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'''Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals''' (originally aired on TV as '''''Carnival of the Animals''''') is a 1976 live action/animated television special featuring the Looney Tunes characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and directed by Chuck Jones. | '''Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals''' (originally aired on TV as '''''Carnival of the Animals''''') is a 1976 live action/animated television special featuring the Looney Tunes characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and directed by Chuck Jones. | ||
The special, based on Camille Saint-Saëns' musical suite The Carnival of the Animals and consisting of entirely new animation, was purposely cast in the successful mold of Jones' own earlier musical cartoons (including Rabbit of Seville, Long-Haired Hare and Baton Bunny), and set the familiar showbiz rivalry between Bugs and Daffy against the orchestral backdrop of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, in a performance based on Saint-Saëns' music and Ogden Nash's poetry. | The special, based on Camille Saint-Saëns' musical suite The Carnival of the Animals and consisting of entirely new animation, was purposely cast in the successful mold of Jones' own earlier musical cartoons (including [[Rabbit of Seville]], [[Long-Haired Hare]] and [[Baton Bunny]]), and set the familiar showbiz rivalry between Bugs and Daffy against the orchestral backdrop of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, in a performance based on Saint-Saëns' music and Ogden Nash's poetry. | ||
Carnival of the Animals originally aired on CBS on November 22, 1976, | Carnival of the Animals originally aired on CBS on November 22, 1976, and was the first Warner Bros.-commissioned work featuring Bugs Bunny following the release of the cartoon [[False Hare]], as well as their first Looney Tunes production following the second closure of their original animation studio on October 10, 1969. | ||
This is an abridged version of the work, omitting the "Tortoise", "Characters with Long Ears", "Cuckoo" and "Swan" movements and using the "Pianists" music over the ending credits. | This is an abridged version of the work, omitting the "Tortoise", "Characters with Long Ears", "Cuckoo" and "Swan" movements and using the "Pianists" music over the ending credits. | ||
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Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals is available on the [[Warner Bros. Cartoon Calavade]] VHS, and was later released on the [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]] DVD along with [[Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over]] and [[Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales]]. | Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals is available on the [[Warner Bros. Cartoon Calavade]] VHS, and was later released on the [[Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5]] DVD along with [[Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over]] and [[Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales]]. | ||
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[[Category:Chuck Jones Enterprises]] | [[Category:Chuck Jones Enterprises]] | ||
[[Category:TV specials]] | [[Category:TV specials]] | ||
Revision as of 22:33, 20 January 2024
Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (originally aired on TV as Carnival of the Animals) is a 1976 live action/animated television special featuring the Looney Tunes characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and directed by Chuck Jones.
The special, based on Camille Saint-Saëns' musical suite The Carnival of the Animals and consisting of entirely new animation, was purposely cast in the successful mold of Jones' own earlier musical cartoons (including Rabbit of Seville, Long-Haired Hare and Baton Bunny), and set the familiar showbiz rivalry between Bugs and Daffy against the orchestral backdrop of conductor Michael Tilson Thomas, in a performance based on Saint-Saëns' music and Ogden Nash's poetry.
Carnival of the Animals originally aired on CBS on November 22, 1976, and was the first Warner Bros.-commissioned work featuring Bugs Bunny following the release of the cartoon False Hare, as well as their first Looney Tunes production following the second closure of their original animation studio on October 10, 1969.
This is an abridged version of the work, omitting the "Tortoise", "Characters with Long Ears", "Cuckoo" and "Swan" movements and using the "Pianists" music over the ending credits.
Home Video Releases
Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals is available on the Warner Bros. Cartoon Calavade VHS, and was later released on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 DVD along with Bugs Bunny's Bustin' Out All Over and Bugs Bunny's Looney Christmas Tales.
