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Here Comes Peter Cottontail: The Original TV Classic [Remastered]

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This is an excellent stop-motion TV special that originally aired during the early 70's. It features the voices of Danny Kaye, Vincent Price and Casey Kasem and is the first and easily the best of three Easter specials from Rankin/Bass, who also graced our television sets with holiday traditions such as "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer", "Santa Claus is Coming To Town", "Frosty the Snowman", and the popular cult classic "Mad Monster Party".

This fanciful, pastel-colored Easter special is based on a book titled "The Easter Bunny Who Overslept". Peter Cottontail agrees to a contest against Evil Irontail to see who can deliver the most Easter eggs. But, when Peter oversleeps, leaving Evil Irontail to rule April Valley (the land of Easter bunnies), he must travel back through time making unplanned stops at all the other holidays on his way back to Easter.

This show really has a warm, Easter/Spring feeling, wonderful songs and a chance to catch a glimpse of all the holidays through the enchanted puppet-animated world of Animagic! Once again, Rankin/Bass have taken that fuzzy holiday warmth and turned it into a colorful, fun special.

**This newest release from 2010 features a beautifully restored print that is ears and tails above all the others. Remastered in high definition, the colors pop and things that were blurry in the background in previous releases are now crystal clear. It is not completely without a few specks and scratches here and there, but do you really want to watch these old specials without a few of those? Definitely worth the double-dip if you are a fan!

In A Nutshell: I was thrilled to show this DVD to my daughter. We love watching movies together and being able to say, "I saw this when I was a little girl" was an honor. This is the same Stop-Motion animation that we are familiar with from our childhood (Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer).

What I Can Tell You: This is a true classic. There aren't enough kid shows during Easter and I love this one. My daughter is allowed to watch a movie before bed as long as she is in bed at 7:00 P.M. She has watched this Here Comes Peter Cottontail every other night since we got it.

Wow! I absolutely love the animagic. The original Peter Cottontail story is great for all ages. My 16 month old son enjoys animagic as well.

This movie has been a classic Easter tradition in my family for over 20 years. It is a cute story, but it also has a message about priorities which is easy for children to understand. I would recommend it to anyone with children or grandchildren.

I never saw this as a kid but I bought it for my kids since they like the Rankiin Bass Christmas specials. The story is a little odd but I think that is true of many of these Rankin Bass specials. The sound and video quality are great for a TV show from the 1970's. Most importantly, my kids really enjoyed it and wanted to watch it several times over.

I purchased this movie after a discussion with my children. I couldn't remember the name of the movie, but they could. It was purchased because I wanted my grandchildren to see it and have the same experience their parents had. Cute movie; brings back happy memories.

I love this movie. I am not ever really sure you outgrow the love that you have for the older movies they play on TV during the holidays though. When I had my daughter I showed her the Christmas and Thanksgiving classics, but when Easter came around I really wanted to show her this movie because I LOVED it! My daughter was completely captivated! She loved it too! I was so happy! I wasn't going to buy it BUT the price was SO right on Amazon, I couldn't resist. Great price, Classic movie, Super Purchase. :)

I'm eight years old and I like to watch movies with my aunt and grandmother. We watched Peter Cottontail and I thought it was nice, but a little weird, and funny. Traveling in the 'yestervehical' it got very confusing, was Peter Cottontail traveling back into time or forward? Peter Cottontail, is nice and has a moral, and the characters look, real, yet not real. Like in most movies or books the 'problem' is a 'person' or in this case 'bunny' that is bad. Becoming chief Easter bunny is Peter Cottontail's greatest heart's desire. It may be a tinge confusing, but it's fun, has a great tune, and is perfect for Easter celebrations!