Editing Bugs Bunny (section)

===Post-World War II era===
After World War II, Bugs continued to appear in numerous Warner Bros. cartoons, making his last "Golden Age" appearance in ''[[False Hare]]'' (1964). He starred in over 167 theatrical short films, most of which were directed by Friz Freleng, Robert McKimson, and Chuck Jones. Freleng's ''[[Knighty Knight Bugs]]'' (1958), in which a medieval Bugs trades blows with [[Yosemite Sam]] and his fire-breathing dragon (which has a cold), won an [[Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film|Academy Award for Best Cartoon Short Subject]] (becoming the first and only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win said award).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148765.html |title=1958 academy awards |website=Infoplease |access-date=September 20, 2007 |archive-date=February 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170216212855/http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0148765.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Three of Jones' films—''[[Rabbit Fire]]'', ''[[Rabbit Seasoning]]'' and ''[[Duck! Rabbit, Duck!]]''—compose what is often referred to as the "Rabbit Season/Duck Season" trilogy and were the origins of the rivalry between Bugs and Daffy Duck.<ref>[[Michael Barrier (historian)|Michael Barrier's]] [[audio commentary]] for Disc One of ''[[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 1]]'' (2005).</ref> Jones' classic ''[[What's Opera, Doc?]]'' (1957), casts Bugs and Elmer Fudd in a parody of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''[[Der Ring des Nibelungen]]''. It was deemed "culturally significant" by the United States [[Library of Congress]] and selected for preservation in the [[National Film Registry]] in 1992, becoming the first cartoon short to receive this honor.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing - National Film Preservation Board|website=[[Library of Congress]]|access-date=December 30, 2017|archive-date=April 7, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407133410/http://www.loc.gov/film/titles.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

In the fall of 1960, [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] debuted the prime-time television program ''[[The Bugs Bunny Show]]''. This show packaged many of the post-1948 Warners cartoons with newly animated wraparounds. Throughout its run, the series was highly successful, and helped cement [[Warner Bros. Animation]] as a mainstay of [[Saturday-morning cartoon]]s. After two seasons, it was moved from its evening slot to reruns on Saturday mornings. ''The Bugs Bunny Show'' changed format and exact title frequently but remained on network television for 40 years. The packaging was later completely different, with each cartoon simply presented on its own, title and all, though some clips from the new bridging material were sometimes used as filler.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/ |title=Looney Tunes On Television |last1=McCorry |first1=Kevin |last2=Cooke |first2=Jon |access-date=2010-11-12 |website=The Ultimate Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101202172431/http://looney.goldenagecartoons.com/tv/ |archive-date=2010-12-02}}</ref>