Bugs Bunny that another proposed name for the character was "Happy Rabbit." In the actual cartoons and publicity, however, the name "Happy" only seems to have been used in reference to Bugs Hardaway. In "Hare-um Scare-um", a newspaper headline reads, "Happy Hardaway." Animation historian David Gerstein disputes that "Happy Rabbit" was ever used as an official name, believing that the only usage of the term was from Mel Blanc himself in humorous and fanciful tales he told about the character's development in the 1970s and 1980s; the name "Bugs Bunny" was used as early as August 1939, in the Motion Picture Herald,
The Bugs Bunny Show (the 1988 opening and the 1992 opening) were released as special features. In 2009, an episode of the "Bugs Bunny Show" was released as part of a DVD set entitled "Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s: Volume 2". "Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s: Volume 2" includes an episode of the "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show". The Bugs Bunny Show The Bugs Bunny Show is an animated television anthology series hosted by Bugs Bunny, mainly composed of "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" cartoons released by Warner Bros. between August 1, 1948, and the end of 1969. The show originally debuted as a prime time half-hour