Sunday, September 18, 2011

How Tall is Harvey the Invisible Rabbit?

Inquiring minds wanted to know, so the quickest route to an answer is, of course, Google, and the quickest answer, of course, is Wikipedia, which describes Harvey as "a six-foot, three-and-one-half-inch tall rabbit." Now the movie was based on a play by Mary Chase, and Wikipedia says Harvey was the same height as in the movie, but according to AnswersUniverse, Chase has the rabbit at "six feet, one and a half inches tall" and that the movie rabbit was taller, to match Jimmy Stewart's height.While I could not find the play on line, an online study guide backs this up and describes Harvey as "a six foot one-and-a-half inch tall white rabbit." Accordingly, I have now edited Wikipedia to correct that.

However unfortunately further inquiring minds in this household demanded to know whether that was with ears or without! Thus, further wandering began, and no answers appeared. However, those searching for Harvey will find:

Oh well, as for whether to include the ears or not, I think the telling answer is that noone has answered the question What do you measure a rabbits height in?