OMG!!! CRUSADER RABBIT!!! If you didn't know, a VERY historical bunny. (thank you, milovoo!)→[More:]
Not just the first episode of the first animated catoon produced for TV (and I use the term 'animated' rather loosely; the first five seconds of the opening has as much action as the rest of the 4 minutes), but also, one of the incredited co-creators was Jay Ward. Yep, Rocket J. Squirrel was the direct descendant of a bunny, and Bullwinkle's forefather was a tiger (later named Raglan T. Tiger or "Rags"). I SO love seeing these prehistoric TV toons - here's the interestingly-named Colonel Bleep, TV's first COLOR cartoon.