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| − | '''Joe Ruby''' is an American animator, television editor, writer, and producer; the co-founder with [[Ken Spears]] of television animation production company Ruby-Spears Productions. |
+ | '''Joe Ruby''' is an American animator, television editor, writer, and producer; the co-founder with [[Ken Spears]] of television animation production company [[Ruby-Spears Productions]]. He started in sound editing at [[Hanna-Barbera]] in 1960, then he and Spears co-created ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' in 1969 and ''[[The Scooby-Doo Show]]'' in 1976, as well as ''[[Jabberjaw]]'', ''[[Dynomutt|Dynomutt, Dog Wonder]]'', and ''[[Captain Caveman]] and the [[Teen Angels]]''. |
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| − | Ruby studied art and began his career in animation at Walt Disney Productions in the inbetweening department, later moving over to editing. He served in the Army and later worked for a short time in live-action television editing before moving to [[Hanna-Barbera]] Productions, where he met Ken Spears. The two teamed up to become writers, penning teleplays for several animated and live-action television programs, both freelance and as on-staff writers for Hanna-Barbera and DePatie-Freleng Enterprises. |
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| − | For Hanna-Barbera, Ruby and Spears created [[Scooby-Doo]], [[Dynomutt|Dynomutt, Dog Wonder]], and [[Jabberjaw]], among other programs. At Depatie-Freleng, they created ''The Barkleys'' and ''The Houndcats''. In the early 1970s, CBS president of children's programming [[Fred Silverman]] hired Ruby and Spears to supervise the production of CBS's Saturday morning cartoon lineup, a position they assumed at ABC when Silverman defected to that network. |
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| − | Wanting to create competition for Hanna-Barbera, ABC set Ruby and Spears up with their own studio in 1977, as a subsidiary of Filmways. Ruby-Spears Productions produced a number of animated series for Saturday morning, among them Fangface, ''The Plastic Man Comedy-Adventure Hour'', Thundarr the Barbarian, ''Saturday Supercade'', Mister T, Alvin and the Chipmunks, and Superman, among others. |
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| − | Ruby continues to work with Spears on the production and development of animated series. |
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==Writer credits== |
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| + | * ''[[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!]]'' - story ([[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! season 1|season 1]]), story editor ([[Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! season 2|season 2]]) |
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| − | | 1. ''[[What a Night for a Knight]]'' |
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| − | | 2. ''[[A Clue for Scooby Doo]]'' |
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| − | | 3. ''[[Hassle in the Castle]]'' |
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| − | | 4. ''[[Mine Your Own Business (Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!)|Mine Your Own Business]]'' |
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| − | | 5. ''[[Decoy for a Dognapper]]'' |
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| − | * {{WP|Joe Ruby}}, the free encyclopedia |
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| + | ==References== |
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Revision as of 14:37, 23 January 2020
Joe Ruby is an American animator, television editor, writer, and producer; the co-founder with Ken Spears of television animation production company Ruby-Spears Productions. He started in sound editing at Hanna-Barbera in 1960, then he and Spears co-created Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! in 1969 and The Scooby-Doo Show in 1976, as well as Jabberjaw, Dynomutt, Dog Wonder, and Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.
Writer credits
TV series
- Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! - story (season 1), story editor (season 2)
Ruby and Spears wrote the first five episodes, and either wrote or story edited the rest.[1]
References
- ↑ Joe Ruby and Ken Spears. Scooby Addicts.