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A Mother's Farewell

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R Is For Rabbit

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Peter Rabbit

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Harrison Cady, 1877-1970.  Extremely prolific, he also painted fine art landscapes and worked for advertisers.  The name Peter Rabbit, although already used by Beatrix Potter, was the name Thornton Burgess used for the rabbit stories he told his son, the boy would not let him use another name.  For a time Peter called himself Peter Cottontail, and then that name was never used again until a 1949 pop hit by Gene Autry resurrected it.  Harrison Cady drew the Peter Rabbit strip for 28 years, then it was taken over by Vince Fago.  While Ms. Potter does not seem to have objected to the use of the Peter Rabbit name, she for damn sure was not going to let Disney have him, and it was only recently that Sony defiled that wonderful creation with one of your more genuinely brain dead adaptions of a book like, ever.  She should have sold Peter to Walt, whatever may happen Disney protects their characters from external idiots, preferring to ruin their source material the Magic Kingdom way.  Ask the shade of Lloyd Alexander about The Black Cauldron and what a company that relies on schmaltz and phony American values can do to a great story.


 The 1971 Rankin/Bass Here Comes Peter Cottontail, with Danny Kaye as Peter.  This was adapted from a Thornton Burgess book, The Easter Bunny Who Overslept.  When Rankin/Bass makes a bad movie, so what?  That's like complaining about Ed Wood.  But Disney has no excuse, ever, for what they do to other people's stories and their own.  Oh, and they steal royalties, Gary Wolf had to go to court twice over Roger Rabbit, the Mouse told him it did not make any money.  Despicable.
  And - the 1971 movie had Vincent Price in it.  Game, set and match to Rankin/Bass!  Watch at your own peril: 
 
 

 The Rabbit Formerly Known As Peter Rabbit

http://www.gutenberg.org/files/46866/46866-h/46866-h.htm

Hoppin' down the bunny trail.

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