Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny is a Warner Bros. cartoon starring Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd, with cameo appearances by Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner. The cartoon was part of the television special "Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over", which aired May 21, 1980. "Portrait of the Artist as a Young Bunny" is one of four Bugs Bunny cartoons produced during 1979-1980, the first new shorts since 1964's "False Hare". On the last day of school, children emerge from a one-room schoolhouse, gushing with joy about summer
Development of Bugs Bunny production of that cartoon wrapped up, though that cartoon had the rabbit carry the pre-"Wild Hare" characteristics. Bugs Bunny's personality continued to evolve over the years, from a largely "screwball" character (a la Daffy Duck), to a mixture of "screwball" and "everyman" characteristics. His definitive design was created in 1943 by Bob Clampett, who requested one of his animators, Bob McKimson, to create new model sheets of Bugs for the short Tortoise Wins by a Hare. Bugs' define look would be adopted by each unit slowly (though Chuck Jones, Robert McKimson and Friz Freleng had slight variations). Bugs' look was