Bunny Rabbit Hand Puppet
date: label: Date made
content: 1955 - 1956
name: label: designer
content: Allegretti, Cosmo
label: user
content: Keeshan, Robert
label: maker
content: Allegretti, Cosmo
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This beloved hand puppet was regularly featured on the children’s television series <i>Captain Kangaroo</i>, which starred Bob Keeshan in the title role. Serious-faced Bunny Rabbit wore tiny red glasses, never spoke a word, and was perpetually on the prowl for carrots. The character, made of ecru-colored plush fabric, usually was instrumental in causing some kind of momentary disaster for the Captain. The puppet was designed and performed by Cosmo Allegretti, who also created the show’s other puppet figures, the goofy Mister Moose and benevolent Grandfather Clock.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: New York, New York City
title: label: Title
content: Bunny Rabbit Hand Puppet
topic: label: Subject
content: Television broadcasts
label: Subject
content: Radio and television broadcasting
label: Subject
content: Puppetry
label: Subject
content: Children's television programs
label: general subject association
content: Television
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content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
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content: Puppets
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Robert Keeshan Associates
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1992.0420.02
label: accession number
content: 1992.0420
label: catalog number
content: 1992.0420.02
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Puppet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: fabric (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (nose material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (glasses material)
label: Physical Description
content: glass (eyes material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 1/2 in x 5 in x 3 in; 41.91 cm x 12.7 cm x 7.62 cm