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Knighty Knight Bugs

1958 · John W. Burton · 6m 32s

Knighty Knight Bugs is a 1958 Warner Bros. Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Friz Freleng. The short was released on August 23, 1958, and stars Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam. Knighty Knight Bugs is the only Bugs Bunny cartoon to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, which was awarded in 1959. 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".
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