Development of Bugs Bunny start of the story reading, "Starring Bugs Bunny" (the first on-screen use of that name), but nevertheless featured the same initial off-model versions of Elmer and the hare seen in "...Camera". Here, Elmer goes to a pet shop and buys a rabbit that promptly proceeds to turn his life upside down. "A Wild Hare" (July 27, 1940) was the debut of Bugs Bunny as we know him today. Tex Avery changed several of the rabbit's characteristics: his voice became a cross between the Bronx and Brooklyn accents, the color of his gloves became white, as did the color of his
The Bugs Bunny Show for two seasons, only for CBS to re-acquire both shows and bring back "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour" in 1975. In 1976, Sylvester and Tweety were featured in their own "Sylvester and Tweety Show" for one year, necessitating the removal of most of the Tweety and/or Sylvester cartoons on "Bugs Bunny/Road Runner" that season. Also that year, a weekly half-hour prime-time edition of "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show" briefly aired on CBS' Tuesday night schedule from April through June. "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour" became "The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show" in November 1977 after CBS added another half-hour to the