Ruby-Spears
Founder Joe Ruby
Headquarters Burbank, California, USA
Products Television shows
Source
Ruby-Spears Productions (also known as Ruby-Spears Enterprises ) was a Burbank, California-based entertainment production company that specialized in animation; with another branch in Rome, Italy. The firm was founded in 1977 by veteran writers Joe Ruby and Ken Spears .
History [ ] Both Ruby and Spears started out as sound editors at Hanna-Barbera, and later branched out into writing stories for such programs as Space Ghost and The Herculoids . In 1968, they were assigned the task of developing a mystery-based cartoon series for Saturday morning, the result of which was Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! . They were also writers and producers for DePatie-Freleng Enterprises, particularly for The Pink Panther and Sons .
The firm's credits include the animated series Fangface , Fangface and Fangpuss , The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show , Thundarr the Barbarian , Rubik the Amazing Cube , the 1983 version of Alvin and the Chipmunks series, The Centurions , the 1988 Superman series and the American Mega Man cartoon series.
Only one series, Piggsburg Pigs! , used Canadian voice talent rather than American one like most of their other cartoon shows. Ruby-Spears was also responsible for the animated sequence in the 1988 film Child's Play .
The Ruby-Spears studio was founded in 1977 as a subsidiary of Filmways Television and was sold in late 1981 to Taft Broadcasting , becoming a sister company to Hanna-Barbera Productions . In 1991, Ruby-Spears was spun off into RS Holdings while most of the original Ruby-Spears library (its pre-1991 library) was sold along with Hanna-Barbera to Turner Broadcasting System, which in turn merged with Time Warner in 1996. The Ruby-Spears studio closed in 1996.
List of television series produced by Ruby-Spears [ ] Acquired television programs [ ] Gallery [ ]
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Television series
1950s: The Ruff and Reddy Show The Huckleberry Hound Show Yogi Bear Pixie and Dixie and Mr. Jinks Hokey Wolf The Quick Draw McGraw Show Augie Doggie and Doggie Daddy Snooper and Blabber 1960s: The Flintstones The Yogi Bear Show Snagglepuss Yakky Doodle Top Cat The Hanna-Barbera New Cartoon Series Wally Gator Touché Turtle and Dum Dum Lippy the Lion & Hardy Har Har The Jetsons The Magilla Gorilla Show Punkin' Puss & Mushmouse Ricochet Rabbit & Droop-a-Long Jonny Quest The Peter Potamus Show Breezly and Sneezly Yippee, Yappee and Yahooey The Atom Ant Show Precious Pupp The Hillbilly Bears Secret Squirrel Squiddly Diddly Winsome Witch Sinbad Jr. and his Magic Belt Laurel and Hardy Frankenstein, Jr. and The Impossibles Space Ghost and Dino Boy Space Ghost (TV series) Dino Boy in the Lost Valley The Space Kidettes The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show Birdman and the Galaxy Trio The Herculoids Shazzan Fantastic Four Moby Dick and Mighty Mightor Samson & Goliath The Banana Splits Adventure Hour The Banana Splits Arabian Knights The Three Musketeers Micro Ventures Danger Island The Adventures of Gulliver The New Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Wacky Races The Perils of Penelope Pitstop Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines Cattanooga Cats Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! 1970s: Harlem Globetrotters Josie and the Pussycats Where's Huddles? The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show Help!... It's the Hair Bear Bunch! The Funky Phantom The Amazing Chan and the Chan Clan Wait Till Your Father Gets Home The Flintstone Comedy Hour The Roman Holidays Sealab 2020 The New Scooby-Doo Movies Josie and the Pussycats in Outer Space Speed Buggy Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kids Yogi's Gang Super Friends Goober and the Ghost Chasers Inch High, Private Eye Jeannie The Addams Family (1973) Hong Kong Phooey Devlin Partridge Family 2200 A.D. These Are the Days Valley of the Dinosaurs Wheelie and the Chopper Bunch Korg: 70,000 B.C. The New Tom & Jerry/Grape Ape/Mumbly Show The Tom and Jerry Show (1975) The Great Grape Ape Show The Mumbly Cartoon Show The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour The Scooby-Doo Show Dynomutt, Dog Wonder Clue Club Jabberjaw Fred Flintstone and Friends The Flintstone Comedy Hour Goober and the Ghost Chasers Jeannie Partridge Family 2200 A.D. The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show Yogi's Gang Scooby's All-Star Laff-A-Lympics The Scooby-Doo Show Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! Laff-A-Lympics Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels The Blue Falcon & Dynomutt CB Bears Posse Impossible Blast-Off Buzzard Undercover Elephant Shake, Rattle, and Roll Heyy, It's the King! The Skatebirds Clue Club The Robonic Stooges Wonder Wheels Mystery Island The All-New Super Friends Hour The Wonder Twins The Hanna-Barbera Happy Hour The All New Popeye Hour Dinky Dog Yogi's Space Race Galaxy Goof-Ups Buford and the Galloping Ghost The Buford Files / The Galloping Ghost ) | Challenge of the Super Friends Godzilla Jana of the Jungle Fred and Barney Meet The Thing the Shmoo The New Fred and Barney Show The Thing The New Shmoo Casper and the Angels The Super Globetrotters Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo The World's Greatest Super Friends Amigo and Friends 1980s: The B.B. Beegle Show Super Friends Drak Pack The Flintstone Comedy Show The Fonz and the Happy Days Gang The Richie Rich/Scooby-Doo Show Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Richie Rich Laverne & Shirley in the Army Space Stars Teen Force Astro and the Space Mutts Space Ghost The Herculoids The Kwicky Koala Show The Bungle Brothers / Crazy Claws / Dirty Dawg ) | Trollkins The Smurfs Johan and Peewit ) | The Flintstone Funnies The Flintstone Family Adventures / Bedrock Cops / Pebbles, Dino and Bamm-Bamm / Captain Caveman / Dino and Cavemouse / The Frankenstones ) | The Pac-Man/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show The Little Rascals Richie Rich Pac-Man Mork & Mindy/Laverne & Shirley/Fonz Hour The Scooby & Scrappy-Doo/Puppy Hour Scooby-Doo and Scrappy-Doo Scrappy and Yabba-Doo The Puppy's Further Adventures Jokebook Shirt Tales The Gary Coleman Show The Dukes The Monchhichis/Little Rascals/Richie Rich Show Monchhichis The Little Rascals / Richie Rich ) | The Pac-Man/Rubik, the Amazing Cube Hour Rubik, the Amazing Cube / Pac-Man ) | The New Scooby and Scrappy-Doo Show The New Scooby-Doo Mysteries The Biskitts Lucky Luke Benji, Zax & the Alien Prince Going Bananas Snorks Challenge of the GoBots Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show Paw Paws Yogi's Treasure Hunt Galtar and the Golden Lance The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo The New Adventures of Jonny Quest Pound Puppies The Flintstone Kids Captain Caveman and Son ) | Foofur Wildfire Sky Commanders Popeye and Son A Pup Named Scooby-Doo The Completely Mental Misadventures of Ed Grimley The New Yogi Bear Show Fantastic Max The Further Adventures of SuperTed Paddington Bear 1990s: Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventures | The Adventures of Don Coyote and Sancho Panda | Tom & Jerry Kids Droopy and Dripple / Spike and Tyke ) | Wake, Rattle, and Roll Gravedale High Midnight Patrol: Adventures in the Dream Zone | The Pirates of Dark Water Yo Yogi! Young Robin Hood Fish Police Capitol Critters The Addams Family Droopy, Master Detective The New Adventures of Captain Planet SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron 2 Stupid Dogs Super Secret Secret Squirrel Space Ghost Coast to Coast Dumb and Dumber What a Cartoon! Cave Kids The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest Dexter's Laboratory Johnny Bravo Cow and Chicken I Am Weasel The Powerpuff Girls Warner Bros. Animation television series based on cartoons: What's New, Scooby-Doo? Shaggy & Scooby-Doo Get a Clue! Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Wacky Races Scooby-Doo and Guess Who? Jellystone! Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! Velma
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