RANKIN/BASS' HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL in Japan

ROBERT MORSE

c. 1976 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

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Starring the voice of BURL IVES, STAN FREBERG, ROBERT MORSE, DON MESSICK, etc.

DVD $4

TARGET has the beautifully re-mastered in HIGH DEFINITION DVD of RANKIN/BASS' HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL on sale for $4 this week!  It is MUCH improved over previous DVD issues and much more colorful!  The CW showed it last night BUT it was heavily edited....cuts throughout the entire hour.  Glad it was on TV though!  They also have RANKIN/BASS'  THE EASTER BUNNY IS COMIN' TO TOWN on sale for $7.

RANKIN/BASS' THE EASTER BUNNY IS COMIN' TO TOWN

GADZOOKS!

RANKIN/BASS' THE FIRST EASTER RABBIT

Starring Burl Ives and Robert Morse with the wonderful JULES BASS and MAURY LAWS theme song "There's That Rabbit."

RANKIN/BASS' HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL is on WGN-TV tonight at 7PM!

RANKIN/BASS' HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL is on WGN-TV tonight at 7pm and then I believe they are re-broadcasting it on Easter day.  Listen for RANKIN/BASS radio on WGN RADIO Easter am too!

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DANNY KAYE

c. 1971 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES
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 A few more things on the walls around the laundry room...

 The BEANY & CECIL cel is from the JOHN K. version and Bob Clampett, Jr. personally located this one for me :)

I just finished reading WHEN MAGOO FLEW and as I finished, I located my GAY PURR-EE half sheet :)

ROBIN & THE RIDDLER

from Ron Murphy

THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW & GOMER PYLE U.S.M.C.

 This one is from my friend Bob Bentovoja!

From Ron Murphy

R/B EASTER Packages...

THE BEATLES

POPEYE

 This is a very nice figure I bought many years ago from France...

I am re-watching the POPEYE DVD sets!  My pal Ron Murphy gave me the vintage POPEYE Soap boat :)

RANKIN/BASS' THE SMOKEY BEAR SHOW

AURORA

BATMAN ROCKET GUN

THE MICKEY MOUSE CLUB

RANKIN/BASS' HERE COMES PETER COTTONTAIL

Denise and I watched the HIGH DEFINITION version of the special last night and it is so much better than the old version.  Well worth the upgrade...it is sharper and more colorful!

KYOKO KITA & ARTHUR RANKIN, JR. show DANNY KAYE his ANIMAGIC figure..

c. 1971 RANKIN/BASS PRODUCTIONS/RICK GOLDSCHMIDT ARCHIVES

by my pal Mitch O' Connell   www.mitchoconnell.com

Rankin Arthur 456 Animation Director Producer Rudolph FrostySnowman i20...

This is their last scene together for PARAMOUNT...