Bugs Bunny had been in "Hare-um Scare-um" and as cool and collected as in "Prest-O Change-O". Immediately following on "A Wild Hare", Bob Clampett's "Patient Porky" (1940) features a cameo appearance by Bugs, announcing to the audience that 750 rabbits have been born. The gag uses Bugs' "Wild Hare" visual design, but his goofier pre-"Wild Hare" voice characterization. The second full-fledged role for the mature Bugs, Chuck Jones' "Elmer's Pet Rabbit" (1941), is the first to use Bugs' name on-screen: it appears in a title card, "featuring Bugs Bunny," at the start of the film (which was edited in following the success
The Bugs Bunny Show for the remainder of its run. The series was rerun in color beginning in 1965, and remained on ABC until September 1968. At this point, the series switched to CBS, where it was combined with "The Road Runner Show" (which had aired on CBS since 1966) to create "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour". The standard "Bugs Bunny Show" opening and the announcer's introduction of Bugs Bunny ("that Oscar-winning rabbit!") were directly followed by the rabbit's saying, "...and also starring my fast feathered friend, the Road Runner", after which "The Road Runner Show's" theme was played. "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour"