The First Easter Rabbit

*The First Easter Rabbit*
The First Easter Rabbit
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Based on	The Velveteen Rabbit; by Margery Williams
Written by	Julian P. Gardner
Directed by	Arthur Rankin, Jr.; Jules Bass
Starring	Robert Morse; Stan Freberg; Paul Frees; Joan Gardner; Dina Lyn; Don Messick;
Narrated by	Burl Ives
Theme music composer	Maury Laws
Country of origin	United States; Japan
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Arthur Rankin, Jr.; Jules Bass
Cinematography	Toru Hara; Tsuguyuki Kubo
Editor	Irwin Goldress
Running time	25 minutes
Production companies	Rankin/Bass Productions; Topcraft Limited Company;
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	April 9, 1976
Related
	Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964); Frosty the Snowman (1969); Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (1970); Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971); 'Twas the Night Before Christmas (1974); The Year Without a Santa Claus (1974); The First Easter Rabbit (1976); Frosty's Winter Wonderland (1976); Rudolph's Shiny New Year (1976); The Easter Bunny is Comin' to Town (1977); Nestor, the Long-Eared Christmas Donkey (1977); The Stingiest Man in Town (1978); Jack Frost (1979); Rudolph and Frosty's Christmas in July (1979); Pinocchio's Christmas (1980); Frosty Returns (1992); Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer and the Island of Misfit Toys (2001); The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005); A Miser Brothers' Christmas (2008);

The First Easter Rabbit is an animated Easter television special that premiered April 9, 1976 on NBC and later aired on CBS. Created by Rankin/Bass Productions, it tells the story of the Easter Bunny's origin. The special is loosely based on the 1922 children's book The Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams. Burl Ives narrated the special which also featured the Irving Berlin song "Easter Parade"; it marked Ives's return to a Rankin/Bass special for the first time since the company's 1964 stop motion television special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer twelve years prior.

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