The Tale of the Bunny Picnic

Mar 26, 1986

0h 51m

★ 7.0

A hopping good time for the whole family.

Overview

As they get ready for their annual Bunny Picnic, Bean, a young, imaginative bunny eager to help, is told he's too little. Hurt, he wanders off into the lettuce patch where he comes face to face with the grumpy old farmer's junk yard dog! Bean runs and warns the others but no one believes him. Undaunted, little Bean helps the Muppet Bunnies in a big, big way!

Genres

Family

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

BBC

Henson Associates

The Jim Henson Company

The Tale of the Bunny Picnic Trailers

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Cast

Bean Bunny (voice)

Steve Whitmire

Lugsy (voice)

Richard Hunt

Twitch (voice)

Camille Bonora

Storyteller (voice)

Ron Mueck

Great Grandmother / Babble / Baby Bunny (voice)

Karen Prell

Father / Be-Bop (voice)

Kevin Clash

Mother (voice)

Louise Gold

Farmer (voice)

Martin P. Robinson

Mayor Bunnyparte / Bulbous (voice)

Mike Quinn

Snort / Snail (voice)

David Rudman

Dog (voice)

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