Bugs discovers a lost stage show penguin (whom he nicknames "Playboy") and, touched by the young bird's plight, promises to take him home. Only after making this promise does Bugs learn that (as he pronounces it) a "pen-gu-in" is native to the South Pole, or Antarctica, rather a further trip than Bugs had in mind. 8 Ball Bunny is a Looney Tunes cartoon directed by Chuck Jones and written by Michael Maltese where Bugs Bunny travels around the world with "Playboy" Penguin to take him back home to the South Pole. It was animated in 1949 and released theatrically on July 8, 1950.