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 fictional character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle ( 1880 – 1938 ) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children.

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.

* Raggedy Doll – A living rag doll with no ability to move at all, let alone any powers.

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.

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

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

Simplicity Patterns released a licensed doll pattern for a different design doll that included all 4 sizes in the late 90's, though the well-known McCall's Raggedy Ann / Andy pattern was still available.

While Simon & Schuster and Hasbro claim to own trademarks to the Raggedy Ann and / or Raggedy Ann and Andy names, the original 1915 doll design and 1918 and 1920 books are in the public domain, their copyright having expired.

He drew a face on the doll and named her Raggedy Ann.

Gruelle's Raggedy Ann doll was dated September 7, 1915.

Martha believes one of them resembles the Raggedy Ann doll she played with as a child.

Martha and her child companion, known as Raggy Ann ( due to her resemblance to a Raggedy Ann doll ), are taken as captives.

At Roach she made the film Raggedy Rose plus four others which were released with publicity support from the Hollywood community ( including her friend Mary Pickford ).

A. Milne's The House at Pooh Corner and When We Were Very Young, Heinrich Hoffman's Der Struwwelpeter, Johnny Gruelle's Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees, and Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House on the Prairie.

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

The band toured America opening up for Otep in July and August then in October toured the UK with fellow Canadian act Raggedy Angry.

Now devoted to such children's characters as Raggedy Ann and Andy, and such funny animal characters as the movie-based Felix the Cat, Oswald the Rabbit, and Woody Woodpecker, it lasted through issue # 288 ( April 1962 ), with its title changed to Walter Lantz New Funnies after 44 issues, beginning with issue # 109 ( March 1946 ).