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| PERFORMER | Louise Gold |
| DEBUT | 1994 |
Bonnie Rabbit is the bright and cheery host of the Home Hopping Network (a reference to the Home Shopping Network). The script for her debut sketch acknowledges Barney the Dinosaur as inspiration for her peppy, child-pleasing demeanor.
In a Sesame Street sketch (First: Episode 3238), Benny Rabbit wanders by looking for the shopping network. Bonnie tries to get Benny to hop, but he explains that he's a "shopper," not a "hopper." Nonetheless, Bonnie encourages the viewers to hop along with her. Benny is appalled by the way she hops (quietly chanting "hippity-hoppity" while doing so), and decides to outhop her by doing "The Benny Hop." Eventually, a Green Anything Muppet woman, a mopping janitor and a grasshopper named Gus Hopper join in and hop along.
The puppet used for Bonnie has been used for Rudder Rabbit and various other rabbit characters.