Bugs Bunny in Space

This article is about the TV special. For the stage show, see Bugs Bunny in Space (stage show).

Bugs Bunny in Space
Production company	Warner Bros. Television
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television
Release date	September 6, 1977
Run time	50 minutes
Starring	Mel Blanc
Executive producer(s)	Hal Geer
Music composed by	Carl Stalling Milt Franklyn
Director(s)	Chuck Jones Friz Freleng
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Bugs Bunny in Space is a television special starring Bugs Bunny and characters from the Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies theatrical shorts. It aired on September 6, 1977 on CBS. It was executive produced by Hal Geer, and directed by Chuck Jones and Friz Freleng.

Featured cartoons

• Mad as a Mars Hare
• The Hasty Hare
• Hare-Way to the Stars
• Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century
• His Hare Raising Tale

Music

The scores for the classic shorts were composed by Carl W. Stalling and Milt Franklyn.

Crew credits

• Film editors: Treg Brown, Jim Champin

Behind the scenes

• This is the only Looney Tunes special to not contain new animated sequences.
• The credits list anonymous members of the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Guild, Local 389 for animation, stories, backgrounds and artwork.
• The short was likely produced in response to the popular success of the film Star Wars, which ignited a mainstream boom for the science fiction genre.