Bugs Bunny blasts off into space in 1958's "Hare-Way to the Stars," where he meets Marvin the Martian. Marvin is planning to destroy the Earth because it blocks his view of Venus, and Bugs must find a ...

I like Bugs and Daffy, Marvin the Martian and his "illudium Q-36 explosive space mod-u-la-tor" and a more obscure character: Gossamer, the hairy red monster who wears giant tennis shoes.

On this day in history, July 27, 1940, Bugs Bunny, now an iconic pop culture cartoon character, debuted in the short animated film "A Wild Hare," released by Warner Brothers.