The New and Improved Bunny Song is a song from Dave and the Giant Pickle, an episode of VeggieTales.
Lyrics[]
New and Improved[]
Jesse (Pa Grape): The bunny. The bunny. Whoa, I'll eat the bunny. I won't eat my soup, or my bread, just like the bunny. The bunny. The bunny. Oh, I like your bunny. And now I feel sick in the hand from the bunny. I don't want to eat my ceaser salad, I don't want to eat my steak. I'll have too much candy! Forgot a stomach! I have to eat good food to help me to go. We obey my momma because she needs to know. Yeah, I'd go to church, and I'd go to school. That stuff is important and I ain't feeling so good!
Angel singers: I don't want no pickles, I don't want no honey, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny. I don't want a tissue when my nose is runny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny. I don't want to tell you a joke that is funny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny. I don't want to play on a day that is sunny, I just want a plate and a fork and a bunny. (continues in the background)
(During the bridge, Jesse (Pa Grape) is trying to stop the angel singers, but they don't pay attention. Like this: "No, no, no, no, guys! No, that's a wrong song! I heard my lesson! Oh, you've gotta forget stomaches! Now, will you stop singing that stuff? Listen here, guys! Oh, man!")
Jesse (Pa Grape): The bunny. The bunny. Whoa, I'll eat the bunny. I won't eat my soup or my bread, just like the bunny. The bunny. The bunny. Oh, I like your bunny. And now I feel sick in the haaaaaaand from the bunnnyyyy.
Fun Facts[]
- This song is infamous for being the center of a long-term controversy upon Rack, Shack & Benny's initial release. According to Phil Vischer, this song was originally meant to be bad so kids wouldn't sing it. However, soon after the episode's release, parents began lashing out at Big Idea with letters alleging their children had been singing the song. Thus, the following changes were made:
- 1. A "New and Improved" version that kids can sing for their first sing along video was written.
- 2. The lyrics for the song on the Dave and the Giant Pickle episode were rewritten for future releases.
- A little snippet of this can be heard in 'Twas the Night Before Easter.
- The current version of this song was heard in Silly Little Thing Called Love.