Mr. Bunny Rabbit Explained

Bunny Rabbit was a puppet character on the children's television show Captain Kangaroo. Bunny Rabbit wore horn-rimmed glasses, and would trick the Captain into giving him his carrots. Bunny Rabbit was a hand puppet created and manipulated by Cosmo Allegretti. [1]

The hand puppet is now in the collection of the National Museum of American History, part of the Smithsonian Institution museums.[2]

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Bunny Rabbit Hand Puppet . National Museum of American History . Smithsonian . 29 June 2024.