reddy what UFOs were, but stating firmly that there was no such thing as flying saucers -- after which a news commentator on the radio says exactly the same thing. So we know we're going to see both Ruff and the news guy eat their words pretty soon!

That's now the time-honored formula for any drama involving "controversial subjects" (read that as any supernatural or pseudoscientific topic). There's always a central skeptical character who's about to get his worldview straightened out by the time the ectoplasm clears.

I recall a short-lived (pilot) project by Gene Roddenberry called Spectre. The promotional novelty at the time was to be that it treated the supernatural element as real.
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