Peter and the Magic Egg

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Peter and the Magic Egg
Written by Romeo Muller
Directed by Fred Wolf
Starring Ray Bolger
Voices ofAl Eissermann
Joan Gerber
Bob Holt
Robert Ridgely
Russi Taylor
Music by Howard Kaylan
Mark Volman
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerRobert L. Rosen
Producers Romeo Muller
Fred Wolf
CinematographyTed Bemiller & Sons
EditorRich Harrison
Running time24 minutes
Production companies Murakami-Wolf-Swenson
Mueller/Rosen Productions
Original release
Network Syndication
ReleaseMarch 23, 1983 (1983-03-23)

Peter and the Magic Egg is a 1983 animated musical Easter television special produced by Murakami-Wolf-Swenson. It is narrated by Uncle Amos the egg, voiced by Ray Bolger. [1] The special aired in syndication on March 23, 1983. [2]

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This special was produced as a promotional tie-in for Paas Easter egg dye. [2]

Plot

The Doppler family, Pennsylvania Dutch farmers, are in debt to Tobias Tinwhiskers. Tobias Toot, a local farmer that successfully mechanized his farm leading to him taking over neighboring farms, the local bank and the town itself, previously had been converted into Tobias Tinwhiskers as he so loved machines, he underwent a procedure to become mechanical altogether himself. Mother Nature sends a baby, Peter Paas, to help the Dopplers out of their desperate situation.

Peter Paas grows up and works on the farm and, in order to pay the mortgage on the farm to Tinwhiskers, he arranges a contract with the Easter Bunny to supply colored eggs for Easter. He is helped by the cast of anthropomorphic farm animals to produce and dye the eggs and make the annual mortgage payment on Easter day. Tinwhiskers, enraged that he cannot repossess the farm, challenges Peter to a ploughing contest and arranges for Peter to fall down a well. Peter remains in a coma and sadness hangs over the farm. The animals went to Mother Nature for help as she gave them an egg to hatch which will awake Peter. The egg hatches into a Kookibird bringing laughter back to the farms. This wakes Peter and returns Tinwhiskers to human form. Tobias Toot gives back the town, renamed Paasville, and goes to work for the Dopplers while Peter leaves the farm to return to Mother Nature to help other families in need.

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