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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Label Occurrences
The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town canonical 10
Rankin/Bass Easter special The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town 2
"The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town" 1

Statements (48)

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 ⓘ
Child ⓘ
surface form: Kid

King Bruce ⓘ
S.D. Kluger ⓘ
Easter Bunny ⓘ
surface form: Sunny the Easter Bunny
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Arthur Rankin Jr. ⓘ
Jules Bass ⓘ
distributor ABC ⓘ
features musical numbers ⓘ
stop-motion puppets ⓘ
firstBroadcastCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: 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 Productions ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

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Fred Astaire → notableWork → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
James Spies → workedOn → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town"
Dowager Duchess Lily Longtooth → appearsIn → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
Dowager Duchess Lily Longtooth → firstAppearance → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
Gadzooks the Bear → appearsIn → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
Gadzooks the Bear → firstAppearance → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
Kidville → appearsIn → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
Kidville → appearsIn → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rankin/Bass Easter special The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
Kidville → primarySettingOf → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
S.D. Kluger → appearsIn → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
S.D. Kluger → appearsIn → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
this entity surface form: Rankin/Bass Easter special The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
S.D. Kluger → firstAppearance → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ
King Bruce → appearsIn → The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town ⓘ