The "Raggedy Ann" Animated Series Doesn't Play Around 

You took the words right out of my mouth! This series is my second favorite Raggedy Ann adaptation, next to Rag Dolly which is my number one favorite! It's a real shame that this series didn't get a season 2! There is ONE pilot of the series that also serves as a special episode of an anthology series called CBS Storybreak. It's called Raggedy Ann And Andy And The Camel With Wrinkled Knees. It's based on the book of the same name, which ironically, the 1977 movie adapted from! Unfortunately, it's lost media, but there are bumpers, and even a clip online! Thanks to this video, I have passion to search for it!

before digital circus there was raggedy Ann

I had forgotten all about this! Thank you for reminding me! And IDK, but com to think of it, 'RA&A' was kind of like the American 'Winnie the Pooh'. Obviously, who can say for sure? But maybe it was that audience that stole a little of Raggedy Ann's thunder. =\ =)

I'm kinda disappointed Raggedy Ann and Andy havent had a reboot or resurgance recently.

I was exposed to this show from syndicated reruns of the Peanuts movies, A Boy Named Charlie Brown and Snoopy Come Home. They would play a truncated episode of the Cartoon at the end of the films to fit a 2 hour runtime.

4:35 this gimmick of rotating out the cast reminds me a ton of Eto Ranger, a early 90s anime by Studio Shaft (their first, in fact). It was about the 12 animals of the Chinese zodiac, going on adventures in worlds inside books. But the gimmick is that in order to go on the adventures all 12 of em sat down at clock themed table, and a random selection of 5 of them would get picked for each episode. It was a really fun formula that made each episode unique.

This is one of those shows that, despite the fact I watched it regularly when it originally aired…I still constantly forget about it. Not that it wasn’t memorable, oh it was memorable, it was just so off wall insane and played out like some fever dream it’s hard for my mind to process and recall such a crazy thing even existed. Then once every 5-6 years or so a video pops up about it and I remember everything. 😂 Usually it’s a video that lists obscure McDonalds toys…and the ones they did based off this cartoon always are on it.

I adored this cartoon growing up and always loved the different adventures the Raggedys took. I think Bump in the Night took cues from this type of storytelling.

I have vague memories of this show. I used to rent VHS tapes with a couple episodes each on them.

I have only seen the Raggedy Ann movie that incorporates live action scenes. The movie was great.

To me, The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh feels like the more obvious comparison for a similar cartoon around this time, since it's also about living toys in a franchise going back decades. Like the Raggedy Ann cartoon, NAoWtP was also very 'anything goes' when it came to plots and settings. But it got 50 episodes (more if you count two-in-ones separately) instead of just 13 due to, like you said, being a way more familiar franchise. Then again, Scrooge McDuck wasn't that well-known (in the US anyway) pre-DuckTales, and that show was huge

2:15 "Cancelled after a few short months." - Well, that's only really accurate if you assume that's the timeframe in which CBS decided not to renew it for a Season 2. (Which, given the turnaround time of Saturday morning cartoons, could very well be the case.) The thing is though that (in the '80s in particular) networks would order Saturday morning cartoons in 13-episode seasons, blow through all the episodes in 3 months, and then continue to replay them for the remaining 9. These days, online episode guides give you the impression that if a show only ran new episodes from September until November or December, it was cancelled and removed from the schedule, which is absolutely not true. "The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy" had a standard full year-long run on CBS. Considering how more modern underperforming shows are treated by the likes of Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon, I can't blame younger folks for making that mistake, though.

I love the passion and research you put into your videos about obscure media, especially if it's about vintage animated properties that haven't been in the public eye for the past few decades. I wouldn't mind seeing videos from you discussing about the disappearance of cartoon characters such as Mighty Mouse, Gumby, Felix the Cat, Woody Woodpecker and even Popeye! But otherwise keep up the great work man, You got an instant fan!

This franchise must have left the public zeitgeist a while back, because this video is the first time I've ever heard of Raggedy Ann!

people out grew it, left it with no nostalgia for it and the brand fizzled out. Toy story became to toys come to life what Ghostbusters was to ghost fighting and what back to the future was to time travel.

I remember the movie, and the Chuck Jones specials, but I don't remember this series.

I should make a new Raggedy Ann series, since they're in the public domain.

I remember seeing episodes of the 1980s Raggedy Ann TV cartoon show.

Hey I'm a raggedy ann freak I watched the series this summer it was pretty relaxing tbh

I love everything that has to do with my favorite rag dolls!! In fact I have a life sized Andy doll! 🤭❤

I could swear I remember watching this show in the early 90's, as part of some live action show with clowns. I think at least some of the clowns were women. Does anyone know what I might be remembering or am I just imagining things? It was some live action clown show that showed cartoons, similar to Bozo, or how Krusty on the Simpsons, would show Itchy and Scratchy. I have a distinct memory of the beginning of the show, when an announcer would say, "The (whatever it was called) show is on the air!" I lived in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of Texas at the time, so it's possible that it could've been some locally produced thing from a local TV station. WTXF 35, a local station back then, did have a cartoon segment that was hosted locally, so I wonder if it could be part of that, but I don't think it was. I did 100% for sure, used to watch him. That was a guy with a dog puppet or something and there are clips of him on RU-vid and he's not a clown. So I don't know what it is that I'm remembering.

In my opinion, the best Raggedy Ann project wasn't animation. It was a stage production called "Rag Dolly", which was a better version of the 1977 movie. The full thing is on RU-vid if you want to watch it. Also, since this is a toy-related video, I have another recommendation for the future: I don't know if you're familiar, but maybe you can do videos on the various Fisher Price shows (like Little People, Rescue Heroes, and the direct to DVD ones like Planet Heroes, Imaginext & Geotrax)

I have a Raggedy Ann book somewhere ❤

I'm glad people are giving it attention. Grouchy Bear is my favorite character.

It's like care bears but it's actually enjoyable

Great video.

Have you seen any of the old 'Ragedy Ann' cartoons? One I remember involves this little girl who's sick and on the verge of death. Raggedy Ann learns about a way to cure her and goes to retrieve those things. The only issue I have with the cartoon involves a racial stereotype. Still those old cartoons are nicely animated. I was surprised.

At least me got the 13 episode we got 😐

Chase scene the animated series

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Something I hate is that I’ve seen people comparing the Raggedy Ann and Andy tv series to the 1977 movie when both are made by different people and are different interpretations of the characters

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