{"id":6564,"date":"2009-04-25T12:03:11","date_gmt":"2009-04-25T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6564"},"modified":"2021-01-30T18:09:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-31T01:09:43","slug":"raggedy-ann-and-andy-a-musical-adventure-1977","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6564","title":{"rendered":"Raggedy Ann and Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;m just a little rag doll with a candy heart.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Poster-189x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"189\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-67186\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Poster-189x300.jpg 189w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Poster-81x128.jpg 81w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Poster-170x270.jpg 170w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Poster.jpg 315w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 189px) 100vw, 189px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen Raggedy Ann (Didi Conn) and her brother Andy (Mark Baker) set forth from their playroom in search of a French doll (Niki Flacks) kidnapped by a pirate (George S. Irving), they encounter a series of malcontented creatures &#8212; including a homesick camel (Fred Stuthman), an eternally hungry blob named The Greedy (Joe Silver), and a stature-sensitive king (Alan Sues) in search of &#8220;the last laugh&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animated Features<\/li>\n<li>Kidnapping<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Pirates<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nA critical and box-office failure upon its release, this animated musical &#8212; a clear thematic precursor to Pixar&#8217;s phenomenally successful <em>Toy Story<\/em> franchise &#8212; is undone by a roster of forgettable tunes and insipid lyrics (&#8220;All of us live in the nursery\/All of us different as we can be&#8221;), sung by actors who struggle to carry a tune (though to her credit, Didi Conn had laryngitis during taping, and was apparently unhappy with the way her songs turned out). The animation &#8212; while inspired at times, particularly when The Greedy is on-screen (I was reminded of Miyazaki&#8217;s amorphous beheaded god in <em>Princess Mononoke<\/em>): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy-1024x450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"281\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy-1024x450.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy-300x132.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy-1536x675.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy-604x265.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Greedy.png 2023w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; is mostly uneven, and often reminiscent of the quality of weekend television shows. Neither the cloyingly sweet Ann nor her brother Andy ever emerges as a fully developed character:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2-1024x428.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"268\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2-1024x428.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2-300x125.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2-128x53.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2-768x321.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2-1536x642.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2-604x252.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Still2.png 1819w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and it&#8217;s hard to feel much motivation for Babette&#8217;s rescue, given that she&#8217;s clearly a spoiled diva and not really worthy of our sympathies. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette.bmp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette-1024x440.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette-128x55.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette-768x330.jpg 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette-1536x660.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette-2048x880.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Babette-604x260.jpg 604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>With that said, adult viewers may be amused by the rather substantial undercurrent of &#8220;mature&#8221; themes hidden in the story and its characters &#8212; including the Pirate&#8217;s face-reddening and mustache erection whenever he thinks about Babette:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate-1536x661.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Pirate.png 2033w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ann and Andy&#8217;s overly &#8220;friendly&#8221; sister-brother relationship (&#8220;Candy hearts and paper flowers\/Will always keep me close to you&#8221;):<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2-1024x440.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"275\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2-1024x440.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2-768x330.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2-1536x659.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2-604x259.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Couple2.png 2029w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andy&#8217;s insistence that he&#8217;s &#8220;no girl&#8217;s toy&#8221;; and the Camel&#8217;s hilariously drug-like hallucinations. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination-1024x447.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"279\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination-1024x447.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination-768x336.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination-1536x671.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination-604x264.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination.png 2035w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Indeed, many on IMDb&#8217;s <em>(now-defunct)<\/em> message board for the movie have commented that it gave them nightmares as kids. Note that you&#8217;re likely to either be completely annoyed or morbidly fascinated by the obnoxious &#8220;Penny&#8221; twins (Margery Gray and Lynne Stuart), who pop up as a freaky Greek Chorus every five minutes or so during the first portion of the film:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins-1536x652.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Twins.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; but mercifully disappear once Ann and Andy are off on their adventure. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cool animation of the Greedy<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3-1024x439.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"274\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3-1024x439.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3-768x329.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3-1536x658.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3-604x259.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy-Greedy3.png 1837w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some bizarrely campy sequences &#8211; including the Camel&#8217;s hallucinations<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2-1024x441.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-67206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2-1024x441.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2-1536x662.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2-604x260.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/04\/Raggedy-Ann-Camel-Hallucination2.png 2041w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; despite its cult status, this one isn&#8217;t must-see viewing (though it&#8217;s worth a look). <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0076593\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thespinningimage.co.uk\/cultfilms\/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=2860&#038;aff=13\">Spinning Image Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/fantasticmoviemusings.com\/2017\/10\/06\/raggedy-ann-andy-a-musical-adventure-1977\/\">SciFilm Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just a little rag doll with a candy heart.&#8221; Synopsis: When Raggedy Ann (Didi Conn) and her brother Andy (Mark Baker) set forth from their playroom in search of a French doll (Niki Flacks) kidnapped by a pirate (George S. Irving), they encounter a series of malcontented creatures &#8212; including a homesick camel (Fred Stuthman), an eternally hungry blob named The Greedy (Joe Silver), and a stature-sensitive king (Alan Sues) in search of &#8220;the last laugh&#8221;. Genres, Themes, Actors,&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=6564\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6564"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67210,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6564\/revisions\/67210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}