Knighty Knight Bugs

Knighty Knight Bugs
Directed byFriz Freleng
Story byWarren Foster
Produced byJohn W. Burton, Sr.
StarringMel Blanc
Music byMilt Franklyn
Animation byGerry Chiniquy
Arthur Davis
Virgil Ross
Layouts byHawley Pratt
Backgrounds byTom O'Loughlin
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • August 23, 1958 (1958-08-23)
Running time
6:28

Knighty Knight Bugs is a 1958 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng,[1] The short was released on August 23, 1958, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam.[2]

Knighty Knight Bugs is the only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, which was awarded in 1959.[3] The short was later included in the 1981 compilation film The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie. The cartoon's title is a pun on the phrase "Nighty Night".

  1. ^ Beck, Jerry; Friedwald, Will (1989). Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies: A Complete Illustrated Guide to the Warner Bros. Cartoons. Henry Holt and Co. p. 309. ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
  2. ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
  3. ^ "1958 Academy Awards". Retrieved 2024-10-18.