Bugs Bunny Camera"'s Elmer character design is also different: taller and chubbier in the face than the modern model, though Arthur Q. Bryan's character voice is already established. While "Porky's Hare Hunt" was the first Warner Bros. cartoon to feature a Bugs Bunny-like rabbit, "A Wild Hare", directed by Tex Avery and released on July 27, 1940, is widely considered to be the first official Bugs Bunny cartoon. It is the first film where both Elmer Fudd and Bugs, both redesigned by Bob Givens, are shown in their fully developed forms as hunter and tormentor, respectively; the first in which Mel Blanc
The Bugs Bunny Show on the air until 1999, when it was again reduced to a half-hour. In 2000, Warner Bros. made the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" film library exclusive to Cartoon Network, as it, along with Warner Bros., is owned by what is now WarnerMedia (formerly Time Warner). As a result, "The Bugs Bunny Show" ended its four-decade-long network run, one of the longest runs in the history of United States network television. This show is credited for keeping the Warner Bros. cartoons made during the Golden Age of American animation a part of the American consciousness. Indeed, the show ran for