Raggedy Ann and Andy in The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile, a.k.a. simply The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile, is a 1979 animated television special

Television special

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 featuring Raggedy Ann

Raggedy Ann

Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has a triangle nose...

 and Raggedy Andy. It later aired on the Disney Channel

Disney Channel

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 every year around the time of Halloween along with Casper's Halloween Special

Casper's Halloween Special

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, The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost (1985 film)

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, Mr. Boogedy

Mr. Boogedy

Mr. Boogedy is a 1986 family film, directed by Oz Scott and written by Michael Janover, which originally aired as an episode of "The Disney Sunday Movie". It tells the story of a gag gift salesman and his family moving into a new house in New England which they soon find to be haunted by ghosts...

, Bride of Boogedy

Bride of Boogedy

Bride of Boogedy is a 1987 family film, directed by Oz Scott and written by Michael Janover, which originally aired as an episode of "The Disney Sunday Movie". It tells the continuing story of the Davis family and their encounters with an evil 300-year-old ghost in the fictional New England town of...

, Witch's Night Out

Witch's Night Out

Witch's Night Out is an animated television Halloween special that premiered on NBC October 27, 1978, but was shot in a Toronto studio. It was the sequel to the 1974 special The Gift of Winter with the vocal talents from Dan Aykroyd and Vlari Bromfield...

, The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't

The Halloween That Almost Wasn't is a 1979 telefilm which aired regularly on the Disney Channel until the late 1990s. It revolves around Dracula trying to save Halloween from the Witch who threatens it. It won an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual Achievement - Children's Program" and was...

, For Better or For Worse: The Good-for-Nothing

For Better or For Worse

For Better or For Worse is a comic strip by Lynn Johnston that ran for 30 years, chronicling the lives of a Canadian family, The Pattersons, and their friends. The story is set in the fictitious Toronto-area suburban town of Milborough, Ontario. Johnston's strip began in September 1979, and ended...

, Halloween Is Grinch Night

Halloween is Grinch Night

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, The Worst Witch

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The Worst Witch premiered in 1986 on Central Independent Television and HBO. It is based on the children's book by Jill Murphy.-Plot:The film follows the plot of the 1974 book from the series, portraying the incidents of when Mildred turns herself invisible and transforms Ethel into a pig, Miss...

, and Disney's Halloween Treat

Disney's Halloween Treat

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/A Disney Halloween

A Disney Halloween

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.

Synopsis

Raggedy Ann (June Foray

June Foray

June Foray is an American voice actress, best known as the voice of many animated characters...

) and Andy (Daws Butler

Daws Butler

Charles Dawson "Daws" Butler was a voice actor originally from Toledo, Ohio. He worked mostly for Hanna-Barbera and originated the voices of many famous animated cartoon characters, including Yogi Bear, Quick Draw McGraw, Snagglepuss, and Huckleberry Hound.Daws Butler trained many working actors...

) and their dog Raggedy Arthur noticed how cruel Aunt Agatha (Foray) is and how sad her nephew Ralph (Steven Rosenberg

Steven Rosenberg

Steven A. Rosenberg is a leading cancer researcher and surgeon. He is credited with developing the use of IL-2 and immune cells for the treatment of patients with melanoma in a procedure termed adoptive cell transfer...

) is on Halloween. So the Raggedies set out to find a pumpkin for Ralph to make him happy. The abandoned pumpkin (Les Tremayne

Les Tremayne

Les Tremayne was a radio, film, and television actor. Born Lester Tremayne in England, he moved with his family at the age four to Chicago, where he began in community theatre. He danced as a vaudeville performer and worked as amusement park barker...

) is very gloomy and emits pumpkin seeds as tears every time he weeps. The only way to cheer up the sad pumpkin is to bring it to Ralph to give and then convince Aunt Agatha to change her ways on Halloween.

External links

• The Pumpkin Who Couldn't Smile videocassette at Raggedy-Ann.com