The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town

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Easter television special stop-motion animated film television special

The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town is a 1977 Rankin/Bass stop-motion animated television special, narrated by Fred Astaire, that tells a whimsical origin story of the Easter Bunny.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Easter television special → stop-motion animated film → television special →
animationStyle	Animagic →
animationTechnique	stop-motion animation →
basedOn	Easter Bunny folklore →
character	Dowager Duchess Lily Longtooth → Gadzooks the Bear → Kid → King Bruce → S.D. Kluger → Sunny the Easter Bunny →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Arthur Rankin Jr. → Jules Bass →
distributor	ABC →
features	musical numbers → stop-motion puppets →
firstBroadcastCountry	United States →
firstBroadcastYear	1977 →
genre	animated fantasy → children's television → holiday special →
holiday	Easter →
lyricsBy	Jules Bass →
musicBy	Maury Laws →
narrativeFocus	origin story of the Easter Bunny →
narrator	Fred Astaire →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	ABC →
partOf	Rankin/Bass holiday specials →
producer	Arthur Rankin Jr. → Jules Bass →
productionCompany	Rankin/Bass Productions →
relatedWork	Here Comes Peter Cottontail → Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town →
releaseDecade	1970s →
runningTime	approximately 50 minutes →
setting	Kidville → Town of Town →
targetAudience	children →
voiceCastMember	Allan Swift → Bob McFadden → Fred Astaire → James Spies → Jill O'Hara → Ron Marshall → Skip Hinnant →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Fred Astaire →	notableWork