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The show's logo from a color broadcast.

Status: Partially Lost

The Bugs Bunny Show (also called The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour, The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show or The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show) was an animated anthology show that showcases many of the previously made Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts. It premiered on ABC on October 11th, 1960, and would go on to be the longest-running cartoon series in history, ending on September 2nd, 2000. It has attained a large number of episodes throughout its forty-year run. While the theatrical shorts used in the show are accountable and survive today, episodes from the show's long run were not so lucky. The amount of all the episodes made is unknown.

History

The show first premiered on ABC Primetime as The Bugs Bunny Show. It ran from October 10th, 1960, to August 7th, 1962, for 52 episodes^[1]^[2] before being rerun in black and white until September 10th, 1966, when the show started being broadcast in colour. The show would move from Prime Time to Saturday Mornings in late August 1968 and would stay on ABC until September 8th, 1968, when the show moved to CBS and was paired up with The Road Runner Show. The network named this pair up The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour, which ran until September 4th, 1971, when The Road Runner Show was dropped by CBS, and the show went back to its old name. The Bugs Bunny Show moved back to ABC on September 8th, 1973, and on September 6th, 1975, it moved back to CBS and was paired up with reruns of The Road Runner Show, thus reviving The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour moniker. In November 1977, The Road Runner Show was dropped, and The Bugs Bunny Show was expanded to one hour and was renamed The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show, which premiered on November 19th. This version of the show would solider on till September 1985, when the show again moved back to ABC and was renamed The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour. This moniker lasted only a year and was renamed one last time as The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show and would end up being the longest-serving moniker. In 1999 the hour long show was reduced to just 30 minutes. The show's last new episode aired on March 25th, 2000 and reruns ran on ABC until September 2nd, 2000 when Warner Brothers' library of Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts became available on Cartoon Network.^[3]

Later Reruns

After the show ended in 2000, it was never seen or mentioned again until Spring 2002, when Teletoon aired an episode of The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show from the 1980s as part of a marathon of Warner Brothers cartoons dedicated to the recently deceased Chuck Jones.^[4] Later that same year, the show was added to the network's "Teletoon Retro" block and broadcasted episodes from the late 1980s as part of the block's schedule. When the block was expanded to its own channel in October 2007, the show became a regular fixture on the network while the show was being broadcasted on Teletoon (mostly on Saturday Mornings). The show would get regularly reran on both channels until 2015 when Teletoon Retro was discontinued in favour of a Canadian version of Cartoon Network; the show did not move to Cartoon Network, and shortly after, the show disappeared from Teletoon's schedule and was never seen again.

Surviving Material

Early episodes of the show are extremely rare to come by. An episode of The Bugs Bunny Show was released on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Set Volume 2 in 2009, while an episode of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show was released on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s Volume 2 DVD released around the same time. Episodes of the 1960s run of The Bugs Bunny Show were restored for other Looney Tunes related releases.^[5]^[6] Some colour versions of the show are said to be in possession of private collectors and are allegedly in a vault somewhere in Europe. While some episodes where a full restoration being done is impossible due to some of the shorts used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour that were previously in The Bugs Bunny Show having that show's segments wiped and are unrecoverable.^[7]

On November 24th, 2012, 16mm seven episodes from the early 1960's era went on sale on the blog "For Sale By Craig" for $300. The episodes that the reels included were "Daffy Tries To Host", "Porky Pig & Charlie Dog Host", "The Gopher Twins Host", "Pepe LePew Hosts", "Rocky And Mugsy Take Over", "Satan's Waitin'" and "Hare Bush". However, none of the episodes have surfaced online, although six screenshots from six of the episodes have been posted.^[8] It's unknown who bought the reels or if the reels were even sold since it was the blog's only post.

Four Canadian airings of The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show were uploaded to the Internet Archive on Christmas Day 2020.

Gallery

Intro, bumper and credits from the 1960s run.

Intro of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour.

Recently found end credits of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour.

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show intro from the 1980s.

Intros for The Bugs Bunny & Tweety intros used from 1985 to 2000.

The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show title cards for the shorts.

A collection of color segments from The Bugs Bunny Show.

Rare Intro to The Bugs Bunny Show without Daffy Duck near the end.

Surviving still of "The Gopher Twins Host".
Surviving still of "Satan's Waitin'".
Surviving still of "Pepe LePew Hosts".
Surviving still of "Hare Bush".
Surviving still of "Rocky & Mugsy Take Over".
Surviving still of "Porky Pig & Charlie Dog Host".
Low quality still of "Rocky & Mugsy Take Over."
Color still from "Porky Pig & Charlie Dog Host."
Still from "Satan's Waitin'."
The show's characters.
Stills from Hare Bush
A Bugs Bunny animation cell from an unknown episode.
A Daffy Duck animation cell from an unknown episode.
Rough sketch of Speedy Gonzales from an unknown episode.
Color still of "The Gopher Twins Host".

External Links

References

[1] ttp://www.cartoonresearch.com/questions.html

[2] ttp://www.saturdaymorningsforever.com/2018/11/the-bugs-bunny-show.html

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20150402093352/http://www.kevinmccorrytv.ca/bugstweetysho.html

[4] ttp://www.channelcanada.com/canadian-channels/specialty-channels/teletoon/fall-2002-highlights-teletoon

[5] ttp://www.cartoonresearch.com/questions.html

[6] ttp://kevinmccorrytv.ca/bbrr.html

[7] ttp://kevinmccorrytv.ca/bbshow.html

[8] ttp://forsalebycraig.blogspot.com/2012/11/16mm-bugs-bunny-show-package.html

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-The Bugs Bunny Show (also called The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour, The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show or The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show) was an animated anthology show that showcases many of the previously made Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts. It premiered on ABC on October 11th, 1960, and would go on to be the longest-running cartoon series in history, ending on September 2nd, 2000. It has attained a large number of episodes throughout its forty-year run. While the shorts used in the show are accountable and survive today, '''episodes from the show's long run were not so lucky.''' The amount of all the episodes made is unknown.
+''The Bugs Bunny Show'' (also called ''The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour'', ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show'' or ''The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'') was an animated anthology show that showcases many of the previously made ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merry Melodies'' shorts. It premiered on ABC on October 11th, 1960, and would go on to be the longest-running cartoon series in history, ending on September 2nd, 2000. It has attained a large number of episodes throughout its forty-year run. While the theatrical shorts used in the show are accountable and survive today, '''episodes from the show's long run were not so lucky.''' The amount of all the episodes made is unknown.
 ==History==
-The show first premiered on ABC Primetime as 'The Bugs Bunny Show.' It ran from October 10th, 1960, to August 7th, 1962, for 52 episodes<ref>http://www.cartoonresearch.com/questions.html</ref><ref>http://www.saturdaymorningsforever.com/2018/11/the-bugs-bunny-show.html</ref> before being rerun in black and white until September 10th, 1966, when the show started being broadcast in colour. The show would move from Prime Time to Saturday Mornings in late August 1968 and would stay on ABC until September 8th, 1968, when the show moved to CBS and was paired up with 'The Road Runner Show.' The network named this pair up 'The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour,' which ran until September 4th, 1971, when The Road Runner Show was dropped by CBS, and the show went back to its old name. The Bugs Bunny Show moved back to ABC on September 8th, 1973, and on September 6th, 1975, it moved back to CBS and was paired up with reruns of The Road Runner Show, thus reviving The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour moniker. In November 1977, The Road Runner Show was dropped, and The Bugs Bunny Show was expanded to one hour and was renamed 'The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show,' which premiered on November 19th. This version of the show would solider on till September 1985, when the show again moved back to ABC and was renamed 'The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour.' This moniker lasted only a year and was renamed one last time 'The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show' and would end up being the longest-serving moniker. In 1999 the hour long show was reduced to just 30 minutes. The show's last new episode aired on March 25th, 2000 and reruns ran on ABC until September 2nd, 2000 when Warner Brothers' library of Looney Tunes and Merry Melodies shorts became available on Cartoon Network.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093352/http://www.kevinmccorrytv.ca/bugstweetysho.html</ref>
+The show first premiered on ABC Primetime as ''The Bugs Bunny Show''. It ran from October 10th, 1960, to August 7th, 1962, for 52 episodes<ref>http://www.cartoonresearch.com/questions.html</ref><ref>http://www.saturdaymorningsforever.com/2018/11/the-bugs-bunny-show.html</ref> before being rerun in black and white until September 10th, 1966, when the show started being broadcast in colour. The show would move from Prime Time to Saturday Mornings in late August 1968 and would stay on ABC until September 8th, 1968, when the show moved to CBS and was paired up with ''The Road Runner Show''. The network named this pair up ''The Bugs Bunny Road Runner Hour'', which ran until September 4th, 1971, when ''The Road Runner Show'' was dropped by CBS, and the show went back to its old name. ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' moved back to ABC on September 8th, 1973, and on September 6th, 1975, it moved back to CBS and was paired up with reruns of ''The Road Runner Show'', thus reviving ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour'' moniker. In November 1977, ''The Road Runner Show'' was dropped, and ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' was expanded to one hour and was renamed ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show'', which premiered on November 19th. This version of the show would solider on till September 1985, when the show again moved back to ABC and was renamed ''The Bugs Bunny/Looney Tunes Comedy Hour''. This moniker lasted only a year and was renamed one last time as ''The Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show'' and would end up being the longest-serving moniker. In 1999 the hour long show was reduced to just 30 minutes. The show's last new episode aired on March 25th, 2000 and reruns ran on ABC until September 2nd, 2000 when Warner Brothers' library of ''Looney Tunes'' and ''Merry Melodies'' shorts became available on Cartoon Network.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20150402093352/http://www.kevinmccorrytv.ca/bugstweetysho.html</ref>
 ==Later Reruns==
-After the show ended in 2000, it was never seen or mentioned again until Spring 2002, when Teletoon aired an episode of The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show from the 1980s as part of a marathon of Warner Brothers cartoons dedicated to the recently deceased Chuck Jones.<ref>http://www.channelcanada.com/canadian-channels/specialty-channels/teletoon/fall-2002-highlights-teletoon</ref> Later that same year, the show was added to the network's "Teletoon Retro" block and broadcasted episodes from the late 1980s as part of the block's schedule. When the block was expanded to its own channel in October 2007, the show became a regular fixture on the network while the show was being broadcasted on Teletoon (mostly on Saturday Mornings). The show would get regularly reran on both channels until 2015 when Teletoon Retro was discontinued in favour of a Canadian version of Cartoon Network; the show did not move to Cartoon Network, and shortly after, the show disappeared from Teletoon's schedule and was never seen again.
+After the show ended in 2000, it was never seen or mentioned again until Spring 2002, when Teletoon aired an episode of ''The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'' from the 1980s as part of a marathon of Warner Brothers cartoons dedicated to the recently deceased Chuck Jones.<ref>http://www.channelcanada.com/canadian-channels/specialty-channels/teletoon/fall-2002-highlights-teletoon</ref> Later that same year, the show was added to the network's "Teletoon Retro" block and broadcasted episodes from the late 1980s as part of the block's schedule. When the block was expanded to its own channel in October 2007, the show became a regular fixture on the network while the show was being broadcasted on Teletoon (mostly on Saturday Mornings). The show would get regularly reran on both channels until 2015 when Teletoon Retro was discontinued in favour of a Canadian version of Cartoon Network; the show did not move to Cartoon Network, and shortly after, the show disappeared from Teletoon's schedule and was never seen again.
 ==Surviving Material==
-Early episodes of the show are extremely rare to come by. An episode of The Bugs Bunny Show was released on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Set Volume 2 in 2009, while an episode of The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show was released on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s Volume 2 DVD released around the same time. Episodes of the 1960s run of The Bugs Bunny Show were restored for other Looney Tunes related releases.<ref>http://www.cartoonresearch.com/questions.html</ref><ref>http://kevinmccorrytv.ca/bbrr.html</ref> Some colour versions of the show are said to be in possession of private collectors and are allegedly in a vault somewhere in Europe. While some episodes where a full restoration being done is impossible due to some of the shorts used in The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour that were previously in The Bugs Bunny Show having that show's segments wiped and are unrecoverable.<ref>http://kevinmccorrytv.ca/bbshow.html</ref>
+Early episodes of the show are extremely rare to come by. An episode of ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' was released on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Set Volume 2 in 2009, while an episode of ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Show'' was released on the Saturday Morning Cartoons 1970s Volume 2 DVD released around the same time. Episodes of the 1960s run of ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' were restored for other ''Looney Tunes'' related releases.<ref>http://www.cartoonresearch.com/questions.html</ref><ref>http://kevinmccorrytv.ca/bbrr.html</ref> Some colour versions of the show are said to be in possession of private collectors and are allegedly in a vault somewhere in Europe. While some episodes where a full restoration being done is impossible due to some of the shorts used in ''The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Hour'' that were previously in ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' having that show's segments wiped and are unrecoverable.<ref>http://kevinmccorrytv.ca/bbshow.html</ref>
-On November 24th, 2012, 16mm seven episodes from the early 1960's era went on sale on the blog "For Sale By Craig" for $300. The episodes that the reels included were Daffy Tries To Host, Porky Pig & Charlie Dog Host, The Gopher Twins Host, Pepe LePew Hosts, Rocky And Mugsy Take Over, Satan's Waitin' and Hare Bush. However, none of the episodes have surfaced online, although six screenshots from six of the episodes have been posted.<ref>http://forsalebycraig.blogspot.com/2012/11/16mm-bugs-bunny-show-package.html</ref> It's unknown who bought the reels or if the reels were even sold since it was the blog's only post.
+On November 24th, 2012, 16mm seven episodes from the early 1960's era went on sale on the blog "For Sale By Craig" for $300. The episodes that the reels included were "Daffy Tries To Host", "Porky Pig & Charlie Dog Host", "The Gopher Twins Host", "Pepe LePew Hosts", "Rocky And Mugsy Take Over", "Satan's Waitin'" and "Hare Bush". However, none of the episodes have surfaced online, although six screenshots from six of the episodes have been posted.<ref>http://forsalebycraig.blogspot.com/2012/11/16mm-bugs-bunny-show-package.html</ref> It's unknown who bought the reels or if the reels were even sold since it was the blog's only post.
-Four Canadian airings of The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show were uploaded to the Internet Archive on Christmas Day 2020.
+Four Canadian airings of ''The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'' were uploaded to the Internet Archive on Christmas Day 2020.
 ==Gallery==
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-Bbs-2.jpg|Surviving still of "The Gopher Twins Host."
+Bbs-2.jpg|Surviving still of "The Gopher Twins Host".
-Bbs-4.jpg|Surviving still of "Satan's Waitin'."
+Bbs-4.jpg|Surviving still of "Satan's Waitin'".
-Bbs-5.jpg|Surviving still of "Pepe LePew Hosts."
+Bbs-5.jpg|Surviving still of "Pepe LePew Hosts".
-Bbs-8.jpg|Surviving still of "Hare Bush."
+Bbs-8.jpg|Surviving still of "Hare Bush".
-Bbs-9.jpg|Surviving still of "Rocky & Mugsy Take Over."
+Bbs-9.jpg|Surviving still of "Rocky & Mugsy Take Over".
-Bbs-10.jpg|Surviving still of "Porky Pig & Charlie Dog Host
+Bbs-10.jpg|Surviving still of "Porky Pig & Charlie Dog Host".
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 Daffybbshow.jpg|A Daffy Duck animation cell from an unknown episode.
 Speedybbshow.jpg|Rough sketch of Speedy Gonzales from an unknown episode.
-Gophers.png|Color still of "The Gopher Twins Host"
+Gophers.png|Color still of "The Gopher Twins Host".
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 ==External Links==
-*[https://archive.org/details/the-bugs-bunny-tweety-show-teletoon-airings-december-2007 Four Canadian airings of The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show]
+*[https://archive.org/details/the-bugs-bunny-tweety-show-teletoon-airings-december-2007 Four Canadian airings of ''The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show''.]
-*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL888h69_QGlQX52XYpLuRAs5XworHm7iL The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show title cards for the shorts]
+*[https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL888h69_QGlQX52XYpLuRAs5XworHm7iL ''The Bugs Bunny & Tweety Show'' title cards for the shorts.]
 ==References==
 {{reflist}}
-[[Category:Lost animation]]
+[[Category:Lost animation|Bugs Bunny Show]]
-[[Category:Lost TV]]
+[[Category:Lost TV|Bugs Bunny Show]]
-[[Category:Partially lost media]]
+[[Category:Partially lost media|Bugs Bunny Show]]
-[[Category:Historic]]
+[[Category:Historic|Bugs Bunny Show]]