Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals
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| Production company | Chuck Jones Enterprises |
| Release date | November 22, 1976 |
| Run time | 23 minutes |
| Starring | Mel Blanc Michael Tilson Thomas |
| Producer(s) | Chuck Jones |
| Music composed by | Camille Saint-Saëns |
| Story by | Chuck Jones Ogden Nash |
| Director(s) | Chuck Jones |
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Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (originally aired on TV as Carnival of the Animals) is a live action/animated musical television special, featuring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and directed by Chuck Jones. It originally aired on CBS on November 22, 1976.
The special, based on Camille Saint-Saëns' musical suite The Carnival of the Animals and consisting of entirely new animation, was intentially cast in the successful mold of Jones' own earlier musical cartoons (including Rabbit of Seville, Long-Haired Hare and Baton Bunny), and set the 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 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.
Behind the scenes
- The special 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.
- It is also the first appearence of Bugs Bunny and the cast on prime time television, since The Bugs Bunny Show in the early 1960s.
- An abridged version of The Carnival of Animals was used for the special, omitting the "Tortoise", "Characters with Long Ears", "Cuckoo" and "Swan" movements and using the "Pianists" music over the ending credits.
Home availibility
- In the United States:
- October 19, 1988: Warner Home Video releases Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals on VHS, as part of the Warner Bros. Cartoon Calavade series.
- October 30, 2007: Warner Home Video releases Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume 5 on DVD.
