🐰 Here Comes Peter Cottontail - 1971 Easter Special

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Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a 1971 Easter stop motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions and based on the 1957 novel The Easter Bunny That Overslept by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich. The title of the special is from the Easter song "Here Comes Peter Cottontail", which is also heard in the special. The name "Peter Cottontail" comes from a series of books by Thornton W. Burgess (1874–1965), although the special is not based directly on his books.

It was originally broadcast on ABC-TV, and in later years, appeared on CBS, Fox Family, The CW, and Cartoon Network. In 2006, it was followed by a computer-animated sequel, Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Movie.

Based on - "Here Comes Peter Cottontail"
by Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins
The Easter Bunny That Overslept, by Priscilla Friedrich, Otto Friedrich
Written by - Romeo Muller
Directed by - Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Voices of - Danny Kaye, Casey Kasem, Vincent Price, Joan Gardner, Paul Frees
Narrated by - Danny Kaye
Theme music composer - Steve Nelson, Jack Rollins
Composer(s) - Maury Laws
Producer(s) - Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Cinematography - Kizo Nagashima (Animagic Supervision)