Elmer's Pet Rabbit Elmer's Pet Rabbit Elmer's Pet Rabbit is a 1941 Merrie Melodies cartoon. The short was released on January 4, 1941. Starring Elmer Fudd and, ostensibly, Bugs Bunny, it is the first cartoon in which the name Bugs Bunny is given (on a title card, edited onto the end of the opening title following the success of "A Wild Hare"), but the rabbit is also somewhat the same as the one seen and heard in "Elmer's Candid Camera" and other pre-Bugs shorts. It was directed by Chuck Jones (his first cartoon featuring Bugs Bunny) and written by Rich Hogan. Voices are
Reader Rabbit Rabbit" and "Writer Rabbit", but it was eventually decided to call the main character "Reader Rabbit", and feature his name in all titles regardless of the subject area covered by a particular game. "Reader Rabbit" was originally conceived by the Grimm sisters and titled "Reader Rabbit and the Fabulous Word Factory". It was released in late 1983 or early 1984 (and featured in the 1983 holiday special for "The Computer Chronicles"")", with later versions released in 1984. In 1986, both "Reader Rabbit" 2.0 and "Math Rabbit" were released, while 1987 saw the release of "Writer Rabbit", with the intention of