Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny Bugs Bunny is an animated cartoon character, created in the late 1930s by Leon Schlesinger Productions (later Warner Bros. Cartoons) and voiced originally by Mel Blanc. Bugs is best known for his starring roles in the "Looney Tunes" and "Merrie Melodies" series of animated short films, produced by Warner Bros. Though a similar character debuted in the WB cartoon "Porky's Hare Hunt" (1938) and appeared in a few subsequent shorts, the definitive character of Bugs is widely credited to have made his debut in director Tex Avery's Oscar-nominated film "A Wild Hare" (1940). Bugs is an anthropomorphic gray
The Bugs Bunny Show Company, and "The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show" was the only non-Disney cartoon to remain on the lineup, due to their contract not being up yet, and was in the first few years of the "Disney's One Saturday Morning" block starting in 1997 (with "Disney's" omitted from the logos on the Disney's One Saturday Morning bumpers during the show.) The show also continued airing despite Time Warner's purchase of Turner Broadcasting, which included Cartoon Network, that same year. The program was often paired with ABC's in-house "Schoolhouse Rock!" shorts during this time. The hour-long "Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show" remained