tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post6478674667071089262..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Ruff and Reddy Are 58Yowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-40517412746742756362016-01-06T03:50:50.774-08:002016-01-06T03:50:50.774-08:00Hi, Charlie. The last serial was Series ‘O’, "...Hi, Charlie. The last serial was Series ‘O’, "Misguided Missile." I don't know if I've ever seen it. But it appears to have been made after Mike Maltese arrived and Charlie Shows left. I know very little about the actual production schedule and can only rely on copyright dates.<br />Mike, I have people wondering what's wrong with me because I don't like "Flintstones Kids" or "Where's Huddles?" or a pile of other shows they dote over. "Ruff and Reddy" is no different. I don't find the show entertaining and it's not surprising because it's geared to a child. <br /> Yowphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-59615297834516741542016-01-05T18:22:32.739-08:002016-01-05T18:22:32.739-08:00I will vote with Mr. Tiefenbacher. Actually, Ruff...I will vote with Mr. Tiefenbacher. Actually, Ruff & Reddy is not really comparable to Huckleberry and Yogi and the shows that came after. R&R stories were adventures in fantastic lands; Huck and friends were comedy shorts. Yes, R&R was for kids, but it was sort-of Indiana Jones Lite.<br /><br />Which leads to a question about the last R&R serial, with Pinkie the elephant. It seemed a different style than the rest, with a different design for Reddy, more sentimentality, and less danger (for example, a dynamite explosion was used for typical cartoon burned-face humor, where in prior serials, bullets and the like seemed deadly). Was this a new director?Charlie B.http://www.bureauofbeasties.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-59736883624718098082015-12-20T10:24:46.779-08:002015-12-20T10:24:46.779-08:00I've always been sad for you, Mr. Yowp, that y...I've always been sad for you, Mr. Yowp, that you don't feel the sheer joy I get whenever I view any of the RUFF & REDDY adventures. I think Charles Shows, also responsible for the first season of HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, gets short shrift from historians; it was he who wrote many of the cartoons which many fans recall with the most affection (including the pre-Jellystone Yogis), and he who created the style that the Fosters and (yes, even) Malteses followed in later years. The roster of villains is great, and the R&R cartoons also contain wonderful Don Messick narration that I think is both clever and funny, something used sparingly after QUICK DRAW McGRAW, if at all, and the later cartoons were the poorer for it. (Plus, it's the only place you can hear Don Messick doing Bill Thompson's Droopy voice as Professor Gizmo.) I'd think this was pure nostalgia speaking on my part, had I not seen and recorded most of the series when it ran on the Boomerang the first couple of years it was on the air, and confirmed my memories. Had they not lifted Reddy's voice for Huckleberry Hound, and Ruff's for Pixie, I think our dauntless duo might have been used more in the later years. Perhaps if they ever solve the music rights issue and a DVD set is ever released, some of the show's reputation might be restored.<br />Mike Tiefenbacherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04102752875776872720noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-60675894701323314252015-12-16T07:01:33.397-08:002015-12-16T07:01:33.397-08:00Ruff and Reddy made a cameo appearance in "Yo...Ruff and Reddy made a cameo appearance in "Yogi's Ark Lark" about 1970 or so. That was probably their final appearance in new animation. They didn't speak, however; probably because Reddy would have had almost the same exact voice as Huckleberry Hound!scarecrow33https://www.blogger.com/profile/10552306802823617940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-20174093470425061292015-12-16T03:36:23.818-08:002015-12-16T03:36:23.818-08:00Actually there was a ''Pixie and Dixie and...Actually there was a ''Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks'' episode, where Jinks had a son. It might have been Ruff making a cameo!Georgihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03926093981963844296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-68450499246239167342015-12-14T17:55:14.754-08:002015-12-14T17:55:14.754-08:00The MGM roots in the character designs help, but t...The MGM roots in the character designs help, but the show was just a little too gentle/aimed at kids and the animation just a little too limited to grab a widespread audience as the Huck/Quick Draw/Yogi efforts and the early prime-time series did.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-14312795472057175992015-12-14T14:38:00.868-08:002015-12-14T14:38:00.868-08:00Come to think of it, he does look the way they wou...Come to think of it, he does look the way they would have drawn a young Mr.Jinx. Great model sheets, Yowp. Happy 58th Birthday Ruff and Ready !Errolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-71074661103420288122015-12-14T10:13:27.992-08:002015-12-14T10:13:27.992-08:00Ruff has always looked for me as if he were young ...Ruff has always looked for me as if he were young JinksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com