Produced by Buzz Potamkin and Hal Hoffer, and directed by Mordicai Gerstein and Al Kouzel, the program made its debut on NBC on April 14, 1981.
This element had also been used in the Christmas Tree special and was familiar to audiences since a similar type of writing was used in the Berenstain Bears Beginner Books series.
Brother eventually decides to take matters into his own hands and begins a search to find Boss Bunny on his own.
Bill takes him to a hidden spot no bear has ever been before, and the two then enter the abandoned and dilapidated Easter Factory and find Boss Bunny who is asleep.
They ask him to resume his duties of bringing spring and Easter back, but he complains that the workload and responsibility of transitioning the seasons has become too much for him to handle in his old age, and he is simply too burnt out to continue.
Despite Brother's pleading, Boss refuses to reconsider until he sees the Great Spring Rainbow, which relieves his ailments, revives his energy, and immediately puts his factory back in business.
[10] The special was re-released in 1992 by GoodTimes Home Video, in a double-feature with The Berenstain Bears' Christmas Tree.