Description

Joe Harris created the Trix Rabbit—voiced by Delo States, Mort Marshall, and later by Russell Horton—an anthropomorphic cartoon rabbit who debuted in a 1959 Trix television commercial, and who continually attempted to trick children into giving him a bowl * of Trix cereal. He would be discovered every time; the children would tell him "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids" and take back their cereal. These ads would often end with the Trix Rabbit following up the kids' "Silly rabbit, Trix are for kids!" slogan with * "...and sometimes, for tricky rabbits!". The Rabbit originated as a puppet before he later became animated. He did however succeed in obtaining and eating the Trix on some occasions, including twice as the result of a box top mail-in contest (1976 and 1980) * entitled "Let The Rabbit Eat Trix". The results of the vote were an overwhelming "yes", and the rabbit was depicted in a subsequent commercial finally enjoying a bowl of Trix. * * * * You're not going to catch me this time silly kids... * * * Original Production Animated Cel Overall Size of Cel: 10 1/2" x 12 1/2"  Excellent Condition * This is an original hand-painted cel set-up used in the production of the Trix Rabbit cereal commercial.  Each one-of-a-kind set-up represents a slight change in position of the characters. When individually photographed and projected in rapid succession, * the images appear to move. * * To create production cels, the original animator's drawing is transferred onto an acetate cel (by hand-inking and/or photo copying). The cel is then hand-painted on the reverse side.  * * * The cel is ready to be matted and framed.   The animator's notations are at the bottom of the cel.  * * * *