Tag: Johnny Gruelle
Johnny Gruelle
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Johnny-Gruelle-Raggedy-Ann-and-Andy.mp3 Author Rita Smith Air Date 12/16/2004 Johnny Gruelle Transcript You have probably met Raggedy Ann and Andy, but what do you know of Johnny Gruelle, their creator? As a boy, Gruelle had an aversion to formal education and dropped out of high school before he graduated, but that didn’t […]
Raggedy Ann and Andy Turn 85
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Raggedy-Ann.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 5/18/2001 Raggedy Ann and Andy Turn 85 Transcript It’s the 85th birthday this year of one of the most durable dolls in toy history, Raggedy Ann, and in Arcola Illinois, the birthplace of the dolls creator, John Barton — or Johnny — Gruelle, the […]