Rabbit Transit (film) Rabbit Transit (film) Rabbit Transit is an 8-minute "Looney Tunes" cartoon, directed by Friz Freleng, released in 1947, and starring Bugs Bunny and Cecil Turtle. The title is a play on "Rapid Transit". Cecil and Bugs had previously raced each other in 1941's "Tortoise Beats Hare" and 1943's "Tortoise Wins By a Hare". This cartoon was their final encounter. Unlike "Tortoise Wins by a Hare", this cartoon presumes that Bugs and Cecil have never met before now. While relaxing in a steam bath, Bugs reads about the original fable and, as he did reading the credits of "Tortoise Beats Hare",
Crusader Rabbit Roy Whaley. The success of "Crusader Rabbit" inspired many more television cartoon character packages. Jay Ward would later produce "The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show". In 1985, Rhino Entertainment released the first two volumes of "Crusader Rabbit" in a planned home-video release of all the original episodes. However, 20th Century Fox claimed the distribution rights by their acquisition of previous owner Metromedia Producers Corporation. No further video releases of "Crusader Rabbit" have been produced. The first series aired in syndication, with production of 195 episodes ending in 1951. The second series premiered in 1956 syndication with 260 episodes produced, 20 "chapters"