Barnaby Becomes the Easter Bunny (Hallmark, 1974)

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Happy Easter!

Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971 TV Special)

"Seymour S. Sassafrass, an eccentric, yet friendly peddler, and inventor, tells the tale of Peter Cottontail, a young Easter Bunny who lives in April Valley, where the Chief Easter Bunny supervises such Easter items as colored eggs and chocolate candy.

Colonel Wellington B. Bunny, the retiring Chief Easter Bunny, names young Peter his successor despite Peter's propensity for boasting and telling fibs, which is exemplified when his left ear droops. Peter, who has dreamed of being the Chief Easter Bunny almost his entire life, gladly accepts. But not everyone in April Valley is happy with the Colonel's decision. January Q. Irontail, an evil, reclusive rabbit villain who lives in a craggy old tree, alone except for his assistant, a bat named Montresor, wants to be the Chief Easter Bunny..." - YouTube description by BearclawsVillage. 

Voiced by:
 
Danny Kaye
Casey Kasem
Vincent Price
Joan Gardner
Paul Frees

The Easter Egg Cake

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Vintage Hormel Easter Ham Magazine Ad From 1974

Plastic Easter Grass

 

Like the similar shiny silver plastic tinsel for Christmas trees....

THIS evil crap (Luckily metal tinsel was replaced by shiny plastic in the 1970s.)

Plastic easter grass (and tinsel) are indisputably the worst holiday decorating products EVER.

Namely because by April, you're STILL picking out the strands of Christmas tinsel that shedded off the tree and now gums up the roller of your vacuum cleaner.

But plastic Easter grass is much worse. Because that stuff doesn't stay in one general area. If you have little kids, they throw that stuff everywhere. And just as you're trimming the Christmas tree once again, out of the corner of your eye in an overlooked edge of the wall, you see a shiny strand of green transparent plastic that gets your blood pressure up.....

Today however, biodegradable paper is often preferred (one ugly side effect of plastic grass is pets eat them. And plastic doesn't digest.) or even edible candy Easter grass.  

Chick Chick Easter Egg Colouring Kit From 1910

1953 Mattel Tin Musical Wind-Up Easter Egg

Dudley's Easter Egg Colouring Kits

Remember Dudley the Easter....whatever it was....?

In the 1970s, you pretty much had two choices for Easter egg colouring kits. The cheap and traditional, but lame Paas kits (or the similar Chick Chick kits.)

 Or the more expensive and more interesting Dudley kits.



Dudley kits had more artistic variety, such as swirls and glitter.

But Dudley always resembled some 40something bachelor guy sitting next to you in a sports bar that you probably talked to after a few strong drinks. Not so much a cute fluffy bunny rabbit we associate with Easter.

Perhaps noticing this, the makers of Dudley gave him a makeover, Now he doesn't look like a fat cross-eyed buffoon.

 
But really, the "new" Dudley is.....Well....A little too cutesy?

Happy Easter!

Easter Records

Easter music isn't anywhere NEAR as prolific as Christmas or Halloween music. A lot of people don't even know it exists.  

Here's a sample...... 

"Easter Parade" Rosemary Clooney (1955)

"Eggbert The Easter Egg" Rosemary Clooney (1952)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zAYM2EBiVbw

"Little Johnny Chickadee" Rosemary Clooney (1952)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2g5M8qCtG0

"Bunny On The Rainbow" Rosemary Clooney (1952)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_n3YNDE1Zs

"Peter Cottontail" Rosemary Clooney (1955)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjrL9mPLOZA

"My Choc'late Rabbit" Rosemery Clooney (1955)

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7GOFm3lFUk

While Rosemary Clooney has some sort of record in Easter song recordings. she wasn't the only one.

 "Easter Mornin'" Gene Autry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6m8WzBOSCI

"The Horse With The Easter Bonnet" Gene Autry

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSnMZdjvcq4

Easter Egg Colouring Kits