In between his hectic schedule this week, I got the mother of all interviews. I am hoping that this bunny is going to be a little more co-operative then the last bunny I interviewed.
So without taking too much of his time up, let me introduce today’s very special guest. The Easter Bunny.
From his roots, Jeff Bunny-Rabbit, with a family of 25 brothers and 38 sisters, dreamed of doing something different. Of not standing in a field doing a meer cat impression every-time a car went past or playing “it” with the local bloodhounds. His brother Eric was also up for this change of lifestyle, so began their journey. This is the story of Jeff “Easter” Bunny.
Sy: Mr Bunny. An absolute pleasure to have you here, and to allow us time this of all weeks.
EB: Sy, the pleasure is all mine. You are a stand up guy, and someone I am happy to be interviewed by.
Sy: You are too kind. So. lets start at the beginning. What made you become the Easter Bunny? Why Easter? Why not say Christmas?
EB: Ahh. Well, as you know, my brother Eric chose to be the Valentines Bunny. We sat down one night and he told me that was his choice. He said “Jeff, I think you should be the Mothers Day Bunny”. At first, I agreed, but the more I thought about it, the more I realised it was just not for me. Firstly I dont want to be labelled a Mother Bunny, and secondly, my Mum had been a little “loose” when I was growing up. Most of my brothers and sisters were of a different Dad. It seemed wrong to choose Mothers Day. I booked a holiday to Easter Island and while I was there, it just came to me. I decided to drop the double barrelled surname and just keep the Bunny as a stage name. My post still comes to Bunny-Rabbit. I might not have been happy with my Mother growing up, but I didn’t want to lose her name forever.
Sy: “Mother Bunny”.? That’s hilarious!
EB: Yeah tell me about it! Can you imagine the grief I would have got from friends?
Sy: So Easter it was then. What do you have to do in preparation for it, and what do you do on the day?
EB: Yeah, you see, it is like this. People assume I deliver these eggs. That is insane. Do I have a bunch of flying reindeer? Do I have a sleigh? Yeah I have a fluffy beard, but that is a genetic thing. Basically, my job is to be the “Face of Easter”.
Sy: The face of Easter? So how does that work? It seems all PR and no ED!
EB: ED??
Sy: Egg Delivering.
EB: Ahhh. I get you. Funny. I see what you did there with the 2 letters thing. The way it works is that people like Lindt Chocolatiers make a mould of me and then make a chocolate duplicate. Then they sell it. And people like Cadburys and Hershey’s send me loads of eggs and ideas of what they want to do, and I say what they should do. Nothing goes ahead without the BS of A.
Sy: BS of A??
EB: Bunny Stamp of Approval. See? I can play this word game too!
Sy: For a short fluffy thing, you are quite intelligent and quick witted!
EB: You know it! Aaaaaanyway. My work is done a LONG time before Easter, thus why I can do this interview and have an easy life.
Sy: With your work done for the rest of the year, what will you be doing with your time?
EB: I have a lot of plans. I am taking a break to Easter Island. The place where it all began. During shooting for this years Easter Campaign, I got to know a girl called Jessica Beetle. I am going to make an honest rabbit out of her, and she likes the idea of having a name like Jessica Bunny-Rabbit, so I popped the question yesterday. Naturally she said yes!!!
Sy: That’s awesome news! Please come back for another interview once you are married and if there are any patters of tiny…
EB: One thing at a time eh?
Sy: I hear ya. OK, well, Easter, it has been fantastic to have you here, and good luck with the marriage.
EB: Thank you.
Well. There you have it. The often untold story of Jeff “Easter” Bunny. He has kindly accepted a Q&A session, so if you have any questions for him, please leave them in the comments section and I will ask him to answer them.
In the mean time, have a wonderful Easter and don’t feel bad about sending me Easter Egg donations via the hamster at the top right of the page.
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