Bugs Bunny Rides Again Bugs Bunny Rides Again Bugs Bunny Rides Again is a 1948 Warner Bros. "Merrie Melodies" short, released in 1948, directed by Friz Freleng, and written by Tedd Pierce and Michael Maltese. The short is both part of the Western and a parody of the genre's conventions. Voice characterizations are performed by Mel Blanc. The cartoon features Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. It is the second cartoon to pair them, after their first encounter in 1945's "Hare Trigger". The title is a typical Western reference, as in "The Lone Ranger rides again", and also suggests a reference to the 1940 Jack
Bugs Bunny: Superstar Warner Archive Collection. This version includes audio commentary by Larry Jackson. Reviewing the "Bugs Bunny: Superstar" DVD in 2012, animation writer Thad Komorowski wrote, Bugs Bunny: Superstar Bugs Bunny: Superstar is a 1975 "Looney Tunes" documentary film narrated by Orson Welles and produced and directed by Larry Jackson. It was the first documentary to examine the history of the Warner Bros. cartoons, and includes nine "Looney Tunes"/"Merrie Melodies" cartoons (six featuring Bugs Bunny) which were previously released during the 1940s: "Bugs Bunny: Superstar" includes interviews with some legendary Warner Bros. animation directors of that period: Friz Freleng, Tex Avery and