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''The Bugs Bunny Show'' was a long-running American Television Anthology series hosted by Bugs Bunny , that was comprised of '' Looney Tunes '' and '' Merrie Melodies '' cartoons made between 1948 and 1963 . The show originally debuted as a primetime ABC program in 1960 , with newly produced wraparound segments done by the Warner Bros. animation staff, including Chuck Jones , Friz Freleng , and Robert McKimson . The wraparounds were produced in color, but the original broadcasts of the show were done in black-and-white. The format and exact name of the show changed frequently after it began reruns on Saturday morning starting in 1962 :
In 2000, Warner Bros. made the '' Looney Tunes '' and '' Merrie Melodies '' film library exclusive to the Cartoon Network , and ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' ended its four-decade-long network run, one of the longest runs in the history of United States network television. Most incarnations of the show feature the same theme song, "The Bugs Bunny Overture (This is It!)", and an opening title sequence featuring Bugs and Daffy performing the song in unison. Title sequences and some wraparound material (using color footage where available---the switches between color and black and white presumably reflecting cuts made for Syndication ) are included on each volume of the '' Looney Tunes Golden Collection '' DVD collection. The song's fame is such that it has been used elsewhere such as in the Canadian province of Ontario where it was used in a TV Commercial promoting the various Performing Art s Tourist Attraction s where artists of various disciplines sing separate lines of the song. EXTERNAL LINKS
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