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 the digital era there was good childrens media and that is coming from someone who was born in 2009 Yes today’s children’s entertainment is garbage Yes it was better before everything was digital
Honestly I thought you were going to talk about the raggedy Ann and Andy movie but it's great to retouch the original series!❤ Thanks man for giving it that awesome love! ❤️🎉
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.
honestly you did a great review on the show although there's some points to mention the new toys also appeared in the play and learn books which came out roughly around the time that the TV series aired which explained why Andy's tie is blue it's a real shame that there wasn't a season 2 it would've been great
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. =\ =)
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Me too! I grew up with both, and so did my parents! I only have a niece, but I hope to introduce her one day. =) (I think most of my generation only knows Raggedy Ann anymore just as "the real-life Annabelle." XD)
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 always remember as a kid watching the first episode and finding it quite scary. The perriwonks were an unexpectedly violent peoples, Cracklin didn't fool around in his pursuit of the Perriwonks, and when he zapped the Perriwonks and put them in the jar, something about them turning blue and their bodies mixing together in the jar always stuck with me. Such a strange route to take Raggedy Ann and Andy, but I'm glad they went this way!
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 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!
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.
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
If you enjoyed the movie, the series is definitely worth checking out! It's an unexpectedly great adventure series, and if it were any other property other than Raggedy Ann and Andy, it might be a little better remembered.
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose I will check out the series. The movie came out in 1977 and the series 1988. I checked it out on YT and the movie came first. Probably with different voice actors.
I don't think I ever watched this series, actually. At a glance, I thought this vid was about the movie I loved as a child. In that movie, the "Greedy's" image and scene made a very lasting impression on me! And the transition from reality to cartoon world and inanimate to living toys sparked my wild imagination. SN, another great was Dot and the Kangaroo. I never forgot the dingoes or the bunyip!
The biggest issue with "The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy" was that they tried airing this cartoon during the same era as Care Bears and Transformers. Those were big ones for jump-starting the cartoon/merchandise tie-in era. We can literally blame companies like Hasbro for that. The old standbys just couldn't compete with the new stuff of the time.
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Would be nice, but given the track record of toy and media companies now, it feels unlikely. Closest thing we've got is Ragatha from The Amazing Digital Circus, and that's an indie animation. Who knows? Maybe an indie studio will actually get the rights to make a Raggedy Ann and Andy cartoon~ :3
@@Mooms well, it's a little more complicated than that. The characters pre-1929 are public domain. Everything made post-1929 isn't. So as long as I use material from 1928 or earlier, I'm good. But it also means I make my own design, and call it raggedy ann. This is why tiger wasn't in the first Winnie-the-Pooh blood and honey, because he wasn't public domain yet. But he appeared in blood and honey 2. It's also why pooh can only be referred to Winnie-the-Pooh, with the hyphens, but the spelling of Winnie the Pooh, without the hyphens isn't in the public domain yet.
@@joeybaseball7352 Off the top of my head, I think all of the stories and characters by Johnny Gruelle are technically public domain, with the exception of the Marcella book (which becomes public domain next year) and Maizie Moocow. Virtually all of the Gruelle books were adapted from his newspaper serial, which had the same title as this animated series, and ran 6 days a week from 1922-1924. That's how they continued publishing new novels with his name for 30 years after his death. Characters introduced in later projects (Captain Contagious, General D., Raggedy Arthur, Grouchy Bear, etc.) won't be public domain anytime soon.
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 believe there will always be a place for the Raggedys, but for very small children. I'd love to see another attempt at a story like this, but who knows if that will ever be in the cards again!
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 UA-cam 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'll have to give it a watch! And I want to do more toy videos based off of toys. It's really interesting to see the odd worlds and lives they give to dolls and action figures (Mighty Max comes to mind!).
Grouchy Bear is one of the few "mean" characters that I thoroughly enjoy because he shows so many other sides to his personality. Plus, his lines are just so funny!
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.
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 UA-cam and he's not a clown. So I don't know what it is that I'm remembering.
My best guess is you're referring to The Big Comfy Couch. It involves a young female clown and her clown neighbors. The main clown character has a rag doll named Molly...
@@thirdshiftsinger1729 It's not the Big Comfy Couch. That show I clearly remember. This other show that had the Raggedy Ann cartoons is something else entirely.
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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The only real thing I wish that they did for this series was for them to make it a sequel/continuation of the 1977’s movie instead of its own thing since we could’ve had the new characters interacting with the movie characters and have some movie characters like their version of Babette joining the raggedys on their adventures sometimes. But other than that, I honestly think this series is such a fun attempt at making raggedy Ann be back in the public eye^^
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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!
There's so much different, unique Raggedy Ann media out there. I hope to get to more of it in the future!
before digital circus there was raggedy Ann
It's nice to see a similar facial makeup is still present over a century later!
Before 𝘈𝘮𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘋𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘊𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘴, was also Popee and Kedmoto.
Before the digital era there was good childrens media
and that is coming from someone who was born in 2009
Yes today’s children’s entertainment is garbage
Yes it was better before everything was digital
Before everyone in this comment section was even born was Raggedy Ann
Like I said born 2009 not 1918
But I have a few of the doll’s
I'm kinda disappointed Raggedy Ann and Andy havent had a reboot or resurgance recently.
They're so iconic and recognizable, I can't believe they're not present in SOME sort of major way on television or in movies!
Nor a Betty Boop reboot.
I wish!
I always felt it needs a reboot desperately
just watch the old stuff, reboots stink
Honestly I thought you were going to talk about the raggedy Ann and Andy movie but it's great to retouch the original series!❤ Thanks man for giving it that awesome love! ❤️🎉
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.
I didn't know it was packaged with Peanuts! An interesting combination, but I wouldn't complain!
@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose I lived in the Chicago area at that time, and it would usually be played on the weekends on WCIU Channel 26, in the mid 90s.
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.
That sounds really neat, I'll have to check that out. Thank you!
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honestly you did a great review on the show although there's some points to mention the new toys also appeared in the play and learn books which came out roughly around the time that the TV series aired which explained why Andy's tie is blue it's a real shame that there wasn't a season 2 it would've been great
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. =\ =)
Both are such great properties! Hopefully someday the public will fall in love with the dolls again the same way they did over one hundred years ago!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Me too! I grew up with both, and so did my parents! I only have a niece, but I hope to introduce her one day. =) (I think most of my generation only knows Raggedy Ann anymore just as "the real-life Annabelle." XD)
I have vague memories of this show. I used to rent VHS tapes with a couple episodes each on them.
The episodes seem to pop up all over the place, and yet, more people DON'T know about the show than do!
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 always remember as a kid watching the first episode and finding it quite scary. The perriwonks were an unexpectedly violent peoples, Cracklin didn't fool around in his pursuit of the Perriwonks, and when he zapped the Perriwonks and put them in the jar, something about them turning blue and their bodies mixing together in the jar always stuck with me. Such a strange route to take Raggedy Ann and Andy, but I'm glad they went this way!
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 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!
They're such a fun, iconic duo. They may not be at their height right now, but they're too legendary to not get another major project at some point!
Raggedy Ann (voiceover): Hi, this is Raggedy Ann, reminding you to watch my favorite superhero, Superman, coming up next.
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.
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
Of course, that was because Disney had decided to "buy back" Saturday mornings, and spent three times a normal cartoon budget on DuckTales.
I have only seen the Raggedy Ann movie that incorporates live action scenes. The movie was great.
If you enjoyed the movie, the series is definitely worth checking out! It's an unexpectedly great adventure series, and if it were any other property other than Raggedy Ann and Andy, it might be a little better remembered.
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose I will check out the series. The movie came out in 1977 and the series 1988. I checked it out on YT and the movie came first. Probably with different voice actors.
I don't think I ever watched this series, actually. At a glance, I thought this vid was about the movie I loved as a child. In that movie, the "Greedy's" image and scene made a very lasting impression on me! And the transition from reality to cartoon world and inanimate to living toys sparked my wild imagination.
SN, another great was Dot and the Kangaroo. I never forgot the dingoes or the bunyip!
I'm hoping to get around to the movie sometime sooner then later! The series is good for more Raggedy content, if you're so inclined!
The biggest issue with "The Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy" was that they tried airing this cartoon during the same era as Care Bears and Transformers. Those were big ones for jump-starting the cartoon/merchandise tie-in era. We can literally blame companies like Hasbro for that. The old standbys just couldn't compete with the new stuff of the time.
I wish people could appreciate the older toys the way they used to. I'd love to see a major Raggedy Ann & Andy revival!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Would be nice, but given the track record of toy and media companies now, it feels unlikely. Closest thing we've got is Ragatha from The Amazing Digital Circus, and that's an indie animation. Who knows? Maybe an indie studio will actually get the rights to make a Raggedy Ann and Andy cartoon~ :3
Hey I'm a raggedy ann freak I watched the series this summer it was pretty relaxing tbh
It's super enjoyable!
Totally! it wasn't my favorite but it was nice to put on in the background
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.
More Raggedy Ann and Andy stories are always welcome, in my eyes!
You can join ours :)
The first two books are in public domain, the characters themselves are not public domain as they are owned by Simon and Schuster
@@Mooms well, it's a little more complicated than that. The characters pre-1929 are public domain. Everything made post-1929 isn't. So as long as I use material from 1928 or earlier, I'm good. But it also means I make my own design, and call it raggedy ann.
This is why tiger wasn't in the first Winnie-the-Pooh blood and honey, because he wasn't public domain yet. But he appeared in blood and honey 2. It's also why pooh can only be referred to Winnie-the-Pooh, with the hyphens, but the spelling of Winnie the Pooh, without the hyphens isn't in the public domain yet.
@@joeybaseball7352 Off the top of my head, I think all of the stories and characters by Johnny Gruelle are technically public domain, with the exception of the Marcella book (which becomes public domain next year) and Maizie Moocow. Virtually all of the Gruelle books were adapted from his newspaper serial, which had the same title as this animated series, and ran 6 days a week from 1922-1924. That's how they continued publishing new novels with his name for 30 years after his death. Characters introduced in later projects (Captain Contagious, General D., Raggedy Arthur, Grouchy Bear, etc.) won't be public domain anytime soon.
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 believe there will always be a place for the Raggedys, but for very small children. I'd love to see another attempt at a story like this, but who knows if that will ever be in the cards again!
Great video.
I appreciate that! It's a great series, and it more than deserves some love,
I remember seeing episodes of the 1980s Raggedy Ann TV cartoon show.
It was a super fun show!
Me too.
It's like care bears but it's actually enjoyable
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 UA-cam 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'll have to give it a watch! And I want to do more toy videos based off of toys. It's really interesting to see the odd worlds and lives they give to dolls and action figures (Mighty Max comes to mind!).
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGooseI thought Mighty Max was just a cartoon. You have my interest
I'm here for the rag dolly mention (it is also my favorite raggedy ann media)
I have a Raggedy Ann book somewhere ❤
I feel like every kid grew up with a Raggedy Ann and Andy book at some point!
I love everything that has to do with my favorite rag dolls!! In fact I have a life sized Andy doll! 🤭❤
They're such a neat piece of Americana, and classic toys. The best!
I'm glad people are giving it attention. Grouchy Bear is my favorite character.
Grouchy Bear is one of the few "mean" characters that I thoroughly enjoy because he shows so many other sides to his personality. Plus, his lines are just so funny!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Yeah.
Tho, unrelated but... I always hate how the mean characters are the ones that get out first.
@@kootunesscrewy object shows mentioned!
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.
SUDDENLY IT'S SPRING?? THAT ONE
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@@The-bird-outside-your-door haha thanks
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 UA-cam and he's not a clown. So I don't know what it is that I'm remembering.
My best guess is you're referring to The Big Comfy Couch. It involves a young female clown and her clown neighbors. The main clown character has a rag doll named Molly...
@@thirdshiftsinger1729 It's not the Big Comfy Couch. That show I clearly remember. This other show that had the Raggedy Ann cartoons is something else entirely.
At least me got the 13 episode we got 😐
The ones we got are extremely fun. I wouldn't have minded thirteen more!
@@ItsTheGooseItsTheGoose Maybe one day, but not sure which animated studio would take on the project 🤔
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
Also I’m guessing Raggedy Ann isn’t really as popular anymore because she’s relatively obscure (and because of her association with Annabelle)
Totally different versions, but both fun in their own rights!
I will Type raggedy Ann so much that I will get a error code
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The only real thing I wish that they did for this series was for them to make it a sequel/continuation of the 1977’s movie instead of its own thing since we could’ve had the new characters interacting with the movie characters and have some movie characters like their version of Babette joining the raggedys on their adventures sometimes.
But other than that, I honestly think this series is such a fun attempt at making raggedy Ann be back in the public eye^^