The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town

The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town
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Written byRomeo Muller
Directed byArthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
StarringSkip Hinnant
Bob McFadden
Meg Sargent
James Spies
Allen Swift
Narrated byFred Astaire
Theme music composerMaury Laws
Country of originUnited States
Japan
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersArthur Rankin Jr.
Jules Bass
CinematographyAkikazu Kono
Running time50 minutes
Production companyRankin/Bass Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseApril 6, 1977 (1977-04-06)
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The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town is a 1977 American-Japanese musical Easter television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, using their "Animagic" stop motion animation. The special reunites the writer Romeo Muller, designer Paul Coker Jr., and narrator Fred Astaire from Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town, and stars the voices of Skip Hinnant, Bob McFadden, Meg Sargent, James Spies, and Allen Swift. It originally premiered on ABC in the United States on April 6, 1977.[1][2]

The special includes original songs including two sung by Astaire: "The Easter Bunny Is Comin' to Town" and "All You Have to Do is Think 'Can Do'".[3]


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  1. ^ BCDB[dead link]
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 131–133. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. p. 255. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.