Here Comes Peter Cottontail (1971 TV Movie)

Danny Kaye: Seymour S. Sassafras, Antoine, Col. Wellington B. Bunny

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• Seymour S. Sassafras : Now of course it's all very nice here, thanks to Peter Cottontail and... hmm? You've never heard of Peter Cottontail? Great chattering chick-chicks!

  [taking his hat off and speaking into it] 

  Seymour S. Sassafras : They've never heard of Peter Cottontail!

  Sassafras's Hat : They've never heard of Peter Cottontail?

• Peter Cottontail : But - I-I never *dreamed* I'd get to be Chief Easter Bunny!

  [his ear droops] 

  Col. Wellington B. Bunny : Peter, you're telling a fib. And every time you tell a fib, your left ear droops.

  Peter Cottontail : Oh...

  [chuckles nervously] 

  Peter Cottontail : well, I - guess I did think about the job once or twice.

  [his ear inches halfway back up] 

  Peter Cottontail : Uh, lots of times.

  [his ear springs straight up] 

  Col. Wellington B. Bunny : Peter... good heavens, Peter, my boy, you've got to shape up and reform if you want to be Chief Easter Bunny.

• Col. Wellington B. Bunny : Therefore, I have decided that whoever delivers the most eggs tomorrow, Easter, will be the new ruler of April Valley!

• Seymour S. Sassafras : You see? That was magic bubble gum, guaranteed to seal the lips of an alarm clock rooster. Those bubbles cock-a-doodle-dooed so far away that Peter never heard them. He slept on and on and on all through Easter day.

• Seymour S. Sassafras : I'm a peddler by trade; by trade, and by golly, by golly, by golly, I deal in magic, and moonbeams, and pretty, pretty colors. Ohhhhh, yes. I could sell you the most perfect pink, or the most blissful blue, or a simply euphoric yellow.

• Seymour S. Sassafras : [seeing Peter sleeping on his foot]  Uh, beg pardon, Peter.

  Peter Cottontail : [awakening]  Huh?

  Seymour S. Sassafras : You're sleeping on my big toe. You really must have been tuckered out to use a big toe as a pillow.

  Peter Cottontail : Gee... I'm sorry, Mr. Sassafras.

  Seymour S. Sassafras : [chuckles]  Well, that's all right. It's my pleasure, Peter. Rather, my big toe's pleasure.

• Seymour S. Sassafras : And because the control wires were all fouled up, Easter was lost, and they crashed right down in the middle of Mother's Day.

• Seymour S. Sassafras : But Peter was so sure he'd win the next day, that instead of getting lots of sleep, he had a big party with all his friends, and it was very late when he finally went to bed.

• Col. Wellington B. Bunny : [seeing a photo of Peter Cottontail while thumbing through other photos of prospective Chief Easter Bunnies]  Wait! Peter Cottontail! Just a moment, now *here's* a likely candidate.

  Colonel Bunny's Assistant : Well, I really don't think Cottontail's your man, sir. I mean, he is boastful, he has no sense of responsibility, and sometimes - sometimes, he fibs.

  Col. Wellington B. Bunny : Oh, well, I know he's not perfect, but he's got *real* spunk and ingenuity. Reminds me of me when I was his age.