Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends

Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends
File:Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends logo.png Logo of the Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends Show.
Genre	Comedy
Created by	Richard Concepcion
Opening theme	Custer's Last Stand by Apollo 100
Country of origin	USA
Original language(s)	English
No. of episodes	780
Production
Running time	28 minutes
Release
Original release	February 21, 1983 (1983-02-21) – April 28, 2017 (2017-04-28)
External links
Website

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The Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends Show was an independently produced puppet and variety show created and produced by Richard Concepcion. The show was cablecasted weekly on public access cable TV in New York City since February 21, 1983. until the show creator's passing in 2017. The show ran on the public-access television cable TV channels of the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, Queens Public TV, and aired online every Sunday afternoon over the Pawpet Broadcasting Network before the Funday Pawpet Show.

The show, which is based in Rapid Transit Rabbit's hometown of New York City. Follows him, and his friends Cuppy, Rupert and Mejeep, both in town, and around the country on their adventures. This could be in the form of puppets interacting with each other via a traditional puppet stage, or in the form of a video documentary. In recent years the show expanded to include Rapid as a mascot, as well as a puppet which was used to film video documentaries for the show. Throughout the years, the Rapid T. Rabbit character has attended many events such as the Ocean City, New Jersey Doo-Dah Parade, and the Long Island Ducks Mascot Day among others including the New York City Easter Parade. While Rapid T. Rabbit was a very involved with local events in the New York City area, he was commonly mistaken as the "Easter Bunny" by kids according to an interview with Richard in the New York Times.

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Richard Concepcion with character Rapid T Rabbit

Rapid also made appearances on various other television shows including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart in 1999 and with local fandoms including the Chuck E. Cheese and ShowBiz Pizza fandom (from 2004 until 2013) at "Cheesevention", as well as in the Furry Fandom at conventions such as Anthrocon and Midwest Furfest as a Guest of Honor in 2000. Richard Concepcion, the producer and puppeteer of Rapid T. Rabbit, passed away on August 1, 2017 according to the official homepage in his apartment due to natural causes, thus ending the shows run.

The show's main character Rapid Transit Rabbit

Main Cast

• Rapid Transit Rabbit - Host
• Cuppy - Co-Host
• Mejeep The Meeping Ferret - Co Host
• Rupert - Supporting Character and Rapid's puppet nephew

Special guest appearances by

• T.H.E. Fox
• Greg the Bunny
• Cody Coyote
• Dr. Demento
• Looney Bird
• Frank Sidebottom
• Tenderheart Bear and Bedtime Bear of The Care Bears
• Orwin Raccoon
• Mr. Rat from The Mr. Bear Today Show
• Rattus T. Rat
• Sandy the Seagull of the Brooklyn Cyclones
• Scooter the Holy Cow of the Staten Island Yankees
• Reggy from the Mascot Hall of Fame
• Soupy Sales
• Larry Storch
• Joe Franklin
• Arnold Stang
• Blitzer T. Wolf
• Bugs Bunny
• Chuck E. Cheese
• Paddington Bear
• Telly Monster from Sesame Street
• Kermit Love

External links

• Rapid T. Rabbit's channel on YouTube
• Rapid T. Rabbit's entry on WikiFur

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