Changes: The Hare

PERFORMER	Jerry Nelson
DEBUT	1971
PATTERN	Lavender

Revision as of 07:36, 10 July 2015

The Hare is one of the protagonists of the Aesop fable "The Tortoise and the Hare."

The Hare appears with Kermit and the Tortoise in a Sesame Street Sports sketch (a precursor to the Sesame Street News Flash sketches). When the race begins, the hare dawdles, believing that he could easily defeat the sluggish tortoise. Both contestants lose, however, when Kermit rushes to the finish line to catch the results and is inadvertently crowned the winner.

The Hare re-appears later in another Sesame Street News Flash sketch, with a mop of hair and slightly altered design. This time, the Hare challenges the Tortoise to a rematch, but the Tortoise comes equipped with a jet-pack. This reworked version of the Hare also appears in an Alphabet Chat about the letter H. Here he was called Herbert Hare.

In his first sketch, Kermit states that the Hare is "sometimes known to sports fans" as "the Rabbit." The Hare also boastfully refers to his nickname: "Jumpin' Jack Rabbit, they call me."

Appearances

Book

The Sesame Street Dictionary (1980)

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-{{performer|Jerry Nelson}}
-[[Image:1092-20.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Kermit]] interviews the Hare. (1971 version)]]
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-[[Image:Ssnews.harerematch.jpg|thumb|300px|The Hare taunts [[the Tortoise]]. (1988 version)]]
-'''The Hare''' (or " The Rabbit"  as he's sometimes known to sports fans; or "Jumpin' Jack Rabbit" others call him) is the main characters from the [[Aesop's Fables|Aesop fable]] ''The Tortoise and the Hare''.
+'''The Hare''' is one of the protagonists of the [[Aesop's Fables|Aesop fable]] "The Tortoise and the Hare."
-The Hare appeared with [[Kermit]] and [[The Tortoise]] in a Sesame Street Sports sketch (a precursor to the [[Sesame Street News Flash]] sketches) in ''[[Sesame Street]]'' [[Season 3]].   When the race began, the hare dawdled, believing that since the tortoise is so slow that he would have time to win. But he soon lost when Kermit rushed to the finish line to be able to catch the results and is inadvertently crowned the winner.
+The Hare appears with [[Kermit the Frog|Kermit]] and [[the Tortoise]] in a ''[[Sesame Street]]'' Sports sketch (a precursor to the [[Sesame Street News Flash]] sketches). When the race begins, the hare dawdles, believing that he could easily defeat the sluggish tortoise. Both contestants lose, however, when Kermit rushes to the finish line to catch the results and is inadvertently crowned the winner.
-The Hare was remade in [[Season 20]] for another Sesame Street News Flash sketch titled "The Tortoise and the Hare Rematch". This time The Hare challenged The Tortoise to a rematch, and the Tortoise comes equipped with a jet-pack.
+The Hare re-appears later in another Sesame Street News Flash sketch, with a mop of hair and slightly altered design. This time, the Hare challenges the Tortoise to a rematch, but the Tortoise comes equipped with a jet-pack. This reworked version of the Hare also appears in an [[Alphabet Chat]] about the letter [[H]]. Here he was called [[Harriet and Herbert Hare|Herbert Hare]].
+In his first sketch, Kermit states that the Hare is "sometimes known to sports fans" as "the Rabbit." The Hare also boastfully refers to his nickname: "Jumpin' Jack Rabbit, they call me."
-==See Also==
-*[[The Tortoise]]
+==Appearances==
-[[Category: Sesame Street Characters|Hare]]
+;Book
+*''[[The Sesame Street Dictionary]]'' (1980)
 [[Category: Muppet Characters|Hare]]
+[[Category: Sesame Street Characters|Hare]]