Ruff and Reddy is the first made-for-TV cartoon that William Hanna and Joseph Barbera produced for their company, Hanna-Barbera. It ran from 1957 to 1960, with a total of 156 episodes airing on NBC. Each episode followed the ongoing adventures of a small cat named Ruff and a big bulldog named Reddy as they faced numerous dangers.
When we started making the first batch of characters for our YouTube channel, Ruff and Reddy were the first ones to have their heads sculpted. We eventually made their bodies too, but due to limited white clay, Reddy had his body sculpted in gray. However, it doesn't look too bad. Ruff and Reddy were definite characters we wanted to make, given the history they represented - they were H-B's first TV cartoon after all. So, we started with them first.
The first Ruff and Reddy story we produced for the channel, titled "Somewhere Out There," was written by me. Unfortunately, I don't have the original storyboard anymore, as it was lost over time. The plot followed Ruff and Reddy as they went to the park and stumbled upon a UFO. The second story, titled "The Mysterious Fellows from Above," was another one I wrote, but I made a mistake by changing the location from a park to a carnival. Nonetheless, the plot followed two tiny men trying to imprison our heroes, but Reddy picks up a ball and prepares to strike them. In the final story, "The Martins are Comin," which I also wrote, Reddy takes out the men with a strike, and Ruff and Reddy flee the scene. It took about three stories to create a full plotline, similar to how it was done in the original cartoon, although the cartoon had around five stories, so there may be some slight differences.
We are still in the process of writing more Ruff and Reddy stories, as well as other Hanna-Barbera stories you may see in the future. However, we haven't written a Ruff and Reddy story in a while, as of 2023, but I hope we can do so in the near future.
