Jones was the creative consultant and character designer for two Raggedy Ann animated specials and the first Alvin and the Chipmunks Christmas special " A Chipmunk Christmas ".

* Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper ( TV special, 1978 )

* Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile ( TV special, 1979 )

* 1880 – Johnny Gruelle, American cartoonist, children's book writer and creator of Raggedy Ann ( d. 1939 )

* September 7 – Former cartoonist John B. Gruelle is given a patent for his Raggedy Ann doll.

* Johnny Gruelle, artist who created Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy

Despite the efforts put into such films as Watership Down and Heavy Metal, other films like Richard Williams ' Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure were less successful.

* " Raggedy Ann " w. Anne Caldwell m. Jerome Kern

In 1918, Johnny Gruelle wrote and illustrated Raggedy Ann and in 1920 followed up with Raggedy Andy Stories.

Rag doll characters Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy, illustrated by Johnny Gruelle, 1920

Rag dolls have featured in a number of children's stories, like the 19th century character Golliwogg in The Adventures of two Dutch Dolls and a Golliwogg by Bertha Upton and Florence K. Upton and Raggedy Ann in the books by Johnny Gruelle, first published in 1918.

A number of the shorts turned out during this period, such as the continuing Popeye shorts and a 1941 two-reel adaptation of Raggedy Ann and Andy, maintained a high level of quality.

* Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy ( 1941 )

He also produced a series of stories based on the Our Gang film series, provided covers for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories, illustrated the aforementioned adaptations of two Disney animated features, drew stories featuring Raggedy Ann and Andy and Uncle Wiggily, wrote and drew a lengthy series of comic books promoting a bread company and featuring a character called " Peter Wheat ", and did a series of pantomime ( i. e. without dialogue ) two-page stories featuring Roald Dahl's Gremlins for Walt Disney's Comics and Stories # 34 – 41.

After his noted work in the mid-1960s he went on to direct the Academy Award-winning A Christmas Carol ( 1971 ), the full-length feature Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure ( 1977 ) and the Emmy-winning telefilm Ziggy's Gift ( 1982 ).

* Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure ( 1977 ) ( director, production supervisor, animator )

The face of Raggedy Ann is a color-reversed minstrel mask, and Raggedy Ann's creator, Johnny Gruelle, designed the doll in part with the antics of blackface star Fred Stone in mind.

At Fleischer he worked on Betty Boop, Raggedy Ann, Gulliver's Travels, the animated adaptations of Superman, and Popeye.

* 1941 Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy

Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has a triangle nose.

Although it is said Raggedy Ann and Andy are now considered in the public domain, scores of handmade Raggedy Ann / Andy dolls have been created since the 1940s to present.

Gruelle's home town, Arcola, Illinois, is home to the annual Raggedy Ann & Andy Festival, as well as the Raggedy Ann and Andy Museum.

He is known as the creator of Raggedy Ann and Raggedy Andy.

* Raggedy Ann's Magical Wishes ( Book is undated )

The next morning, Stan is dressed up as Raggedy Andy because his girlfriend, Wendy, is supposed to dress as Raggedy Ann.

Even Wendy has dressed up as Chewbacca, much to the consternation of Stan, who is mocked by the other students for dressing as Raggedy Andy.

Stan is ridiculed for his likeness to Raggedy Andy, based on the rag doll character by children's writer Johnny Gruelle ; Stan's girlfriend Wendy was originally supposed to dress as Raggedy Ann with Stan, but she instead chose to dress as Chewbacca.

" This is a reference to the Mad Max 3 film in which Aunty Entity ( Tina Turner ) calls Mad Max ( Mel Gibson ) the Raggedy Man.

Rag dolls have featured in a number of children's stories, like the 19th century character Golliwogg, Raggedy Ann in the 1918 book by John Barton Gruelle and the British children's television series Bagpuss Ragdolly Anna and the popular " Raggybaggy "

The Patchwork Girl was likely influenced by the character of Topsy in Uncle Tom's Cabin, and she may have influenced the character of Raggedy Ann.

The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories.

A sequel, Raggedy Andy Stories ( 1920 ) introduced the character of her brother, Raggedy Andy, dressed in sailor suit and hat.

Raggedy Ann was drawn by Tissa David, who became one of the first women to animate a leading character in a animated feature film.

The Japanese video game company Hudson Entertainment created a character based on Raggedy Ann in its Xbox Live Bomberman game called Raggedy Bomb.

Gruelle created Raggedy Ann for his daughter, Marcella, when she brought him an old hand-made rag doll and he drew a face on it.

Gruelle then created a series of popular Raggedy Ann books and dolls.

* Jakalope's Chrystal Leigh contributed vocals to the album that was produced and partially co-written by band mate Dave Ogilvie for Toronto based act Raggedy Angry.

Raggedy Ann meets Raggedy Andy for the first time ; illustrated by Johnny Gruelle

From his bookshelf, he pulled a book of poems by James Whitcomb Riley, and combined the names of two poems, " The Raggedy Man " and " Little Orphant Annie.

Gruelle became an opponent of vaccination, and the Raggedy Ann doll was used as a symbol by the anti-vaccination movement.

* A 1977 animated feature, Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure, directed by Richard Williams.

* Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Great Santa Claus Caper ( 1978 ) a Christmas television special directed by Chuck Jones

* Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn ’ t Smile ( 1979 ) a Halloween television special also directed by Chuck Jones

* Raggedy Ann Stories ( 1918 ) written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle

* Raggedy Andy Stories ( 1920 ) written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle

* Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees ( 1924 ) by Johnny Gruelle

* Raggedy Andy's Number Book ( 1924 ) written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle

* Raggedy Ann's Wishing Pebble ( 1925 ) by Johnny Gruelle

* Raggedy Ann's Alphabet Book ( 1925 ) by Johnny Gruelle

* The Paper Dragon: A Raggedy Ann Adventure ( 1926 ) by Johnny Gruelle

* Raggedy Ann's Fairy Stories ( 1928 ) written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle

* Raggedy Ann's Magical Wishes ( 1928 ) written and illustrated by Johnny Gruelle