Copyright: rapid t. rabbit and friends
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 from February 21, 1983 to April 28, 2017, spanning a total of 723 episodes plus specials. The show ended after its creator died on August 1, 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.