Release
After its short initial box office run, the film saw little to no distribution with the exception of a release on the long defunct RCA CED Videodisc system in the early 1980s by CBS Video. It did receive a considerable amount of play on the Disney Channel during the late 1980s and early 1990s, as well as on the Nickelodeon show Special Delivery.
"Blue" was featured on an season 3 episode of The Muppet Show with Helen Reddy and the song sequence from the film was also featured on an episode of The Big Blue Marble and the special, Sing! Sesame Street Remembers the Music of Joe Raposo. The song "I'm Home" was also featured on an episode of Shining Time Station in which Conn co-starred later in her career. Nevertheless, the film has not been shown on television for many years. It was released on video by CBS/Fox Video (through their Playhouse Video imprint) in the late 1980s, and has never been released on DVD.
Currently, CBS Corporation owns the rights to the film via its Simon and Schuster subsidiary, who owns the rights to the Raggedy Ann and Andy characters.
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