Bugs Bunny/Trivia

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  • Directors:
    • Abe Levitow: Sole effort was "A Witch's Tangled Hare".
    • Art Davis: Sole effort on the series was "Bowery Bugs", not counting Bugs cameo in "Goofy Gophers".
    • Ben Hardaway: Directed "Porky's Hare Hunt" and co-directed "Hare-Um Scare-Um" with Cal Dalton.
    • Bill Kopp: Co-directed "Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas" with Peter Shin.
    • Bob Clampett: Directed 11 "official" Bugs Bunny shorts, but also directed "Any Bonds Today?" and "A Corny Concerto" (even though those aren't considered official Bugs Bunny shorts) as well as his cameos in "Patient Porky" and "Crazy Cruise".
    • Cal Dalton: Co-directed "Hare-Um Scare-Um" with Ben Hardaway.
    • Chuck Jones: Directed 43 of Bugs' shorts on his own, as well as two of the four "Proto-Bugs" shorts. He co-directed "Baton Bunny" with Abe Levitow, and co-directed "Abominable Snow Rabbit", "Compressed Hare", "Hare-Breadth Hurry", "Mad as a Mars Hare", and "Transylvania 6-5000" with Maurice Noble. He also directed the modern short "From Hare To Eternity".
    • Darrell Van Citters: Sole effort was "Box Office Bunny".
    • Douglas Mccarthy: Sole effort was "Carrotblanca".
    • Frank Tashlin: Sole efforts on the series were "The Unruly Hare" and "Hare Remover", not counting Bugs cameo in "Porky Pig's Feat".
    • Friz Freleng: Directed 63 of Bugs shorts on his own, and co-directed "Prince Violent" with Hawley Pratt.
    • Gerry Chiniquy: Sole effort was "Dumb Patrol".
    • Greg Ford: Co-directed "Blooper Bunny" and "Invasion of the Carrot Snatchers" with Terry Lennon.
    • Hawley Pratt: Sole effort on the series was a co-directing stint with Freleng on "Prince Violent".
    • Ken Harris: Sole effort was "Hare-Abian Nights".
    • Peter Shin: Co-directed "Hare and Loathing In Las Vegas" with Bill Kopp.
    • Phil Monroe: Sole effort was "The Iceman Ducketh".
    • Robert McKimson: Directed 34 of Bugs shorts. First short was "Acrobatty Bunny", and he had the honor of directing the last of the original theatrical Bugs shorts, "False Hare".
    • Terry Lennon: Co-directed "Blooper Bunny" and "Invasion of the Carrot Snatchers" with Greg Ford.
    • Tex Avery: Directed "A Wild Hare", "Tortoise Beats Hare", "The Heckling Hare" and "All This And Rabbit Stew".
  • Hey, It's That Voice!: The voice of Bugs Bunny from the prototypical appearances in 1938 to 1989 was the prolific Mel Blanc. His replacement in the role is Jeff Bergman. Besides providing the voices of other Looney Tunes characters, Bergman is also known as one of the most recent voice actors portraying George Jetson, Elroy Jetson, Mr. Cosmo Spacely, Fred Flintstone, and Barney Rubble.