| Knighty Knight Bugs | |
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| Directed by | Friz Freleng |
| Story by | Warren Foster |
| Produced by | John W. Burton, Sr. |
| Starring | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Milt Franklyn |
| Animation by | Gerry Chiniquy Arthur Davis Virgil Ross |
| Layouts by | Hawley Pratt |
| Backgrounds by | Tom O'Loughlin |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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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".
- ^ 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.
- ^ Lenburg, Jeff (1999). The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons. Checkmark Books. pp. 60–62. ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved 6 June 2020.
- ^ "1958 Academy Awards". Retrieved 2007-09-20.