Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971)
TV Movie | 60 min | Animation, Family, Musical | 4 April 1971 (USA)
With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer: Romeo Muller
Stars: Danny Kaye, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner
TV Movie | 60 min | Animation, Family, Musical | 4 April 1971 (USA)
With the help of a time machine, Peter Cottontail must rescue Easter from the hands of the malicious Irontail.
Directors: Jules Bass, Arthur Rankin Jr.
Writer: Romeo Muller
Stars: Danny Kaye, Paul Frees, Joan Gardner
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00:00I am Seymour S. Sassafras and company. This is the Seymour S. Sassafras and this is the
00:29Seymour S. Sassafras and company. I am a peddler by trade, by trade and by golly, by golly,
00:36by golly. I deal in magic and moonbeams and pretty, pretty colors. Oh yes, I can sell
00:44you the most perfect pink or the most blissful blue or a simply euphoric yellow. That of
00:52course is why I'm here in April Valley delivering all these colors to Peter Cottontail so he
00:59can paint his Easter eggs, you know. What? You say you've never been to April Valley
01:05before? Well, that's okay. I'll show you around. This way, please. Now you see, April Valley
01:15is where all the Easter bunnies live and work. Oh, yes. Ah, April Valley's finest candy
01:24carvers meet Milk Chocolate Angelo and Leonardo the Bittersweet. And over there is the famous
01:36Easter bunny bonnet founder. Now of course, it's all very nice here thanks to Peter Cottontail.
01:45Hmm? You never heard of Peter Cottontail? Great chattering chitchicks. They've never heard of
01:54Peter Cottontail. They've never heard of Peter Cottontail? Why, he's the number one chief
02:02Easter bunny around here. See? You, you mean you never heard how he almost lost the job?
02:15Oh, my. You actually mean you never heard how a terrible, wicked, nasty rabbit
02:24named Irontail almost became the Easter bunny?
02:29Here, if you peek into this magic egg, you'll see the whole story just as it happened. Peter was just a young whippersnapper, sort of a junior Easter bunny.
02:55of a junior Easter Bunny.
02:57Here comes Peter Cottontail
03:00Hoppin' down the bunny trail
03:02Hippity hoppin' Easter's on its way
03:07Bringin' every girl and boy
03:09Baskets full of Easter joy
03:12Things to make your Easter bright and gay
03:25Music
03:54Roar!
04:01Roar!
04:24Roar!
04:36Roar!
04:38Well, it all began one bright and sunny springtime
04:42right here in April Valley.
04:44The former Chief Easter Bunny, Colonel Wellington B. Bunny
04:48Oh, he was a fine old gent
04:50was getting on in years
04:52and he figured it was just about time for him to retire.
04:56Of course, it was his sworn duty to appoint a worthy successor.
05:00No, it's out of the question.
05:02I couldn't...
05:04Wait!
05:05Peter Cottontail
05:07Just a moment now.
05:08Here's a likely candidate.
05:10I really don't think Cottontail's your man, sir.
05:14I mean, he is boastful
05:16he has no sense of responsibility
05:18and sometimes, sometimes he fibs.
05:21Oh, well, I know he's not perfect
05:24but he's got real spunk and ingenuity.
05:27Reminds me of me when I was his age.
05:30But I never dreamed I'd get to be Chief Easter Bunny.
05:36Peter, you're telling a fib.
05:39Every time you tell a fib, your left ear droops.
05:44Oh, well, I guess I did think about the job once or twice.
05:49Lots of times.
05:51Peter.
05:53Good heavens, Peter, my boy
05:55you've got to shape up and reform
05:57if you want to be Chief Easter Bunny.
06:00There are tulips that need tending
06:03and baskets that need mending
06:05the jelly beans are piling up in heaps.
06:09There are eggs that need collecting
06:12and hens who are expecting
06:14in spring the Easter Bunny never sleeps.
06:18There are bonnets that need sewing
06:20and gargles that need hoeing
06:22some chocolate chicks have broken out in peaks.
06:26There are colours that are running
06:29and workers who are sunning
06:31in spring the Easter Bunny never sleeps.
06:35Bright and early Easter morning
06:37all the work must be done
06:39eggs ready to roll
06:41in time for the fun.
06:43All I said was the bunny has not one single day.
06:47There are children waiting everywhere
06:50there can be no delay.
06:52So get all those tulips taken
06:55and every basket mended
06:57it's not a game, we're playing this for keeps.
07:01Get those bows and ribbons tied on
07:04for you will be relied on
07:06every spring the Easter Bunny
07:10never sleeps, never sleeps.
07:16But meanwhile far away in the distant reaches of April Valley
07:21I won't allow Cottontail to be the new Chief Easter Bunny.
07:27I must be the new ruler of April Valley.
07:30You sir?
07:31Yes.
07:32Years ago a small child roller skated over my tail.
07:37Since then I have had to wear
07:39this artificial one made of iron
07:42instead of having a nice fluffy white cotton tail like that beaver.
07:48But it was an accident sir
07:51the child didn't mean to.
07:53I don't care!
07:55Since that time I have detested all children
08:00but then why be Easter Bunny to get even?
08:05When I'm through with April Valley
08:09we'll never be bothered by children again.
08:20Here son, here is your official egg basket.
08:28Carry, carry it with pride.
08:33I will sir.
08:35I hereby officially declare you
08:39Chief Easter Bunny.
08:42Just a mean old minute.
08:48Just in time.
08:50For what I entail?
08:52Here is the constitution of April Valley.
08:56It says that the Chief Easter Bunny
08:59shall be the one who delivers the most eggs.
09:03I know that!
09:05That's why I've chosen...
09:07Well, when it comes to delivering eggs
09:09Peter Cottontail is
09:13real squeamish carrots to January Q. Irontail.
09:21I propose a contest to see who can deliver the most eggs.
09:27Yes, absolutely out of the question.
09:28Wait a minute, Colonel.
09:29I'm not afraid of Irontail.
09:31I know I can lick him any day.
09:33Peter, this is no time for begging.
09:36I insist, Colonel.
09:38A contest is the fair way of deciding who's best.
09:42Don't worry, it'll be me.
09:44Well, you better head wind, Peter
09:47because once I give my word I shall stick to it.
09:53Therefore, I have decided
09:57that whoever delivers the most eggs tomorrow, Easter
10:03will be the new ruler of April Valley.
10:12You've got to win, Peter.
10:15Absolutely have to win.
10:18Irontail will do terrible things to April Valley.
10:22Make sure you get up bright and early tomorrow
10:25so you can do your best.
10:29But Peter was so sure he'd win the next day
10:32that instead of getting lots of sleep
10:34he had a big party with all his friends.
10:38And it was very late when he finally went to bed.
10:43I've got to get up on time tomorrow.
10:465.30, Ben. Remember?
10:51There are tulips that need tending
10:56Hibiscus that need mending
11:00In spring the Easter bunny
11:04No one sleeps, sleeps, sleeps, sleeps
11:11But you can be certain that old Irontail
11:14wasn't going to play fair.
11:16No funny, no funny, no funny business now.
11:20No, of course not.
11:22I have a little gift for you.
11:25Because, well, because I like chickens so much.
11:33Bubble gum. Corn-flavored bubble gum.
11:42April Valley is as good as mine.
11:49Ah.
11:55You see, it was magic bubble gum
11:58guaranteed to seal the lips of an alarm clock rooster.
12:03Those bubbles cock-a-doodle-dooed so far away
12:09Peter never heard them.
12:12He slept on and on and on
12:16all through Easter day.
12:19Now, nobody wanted an egg
12:22from an unpleasant old bunny like Irontail.
12:26As a matter of fact, though he tried all day long
12:30he was only able to give away one single egg.
12:35However, since Peter slept through Easter
12:38and didn't deliver any eggs at all
12:41Irontail won.
12:44And he now rules April Valley.
12:50Every tulip that leaves tending
12:53will get a proper bending
12:56and jelly beans will rot above their heaps.
13:01All the hens who are expecting
13:05will get no more protecting
13:09for in spring the Easter bunny always sleeps.
13:14And from this time forward
13:17all Easter eggs shall be colored the shade of mud
13:23and new concrete.
13:26Instead of chocolate bunnies and chicks
13:29I commission the candy sculptors
13:32to make tarantulas and octopuses.
13:37And I hereby declare an end to Easter bunnets.
13:42From now on there will only be Easter galoshes.
13:47I need lots of peace and quiet
13:52and Easter won't deny it.
13:57Every spring the Easter bunny always sleeps.
14:08Peter Cottontail who realized that his dragging
14:12and irresponsibility had let everybody down
14:16left April Valley in disgrace.
14:20But I'll make it up somehow.
14:23I'll make it up if it's the last thing I do.
14:32I'll make it up if it's the last thing I do.
14:36Oh, and that's just what Peter vowed.
14:39Remember?
14:40I'll make it up if it's the last thing I do.
14:43He walked on and on for days and days
14:47and finally one night he could not walk a step further.
14:52But the next morning the sun returned
14:54like an old friend back from a long vacation.
14:58And its very first rays tickled Peter's nose
15:03and awakened him.
15:05And that's when I came into the story.
15:09Beg pardon, Peter.
15:10Huh?
15:12You're sleeping on my big toe.
15:14You really must have been tuckered out
15:16to use a big toe as a pillow.
15:19Gee, I'm sorry Mr. Sassafras.
15:22Well, that's all right.
15:23It's my pleasure, Peter.
15:25Well, rather my big toe's pleasure.
15:28Where are we?
15:29In my garden.
15:31This is the garden of surprises
15:33where I grow all the vegetables I use
15:35to make the pretty colors.
15:37It's kind of magical if I do say so my magical self.
15:41See?
15:42See right over there.
15:43There's red, white, and blue cabbages as big as houses
15:46and purple corn stalks as tall as church steeples.
15:50Striped tomatoes and orange string beans.
15:53Why do you call it the garden of surprises?
15:56Everybody asks that question.
15:59I answer, why not call it the garden of surprises?
16:03I mean, I never know what's coming up.
16:06Sometimes I plant beans and roses surprise me.
16:10Why, once I planted pumpkins.
16:12And do you know what came up?
16:14Huh?
16:15No, what?
16:16Pumpkins.
16:17Now, that was a surprise.
16:20Hmm.
16:21Well, it's always easier to change colors
16:23than to change labels.
16:25Well, nobody will ever be able to change my label.
16:28It reads failure.
16:30Oh, don't be so depressed, Peter.
16:33When you are depressed, it gets to be very depressing.
16:38But Easter's all over and I lost.
16:41Easter over?
16:42Ah, nothing's ever really all over, Peter.
16:46Follow me.
16:47There it is.
16:48My yes-tomorrow beer.
16:50Why do you call it yes-tomorrow beer?
16:52Because that's what I call it.
16:55You see, it can transport you into yesterday or tomorrow.
16:58Whereas most crafts go from here to there,
17:01mine travels from now to then,
17:03and from then to when.
17:06Meet the pilot.
17:08Antoine?
17:09Antoine?
17:11Hello, hello, hello.
17:12A worm?
17:13Pardon, monsieur.
17:15I owe the Zorin of Caterpillar.
17:18We've got our first passenger, Antoine.
17:20His name is Peter Cottontail.
17:22Now show him how it all works.
17:24Oui, of course, I will do that with pleasure.
17:27You will notice, Pierre, the many switches and buttons and knobs.
17:32Eh?
17:33They're beautiful, eh?
17:35They are labeled le futur and le past.
17:39Eh?
17:40And here, of course, we have more controls
17:43to transport one to the holidays.
17:46Eh?
17:47A button for Christmas,
17:49a lever for Halloween.
17:52So, Thanksgiving, Mother's Day,
17:55St. Patrick's Day,
17:57Valentine's Day,
17:59Arbor Day,
18:00and this pretty one for Easter.
18:04Hey, I get it.
18:06All I have to do is hop into the basket
18:09and have you take me back to Easter.
18:11That's correct.
18:12Then you can deliver your eggs
18:14as you should have done in the first place,
18:16win the contest,
18:18and toss old Iron Tail out.
18:20Let's go.
18:21To Easter, Antoine.
18:23Of course. Oui, certainment, Pierre.
18:29Good luck, Peter.
18:31Thanks for everything, Mr. Sassafras.
18:33But I didn't give you everything.
18:35Huh?
18:45If I could only get back to yesterday
18:50Today would be a perfect day
18:54If I could only get back to yesterday
18:59Oh, the different things I'd do and say
19:07I'd be a different man
19:11If I had a second chance
19:14Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?
19:16Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?
19:18I'd make a special plan
19:21If I had a second chance
19:24Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?
19:26Wouldn't you? Wouldn't you?
19:28If I could only get back to yesterday
19:33Today would be a perfect day
19:37If I could only get back to yesterday
19:42Oh, the different things I'd do and say
19:51I'd be so good to you
19:55If I had a second chance
19:57Yes, I would
19:59Yes, I would
20:01I'd be so good to you
20:04If I had a second chance
20:07Yes, I would
20:09Yes, I would
20:11If I could only get back to yesterday
20:16Today would be a perfect day
20:21If I could only get back to yesterday
20:25Oh, the different things I'd do and say
20:35Oh, yesterday
20:39Oh, yesterday
20:47A thousand crimson curses
20:51Ah, I forgot all about Sassafras's silly time machine
20:57Well, I'll put a creepy crimp in their pathetic plans
21:07Now, you understand my plans?
21:11Now, catch up with them
21:13And by all means, play dirty
21:22Are we almost to Easter, Antoine?
21:24Soon, Pierre, soon
21:26We are travelling one hundred hours an hour
21:34Something is very wrong with the controls
21:38No, whatever
21:40They indicate a proximity to Easter
21:42Yet, by my calculation
21:46Mon Dieu, mon Dieu, we are coming down
21:50Prepare for the crash landing
21:55And because the control wires were all fouled up
21:58Easter was lost
22:00And they crashed right down in the middle of Mother's Day
22:07Happy Easter
22:09Easter? It's Mother's Day
22:12You forgot us on Easter
22:14I'll say you did
22:15Oh, I don't mind for myself, but there were no eggs for the children
22:19And may Easter burn up for Mom
22:22I'll make it all up now
22:23Here, my pleasure
22:25Ah, who wants Easter eggs on Mother's Day?
22:31And wherever Peter went on Mother's Day, the reaction was exactly the same
22:37Antoine did his best to repair the damaged time control
22:41It works
22:43And I, of course, sense a holiday
22:46Nope
22:49A holiday, yes, but the 4th of July
22:53We are falling
22:56This, this is an outrageous situation
23:06We are falling, this is an outrageous situation
23:11And that's when little Antoine cried out as they tumbled through the sky
23:17Here, see for yourself
23:20We are falling, this is an outrageous situation
23:34We made it
23:35That, mon ami, is obvious
23:38Thanks, of course, to my superb piloting
23:42Superb? We're a long way from Easter
23:45Ah, well, tell me, Pierre
23:48In the rules of Apple Valley, does it say the eggs must be given at Easter?
23:56No, but who wants Easter eggs on the 4th of July?
23:59They didn't even want them on Mother's Day
24:02Easter eggs, no, but 4th of July eggs
24:07What I am saying, mon ami, is that one sometimes must improvise
24:14People believe what their hearts tell their eyes
24:19So when you can't get it all together, improvise
24:23When you can't get it all together, improvise
24:28You can tell a rose isn't a rose
24:33If you keep it away from your nose
24:37It might be made out of papier-mâché
24:41But it's a rose if you want a rose to be that way
24:46People believe what their hearts tell their eyes
24:51So when you can't get it all together, improvise
24:56When you can't get it all together, improvise
25:03So give Easter eggs on the 4th of July
25:08Poop bananas in your apple pie on Halloween
25:14Give your girl a valentine
25:16Would you give me an ounce to take her need
25:18Any day is fine
25:21People believe what their hearts tell their eyes
25:26So when you can't get it all together, improvise
25:31When you can't get it all together
25:33When you can't get it all together
25:35When you can't get it all together, improvise
25:46Lucky Mr. Sassafras packed a box full of his paints aboard
25:49Well, look again, that is not all he packed
25:53Come see
25:55Here's a box full of, how you say, the costumes
26:00Rabbit-sized
26:02This is perfect
26:03Oh, it's not that I knew what was going to happen
26:06Not really
26:09Well, anyway, Peter went out with his 4th of July eggs
26:16Gee, I wonder if anybody will really want my eggs
26:19Well, that's all, fellas
26:20Ah, it was just getting good
26:22I'll do anything for more fireworks
26:26Boy, I could really get rid of these if they were firecrackers
26:30Hmm
26:31Well, let's go home
26:33Well, well, well, hello, fellas
26:36It's a rabbit
26:37I'm Uncle Sam Sam, your Independence Day bunny
26:41We're looking for firecrackers
26:42You got firecrackers, Rabbit?
26:44Ah, firecrackers
26:46Ah, well, as a matter of fact, I do
26:49These are red, white, and blue
26:51Ah, egg-shaped torpedoes
26:53You know, you toss them on the ground and kaboom
26:57Oh, boy, torpedoes
26:59Torpedoes
27:00Well, we'll take all you got
27:02Yeah, give me, let me at them
27:04Come on, let's take them to where the ground is hard
27:09When you can't get it all together
27:11When you can't get it all together
27:13When you can't get it all together
27:17Improvise
27:20Quick, let's get out of here
27:22Just a minute, I have not yet make finish with the repairs
27:26Antoine, we've got to get moving
27:28Hey, Rabbit
27:30These are not firecrackers
27:33Well, fellas, it was just a little joke
27:36We don't like jokes, let him have it, Homer
27:40Wait a minute
27:41Whoops, watch out, you'll break them
27:43Come on, Antoine, let's go
27:52Oh, I got them all back again
27:54Serves you right for saying that they were fireworks
27:57But, gee, I was only trying to win so I could save April Valley
28:02Pierre, nothing, absolutely nothing justifies a fib
28:09What's the matter?
28:10We are coming down again
28:13Gee, it's so foggy and dank and spooky out
28:17What a terrible Easter
28:19Easter? We are halfway around the year from Easter
28:24This is Halloween
28:35Halloween?
28:37Hey, wait a minute
28:39I'll paint my eggs orange and black and be the Halloween bunny
28:44That's not wretched, Rabbit
28:49Oh, what am I worrying about?
28:54If I can't defeat Peter Cottontail on Halloween
28:59then when can I?
29:03I mean, it's my kind of day
29:09Go ahead, it's your nickel
29:12Iron Tail, not the Iron Tail
29:15January Boom Boom Iron Tail
29:19Ah, Madame Esmeralda
29:22And how is my favorite witch today?
29:26Well, Halloween's my busy season, don't you know?
29:29After Halloween, I'm pooped as a petrified poltergeist
29:34Yes, well, I wonder if you could find time to do me a little favor
29:41I mean, there's a certain Rabbit I want to frighten away
29:47Polter Rabbit, great, you know me
29:50I just love to tease bears
29:57Well, I improvise and I improvise
30:01and still I cannot get it all together
30:05Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
30:09Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
30:12Ah, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
30:16Come on, what's the joke? Let me in on it
30:19What's so funny?
30:20There's no joke, I'm a wicked Halloween witch
30:23I do simply horrendous things
30:26I can turn blue and purple and green, boom
30:30I'm as spooky as Frankenstein
30:32Hey, that's great, can you do Colonel Bunny?
30:34I can
30:35Peter, my boy, I have some advice for you
30:38Oh, you're not supposed to enjoy my evil powers
30:42Oh, I failed, here I am only 379
30:47I have been
30:49Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
30:51Don't, don't, don't cry
30:52I didn't mean to make you unhappy
30:54Say, there's no rule says a witch can't have a Halloween egg
30:57Here, you may have my first
31:00For me? A present?
31:02Oh, I must tell the whole weirdo community
31:06All the ghosts, witches, werewolves, everybody
31:10They'll be so happy to receive Halloween eggs
31:14Nobody ever thinks to treat the tricksters
31:17Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
31:19Well, old Esmeralda rounded up the entire clan
31:23And they all wanted one of Peter's eggs
31:27Great mealy-mouthed meatballs
31:32Ha, the skies are laden with a crazy race
31:37I cannot let this happen, Peter will win
31:41There's only one way to take care of those eggs
31:46Destroy them for good
31:48Montresor, get them and destroy them
31:53Boy, look at all those ghosts
31:55Yowie, I'll have to go back to April Valley for more eggs
32:01No!
32:05Smash them, Montresor, smash them all
32:09Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
32:12Those eggs are done for
32:15Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
32:23Those eggs are done for
32:26Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
32:29Yep, old Iron Tail got real desperate
32:33And sent Montresor to smash Peter's eggs
32:36Those eggs are done for
32:38Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
32:44Take off, Antoine
32:45We've got to catch those eggs before they hit the ground
32:48Great twisted tarantulas
32:51Hold those eggs, Montresor, hold them
33:19So, how do we do, eh?
33:22We've got to get back to Halloween so I can give these eggs to the ghost
33:26That I'm afraid, mon ami Pierre, is impossible
33:31No, they couldn't go back
33:33But Antoine had to land his craft
33:36So he could continue his repairs
33:38And where do you think they came down?
33:48Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha, ha
33:58Thanksgiving
33:59Oh, just smell all those goodies cooking down there
34:06How do I look?
34:07What are you supposed to be?
34:10An Easter turkey or Thanksgiving bunny?
34:14Who cares? As long as I can give away these eggs.
34:19Eggs? Don't mention food to me.
34:23I'm stuffed to the gills after this Thanksgiving feast.
34:29We're all stuffed!
34:32Everybody everywhere was so stuffed that Peter couldn't give away a single egg.
34:38Why, it's cold!
34:45Thank you for this information. I do not realize this fact otherwise, eh?
34:50Antoine, look up there! Santa Claus! That's why it's so cold!
34:57It must be Noel, Christmas Eve. These stupid controls are still all wet.
35:05Hi Santa, hi!
35:07Hello, Peter!
35:09Watch out for Irontail, Santa!
35:12Oh, I'm not afraid!
35:15Merry Christmas, Peter! Merry Christmas!
35:20Same to you, Santa!
35:22Hey, I know how to give these eggs away!
35:26We wish you a Merry Christmas! We wish you a Merry Christmas!
35:31Merry Christmas! I'm the Santa Bunny!
35:35Get your free Christmas eggs here!
35:37Eat them or use them to decorate your tree!
35:41Merry Christmas!
35:43How goes the egg business?
35:46Not so good. The street's deserted.
35:48Of course! Everyone has finished with their Christmas shopping
35:52and are now snug and warm at home.
35:55You are too late again, mon ami.
35:57I guess so.
35:59It seemed like such a good idea.
36:01Well, at least I do am snug and warm.
36:15Gee, who's crying?
36:17Sounds like it's coming from that hat shop.
36:23Gee, it's Bonnie! Bonnie bought it!
36:26She left April Valley years ago.
36:29Hi, Bonnie! Why are you crying?
36:32Oh, Peter! I'm so glad to see you, baby!
36:36Nobody wants me!
36:38What a way for a lady to end up!
36:41Unbought on Christmas Eve!
36:46Wait a minute!
36:48Sorry I'm closing up.
36:50But you can't leave Bonnie all alone on Christmas Eve.
36:54Ridiculous hat! Who wants an Easter bonnet this time of year?
36:58I'll take her. I'm sure I can find a home for Bonnie.
37:01You, a silly little rabbit!
37:03Whatever would you use for money?
37:05Oh, I have lots of money!
37:07Darn it!
37:09Wait a minute! I'll trade you my Christmas eggs for Bonnie.
37:12Christmas eggs?
37:14Yeah, see? In that basket out there on the sidewalk.
37:17Why, they're beautiful!
37:19Deal? Deal!
37:20Deal!
37:21Deal!
37:22Deal!
37:26Gee, I forgot I was wearing this Santa suit.
37:30Ah!
37:31What is it?
37:32Somebody's stealing the Christmas eggs!
37:34It's another rabbit!
37:36Careless, careless!
37:41Mustn't let these things lie about!
37:45Yes, Peter Cottontail!
37:47This time I'm personally taking care of these eggs.
37:53Away! Away, Montrestar!
37:56Away!
37:58Come back! Come back with those eggs!
38:00I do insist you return those eggs!
38:05I shall hide these eggs where you will never find them again!
38:18I shall hide these eggs where you'll never find them again!
38:26That's exactly what Iron Tail said, and he meant it.
38:29Here, see for yourself.
38:31I shall hide these eggs where you'll never find them again!
38:42We've got to catch him!
38:45We've got to catch him!
38:47Pierre!
38:48Pierre!
38:50P-Pierre!
38:51Why do you go off without your friend?
38:54Hang on, Bonnie!
38:56Not for me!
38:59Can't go slow, Bonnie!
39:01I've got to catch Iron Tail!
39:03The whole future of April Valley depends on it!
39:08Pierre!
39:09Pierre!
39:11Come back for me!
39:13Antoine!
39:15Antoine, we forgot all about it!
39:17We must go back!
39:19But I can't!
39:21I can't! I don't know how to make it go backwards!
39:24Au revoir, mon ami!
39:27Au revoir!
39:30You ridiculous rabbit!
39:34You'll never catch me!
39:37Ha-ha-ha! Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
39:41What are you doing with those eggs?
39:44Well, you know they belong to Peter Cottontail!
39:47Oh, why don't you stick to your own holiday?
39:54Well, Santa got the egg basket back to Peter.
39:57And poor Peter, he couldn't even stop the yester-morrow bill, not even to say thank you.
40:01I sure do miss Antoine.
40:05Peter thought he'd try being the New Year's Eve bunny,
40:08but he couldn't bring the yester-morrow bill to a stop.
40:11It's no use. I'll never figure out how to run this thing.
40:15I guess we're lost. Lost up here in time.
40:18You never tried this one, Peter.
40:21It says stop.
40:23Huh?
40:24As a matter of fact, I was just about to try that button out.
40:29Oh, how beautiful! What is it?
40:32All those heart lanterns.
40:35It must be a St. Valentine's Day skating party.
40:38Sure, that's it.
40:40Bonnie, do you know what I'm going to do?
40:42Don't tell me. Let me guess.
40:45Ha-ha-ha-ha!
40:48Nobody can resist a Valentine's Day egg.
40:51Excuse me.
40:53Huh?
40:56Excuse me.
40:58Oh, hi.
41:00I hate to bother you, but could you help me put my skates on?
41:05Oh, no bother at all.
41:07My name's Donna.
41:08Hi, Donna.
41:10Oh, I recognize you from your picture in the paper.
41:14You're Peter Cottontail.
41:16Oh, no, my name's Harold. Harold Hassenpfeffer.
41:19Oh.
41:21I guess I'm Peter Cottontail.
41:23Well, you shouldn't be ashamed.
41:25Anybody can make one mistake.
41:27You just overslept.
41:29Gee, that's a kind thing to say.
41:32I mean it.
41:33Yeah. Yeah.
41:35Donna, would you skate with me?
41:37I'd love to, but aren't you going somewhere with those eggs?
41:41Oh, they can wait.
41:43Here for you.
41:45Oh, Peter, a valentine.
41:47I'll leave it here with the others where they'll be safe.
41:51I've got a paper heart that's got your name up on it.
41:56I've written a sonnet and set it to music.
42:02My heart's the drum.
42:04Come and listen to it playing.
42:07It seems to be saying, be mine today.
42:13Be mine today.
42:15Not another day.
42:17Be mine today.
42:19Not just today.
42:21For just a 24-hour day.
42:23Be mine.
42:24Oh, let me hear you say that you'll be mine.
42:27Can't wait another day.
42:29My valentine.
42:31Valentine.
42:33Be mine today.
42:38Today's the day for good old-fashioned turtledoving.
42:42For songs about loving.
42:45For hearing the music.
42:49So I'll be yours for just today and not tomorrow.
42:53My heart you can borrow.
42:56For just today.
42:59I'm yours today.
43:02Not another day.
43:04I'm yours today.
43:06Not just today.
43:08For just a 24-hour day.
43:10Be mine.
43:11Oh, let me hear you say that you'll be mine.
43:14Can't wait another day.
43:17My valentine.
43:19Valentine.
43:20Be mine today.
43:28What luck.
43:30I knew I'd find Peter and his eggs
43:33if I just kept waiting for all the holidays.
43:38Now let me see.
43:40Where's my book of evil spells?
43:43Here it is.
43:45The evil old bunny found a spell
43:48which would ruin the eggs for good
43:50and make them so that no one would ever want them.
43:54He turned them all green.
43:58Oh, and were they ever green.
44:01A real greeny green.
44:03All the way through.
44:05The shells were green.
44:07The yolks were green.
44:08Even the whites were green.
44:11Naturally, nobody at the valentine party wanted green eggs.
44:15Even Donna gave hers back.
44:17So poor Peter and little Bonnie
44:20were forced to move on to the next holiday.
44:23George Washington always had green eggs.
44:26Why, they were traditional at Mount Vernon
44:28when he chopped down the lime tree.
44:31Remember?
44:32Washington couldn't tell a fib.
44:34I can't say the same for Georgie Bunnies.
44:38Oh, Peter, you've just about run out of holidays.
44:42And it's all my fault.
44:44If I didn't go to that party in the first place,
44:46I wouldn't have overslept.
44:48And if I didn't tell so many fibs,
44:51lots of people would have taken my eggs.
44:54But now it's hopeless.
44:56Who wants green eggs?
44:58Oh, Peter, Peter, the most important thing
45:01is that you just don't give up hope.
45:05In the puzzle of life
45:08There is one piece that keeps it together
45:13It's the hard one to place
45:18And the best one to chase
45:22The stormy weather
45:26In the puzzle of life
45:29There is one piece that keeps it from breaking
45:35You can tell when it's there
45:39From the sound that your own
45:43Heartbeat is making
45:48If you find that it's lost
45:51Well, the puzzle cannot be completed
45:57For that piece is called hope
46:00And without it, our cause is defeated
46:06When you're lost in the maze
46:09Of the tricks that life plays
46:11Be reminded
46:16In the puzzle of life
46:19Hope is there, listen close
46:22And you will find it
46:27And you will find it
46:31And you will find it
46:41What's that music?
46:43Gee, Mr. Sassafras is right.
46:46I vow that if only I can find a way to give my eggs,
46:50I'll never, never, never tell another fib.
46:53And I'll always tend to my duty before pleasure.
46:56I promise. I promise.
46:59It's some kind of a parade.
47:01Must be another holiday.
47:03But who, who would want green eggs?
47:06Huh? Holiday?
47:08Oh, must be St. Patrick's Day.
47:11What's the matter?
47:13Is your talker stuck?
47:15Oh, Bonnie, Bonnie, me prayers have been answered.
47:17Glory be in vigora.
47:19Tis St. Patrick's Day.
47:22Sure it is.
47:24Me, himself, the Blarney Bunny.
47:26Get your Paddy's Day shamrock eggs right here.
47:29Free for the asking they are.
47:31And as green as the Emerald Isle all the way through.
47:34And that, for once, is no fib.
47:46Well, Peter's shamrock eggs were the hit of the season.
47:49Well, Peter's shamrock eggs were the hit of the St. Patrick's Day parade.
47:52And needless to say, Peter won the contest finally hands down.
47:56Peter Cottontail, you have shown great ingenuity.
48:01Oh, that's what Colonel Bunny said.
48:03Here, see for yourself.
48:07Peter Cottontail, you have shown great ingenuity.
48:12And therefore, you have won the right to be official Chief Easter Bunny.
48:21Hooray!
48:26And on Easter morning, Peter was off again.
48:29Only now, he was the Easter Bunny.
48:32All of his friends turned out to greet him.
48:34Because everybody knew that Peter Cottontail was on his way.
48:39Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin' down the bunny trail.
48:44Hippity hoppin', Easter's on its way.
48:49Bringin' every girl and boy baskets full of Easter joy.
48:54Things to make your Easter right and gay.
48:59He's got jelly beans for Tommy.
49:01Colored eggs for Sister Sue.
49:04There's an orchid for your mommy.
49:06And an Easter bunny too.
49:09Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin' down the bunny trail.
49:14Hippity hoppin', happy Easter day.
49:18Pierre!
49:20Listen, Pierre!
49:22Antoine! Antoine, where are you?
49:25Up here. Look what has happened.
49:30How do you like my new Easter outfit, eh?
49:33Well, I went to sleep for a few months.
49:36And when I wake up, well, I was butterflied.
49:43Come on, you can help. You can all help. Everybody!
49:47Here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin' down the bunny trail.
49:52Look at him stop, listen to him say.
49:57Try to do the things you should do.
50:00Maybe if you're an extra good hero, lots of Easter eggs your way.
50:07You'll wake up on Easter morning and you'll know that he was there.
50:12When you find those chocolate bunnies that he's hiding everywhere.
50:17Oh, here comes Peter Cottontail, hoppin' down the bunny trail.
50:23Hippity hoppin', happy Easter day.
50:28Happy Easter day!