Easter Fever
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Easter Fever is the fifth television special from the Canadian animation company, Nelvana
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talking Easter Rabbit
decides to retire and is the subject of a Friar's Club celebrity roast. His life story is told in a series of three flashbacks.
In "Jack as Santa", a young Jack, abandoned at birth and adopted by chickens, receives a painted egg as a Christmas gift from his poor foster parents and loves it so much he decides to give all his friends painted eggs for Easter.
The second story, "Jack in Love", has a lovesick Jack unable to carry out his Easter duties prompting a competition for a new animal to replace him. His unrequited love, Scarlett O'Hare (Catherine O'Hara), accidentally enters and wins the contest. While delivering Easter eggs, she is attacked by jealous Ratso Rat (Larry Mollin) and his gang and is saved by Jack with whom she falls in love.
The third story, "Jack Saves the Day", features Madame Melegg (Jeri Craden), a mad TV chef kidnapping all the chickens so that she can cook a two million egg ommlette. Jack pretends to be Antoine, a famous French chef in order to free the chickens and save their eggs.
Back at the roast, a young aardvark (Jim Henshaw) attempts to convince Jack not to retire.
on the VHS
videocassette Nelvanamation 2 (1990); this tape is currently out of print.
Nelvana
Nelvana Limited is a Canadian entertainment company founded in 1971 known for its work in children's animation. It was named by founders Michael Hirsh, Patrick Loubert and Clive A. Smith after a Canadian comic book superheroine created by Adrian Dingle in the 1940s...
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Plot
Jack (Garrett Morris), a jiveAfrican American Vernacular English
African American Vernacular English —also called African American English; less precisely Black English, Black Vernacular, Black English Vernacular , or Black Vernacular English —is an African American variety of American English...
talking Easter Rabbit
Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny or Easter Rabbit is a character depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs, who sometimes is depicted with clothes...
decides to retire and is the subject of a Friar's Club celebrity roast. His life story is told in a series of three flashbacks.
In "Jack as Santa", a young Jack, abandoned at birth and adopted by chickens, receives a painted egg as a Christmas gift from his poor foster parents and loves it so much he decides to give all his friends painted eggs for Easter.
The second story, "Jack in Love", has a lovesick Jack unable to carry out his Easter duties prompting a competition for a new animal to replace him. His unrequited love, Scarlett O'Hare (Catherine O'Hara), accidentally enters and wins the contest. While delivering Easter eggs, she is attacked by jealous Ratso Rat (Larry Mollin) and his gang and is saved by Jack with whom she falls in love.
The third story, "Jack Saves the Day", features Madame Melegg (Jeri Craden), a mad TV chef kidnapping all the chickens so that she can cook a two million egg ommlette. Jack pretends to be Antoine, a famous French chef in order to free the chickens and save their eggs.
Back at the roast, a young aardvark (Jim Henshaw) attempts to convince Jack not to retire.
Home media
This special was paired with Take Me Up to the Ball GameTake Me Up to the Ball Game
Take Me Up to the Ball Game is the sixth animated television special from Nelvana Limited, released in September 1980. The title is a play on the song title "Take Me Out to the Ball Game".-Synopsis:...
on the VHS
VHS
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videocassette Nelvanamation 2 (1990); this tape is currently out of print.