Best Friends

Best Friends
Daffy and Bugs appear on Besties
Premiere date	May 3, 2011
Run time	22:00
Music composed by	Andy Sturmer
Writer(s)	Jim Cashman Hugh Davidson Larry Dorf Rachel Ramras
Director(s)	Spike Brandt Tony Cervone
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Best Friends is the first episode of The Looney Tunes Show season one and is the first overall. It aired on May 3, 2011 on Cartoon Network. It was directed by Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone and Chris Headrick.

Bugs and Daffy enter a Best Friends gameshow, However Daffy knows nothing about Bugs.

Characters

Legend
Character debut	Speaking debut	Ep. debut	No lines	Mentioned

In order of appearance:

Character	Actor
Bugs Bunny	Jeff Bergman
Daffy Duck	Jeff Bergman
Game Show Announcer	Maurice LaMarche
Mac	Rob Paulsen
Tosh	Jess Harnell
Speedy Gonzales	Fred Armisen
Captain	Maurice LaMarche

Locations

• Earth
  • United States

Vehicles

• Bug's Car
• Cruise Ship

Music

The music was composed by Andy Strumer.

Release

Dates are in order of release:

• United States: May 3rd, 2011 on Cartoon Network

Behind the scenes

• Bugs' "backstory" is a reference to Superman.
• Daffy's middle name is Sheldon, but he prefers Armando because it sounds cooler.
• July 27th and April 17th are when Bugs and Daffy debut in the Looney Tunes theatrical shorts respectively.

Everlasting Influence

• This concept is revisited in the series finale "Best Friends Redux".
• Bugs expands on his Superman story in "Super Rabbit".
• Daffy decides that Armando doesn't stick and changes his middle name to Sheldon in "Bugs and Daffy Get A Job"

In other languages

Language	Name	Meaning