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 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