A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court

 Chuck Jones, A Connecticut Rabbit in King Arthur's Court, Chuck Jones Enterprises/Warner Bros. Television

Also known as Bugs Bunny in King Arthur's Court, this would set the standard for most Tv specials.

Bugs is trying to get to a peanut festival in Georgia when he makes a wrong turn and ends up England, circa 526 AD. He runs into Sir Elmer of Fudde, who mistakes him for a transformed dragon. Bugs is captured and dragged before King Arthur (Daffy Duck) and his wizard, Merlin of Monroe (Yosemite Sam). 

Bugs is sentenced to be burned at the stake but some quick thinking and a handy eclipse convinces them to let him go. After that, Bugs starts to makes some changes to things, but can he handle the schemes around him?

Pretty darn good and the first special was not just old shorts recycled or edited. Honestly this may have set the bar too high, as we would rarely see the likes again for a while.