Development of Bugs Bunny Development of Bugs Bunny A prototypical version of Bugs Bunny appeared in four cartoon shorts before making his first official appearance in Tex Avery's "A Wild Hare". While this prototype version is commonly referred to as "Happy Rabbit", animation historian David Gerstein disputes this, saying that the only usage of the term was from Mel Blanc himself; the name "Bugs Bunny" was used as early as August 1939, in the Motion Picture Herald, in a review for the short "Hare-um Scare-um". Several published first person accounts, encyclopedic references, and Warner Bros.' own published material describe the inception of the name
The Bugs Bunny Show length changed regularly over the years, as did the network: both ABC and CBS broadcast versions of "The Bugs Bunny Show". In 2000, the series, by then known as "The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show", was canceled. Reruns of "The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show" were aired on the Canadian channels Teletoon and Teletoon's sister channel, Teletoon Retro. The original "Bugs Bunny Show" debuted on ABC prime time on October 11, 1960, airing on Tuesdays at 7:30 PM EST, under the sponsorship of General Foods (Post cereals, Tang, etc.). Newly produced linking segments were done for each episode by the