Aunt Agatha threatens to call the police on innocent trick-or-treaters. Her nephew, Ralph, would love to be out with them. But what he wants most of all is a pumpkin. From across the street, Raggedy Ann and Andy watch the drama unfold. Andy is furious at Agatha for preventing the boy from enjoying the wonderful, horrible holiday. Ann, with her irritating insistence on fairness, decides that Agatha has merely forgotten what it's like to be young. The pressing matter ahead is getting Ralph a pumpkin. Andy scoffs at the idea of finding one at this late date. Ann reasons that if there's a little boy who needs a pumpkin, there must be a pumpkin who needs a little boy. She's right. Not far away, a miserable pumpkin is blubbering out pumpkin seed-tears because no one wants him for Halloween.
Direction
Chuck Jones' late-career economy of movement.
Acting
June Foray playing three roles including bitter aunt.
Director
Chuck Jones
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was one of Chuck Jones' final theatrical shorts, produced for CBS after his Warner Bros. ouster. He reportedly fought to keep the pumpkin's crying sequence uncut.
Raggedy Ann's 'irritating insistence on fairness' reflects 1970s children's media pivoting from pure entertainment to thinly-veiled social lessons. Ann is basically a felt puppet therapist.
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