Gifts Multiplied Like Rabbits

When Candace Frazee of Pasadena turned her house into a museum for her 10,000 bunny collectibles, she took certain precautions.

Coats, purses and bags were banned. One furry creature in each room was stuffed with a security camera.

And hats were forbidden. “We had one little old lady with a big hat knock a bunny off the ceiling,” Frazee explained.

The Bunny Museum, at 1933 Jefferson Drive, will be open to the public on Labor Day 2 to 7 p.m. and admission, as always, is free. (Usually, it’s open by appointment only.)

Frazee started the collection seven years ago when she and boyfriend Steve Lubanski began giving each other bunny presents as symbols of their love. And, now. . . .

“Everything in the house is bunny--the floor mats, the lamps, the dishes, the toilet seat, the toilet brush,” said Frazee. She just finished an inventory of the stuff in a bid for recognition from the Guinness Book of Records.

Oh, yes, Frazee and Lubanski did marry. He wore a rabbit costume and bunny-hopped down the aisle. She made the carrot cake.

NOW FOR A NOT-SO-HAPPY LOVE STORY: Dede Stokes of Duarte noticed a marquee that told the story of a bachelor who’s still under wraps (see photo).

IS CANADA ONE OF THEM? After reading a private investigator’s ad, Cloydine Thomas wants to know if the company could locate the 51st and 52nd states in the Union (see accompanying).

HAPPY PRE-Y2K! Dolores Montgomery points out that Sept. 9 will be 9-9-99--a date that could bring some foul-ups, according to computer experts. Reason: Some businesses may not know that, years ago, the numbers 9999 were entered into programs as a “temporary” expiration date because they’re so easy to type--and were left there.

By the way, Sept. 9 has haunted other segments of the nation since long before the computer age. Montgomery points out that it’s the day in 1850 that California was admitted to the Union. As the 51st state. I mean, 31st.

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Frank Drainudel of Encino points out that in one section of Pac Bell’s Smart (hah!) Yellow Pages, you can find ground round--or just some ground (see accompanying).

GUY TALK: Rick Rofman of Van Nuys heard it on attorney Gloria Allred’s radio show on KABC-AM (790). After a local Elks Club finally agreed to admit women, a caller told Allred that he wanted a place where men could congregate.

Retorted Allred:

“You can. It’s called the men’s room.”

With or without bunny decorations.

ANOTHER LETDOWN: It’s happened again.

I’ve had TV offers withdrawn. An offer to perform at a Vegas casino withdrawn.

And now a woman who said she was one of my biggest fans has changed her mind about hiring me to perform at her birthday party.

All because it was subsequently discovered that I’m not Steve Harvey, the television star.

Gee, if someone would just give me a chance to recite my greatest miscelLAny items. . . .

miscelLAny:

Oh, never mind.

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Steve Harvey can be reached by phone at (213) 237-7083, by fax at (213) 237-4712, by e-mail at steve.harvey@latimes.com and by mail at Metro, L.A. Times, Times Mirror Square, L.A. 90053.