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,
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