I can only remember two visits to the Easter Bunny when I was a child. One was with my parents. The other was with my two older cousins, Maryann and Dianne.
My cousins and I walked to downtown New Brunswick, New Jersey and saw the Easter Bunny at a local department store. I couldn't have been more than three years old.
The only thing I clearly remembered from the excursion is that the Easter Bunny was a lady - because I noticed that she was wearing a woman's wristwatch.
The above photo was taken during the bunny visit accompanied by my parents.
Here Comes Peter Cottontail was a fairly popular Easter song when I was a kid. I disliked it then, and now - three hundred years later - I still dislike it. BUT, once I hear it, the song keeps reverberating in my mind over and over like a mesmerizing demonic chant.
So......I decided to make a video of it, as an annoying memory of my childhood Easters.
Do you know how difficult it is to make a video of Peter Cottontail with any plausible or logical content?
In exasperation, I simply slapped together a mishmash (I hate that word) of bunny gifs and cartoons. My incredible creativity at work....
Strangely enough, I recently found two Easter toys from my early childhood. Both are made of metal (ah, the good ol' days) and both played Here Comes Peter Cottontail when the crank was turned.
Neither of them play tunes now - they're completely worn out - like myself.
This Peter Cottontail toy used to have two big plastic ears.
This metal egg was my favorite of the two.
I've noticed that when I write absolute crap (like my previous blog post) I get comments.
When I post decent things, nobody comments at all......
When have you ever posted "decent things", Jon?
Look carefully. You'll find them.
Lately I've been extremely depressed - - over physical ailments and personal problems (which never ever cease). Blogging and making inane videos helps keep me from going over the edge......
sort of.....
