The First Easter Rabbit (Rankin/Bass TV 1976) Part 1/2

The First Easter Rabbit is a 1976 animated Easter special, seen on NBC and later CBS. Created by Rankin/Bass, it tells the story of the Easter Bunny's origin and is loosely based on The Velveteen Rabbit, a children's book by Margery Williams.

The film tells the story of "Stuffy", a plush rabbit that a little girl receives as a Christmas present, but when the little girl becomes sick, her possessions have to be burned to disinfect the playroom. Stuffy is rescued by a fairy, who brings him to life and sends him to a place at the North Pole called Easter Valley. An ice creature called Zero wants to freeze the valley and make it like the rest of the pole, and Stuffy must become the Easter Bunny in order to stop him. Burl Ives did the narration of this special which also featured the song "Easter Parade".

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[MrMet2011]

Thanks so much for putting this on here. I've been looking for this for a looooong time!

[bcakapinky]

Burl Ives is such a great actor, Truth is, I knew him as the voice of Sam the Snowman in "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer," but when he starred in this movie, I can still hear that same voice whenever I close my eyes and picture him.

[bcakapinky]

Yep.

[indez23]

Thes are never forgotten, Thanks !

[wolfmyth007]

I thought made this movie up....

[Megalodon901]

LOVE IT! thank you!

[amandajoe803]

I love this special - so glad I found it!



[BKDBrian2]

THE VIDEO HAS BEEN MIRRORED TO AVOID COPYRIGHT

[dutchmcgee101]

@100bofish it was loosely based on that story. love rankin bass specials.

[PigsCanFly2day]

Backwards. X)