The First Easter Rabbit

🐰 We’re back! This surprise springtime episode covers the 1976 Rankin/Bass special, “The First Easter Rabbit,” which despite its name and main theme, still relies heavily on Christmas. 

🎙️ Brandon Medley hops by to discuss this special’s very obvious and very uncredited connection to “The Velveteen Rabbit,” Easter Valley’s odd location next door to the North Pole, and Rankin/Bass’s habit of giving bad directions. 

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💬 Topics & Tangents: 

They named the talking snowball “Br-r-ruce,” a joke I didn’t notice until just now! 

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“The First Easter Rabbit” © 1974 Rankin/Bass Productions, Inc. 

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