Mr. Bunny Rabbit

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Bunny Rabbit, shown second from left

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]

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