August 08, 1953 –
The Looney Tunes short, Bully for Bugs, directed by Chuck Jones, and starring Bugs Bunny, was released on this date.
The conception of this cartoon came about when Eddie Selzer, the head of Warner Bros. Cartoons at the time, randomly appeared in the writer’s office to announce that there were to be no bullfighting cartoons made because he claimed bullfights weren’t funny. Chuck Jones and Mike Maltese, dumbfounded from witnessing this, began to make a bullfight cartoon immediately.
The Haus of Dcaligari 