Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals
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| Directed by | Chuck Jones |
| Produced by | Chuck Jones |
| Story by | Chuck Jones Ogden Nash |
| Voices by | Mel Blanc |
| Music by | Camille Saint-Saëns |
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Master animators: Phil Monroe Manny Perez Ben Washam Tom Ray Lloyd Vaughan |
| Studio | Chuck Jones Enterprises Warner Bros. Television |
| Distributed by | CBS |
| Release date(s) | November 22, 1976 (USA) |
| Color process | DeLuxe Color |
| Running time | 23 minutes |
| Language | English |
Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (originally aired as Carnival of the Animals) is a combination animation/live action television special, starring Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, and directed by Chuck Jones. Premiering on CBS on November 22, 1976, and consisting entirely of new animation, this prime time TV special represented Bugs Bunny and company's first foray into prime time television since the early 1960s. Carnival of the Animals was purposely cast in the successful mold of Jones' own earlier musical cartoons – Rabbit of Seville, Long-Haired Hare and Baton Bunny – and set the familiar showbiz rivalry between Bugs and Daffy against the orchestral backdrop of musician Michael Tilson Thomas, in a performance based on the music of Camille Saint-Saëns and the poetry of Ogden Nash.
Prime-time television would seem to be the natural place for the adult humor of Warner Bros.'s classic cartoons, as was exemplified by the success of The Bugs Bunny Show that aired Tuesday evenings on ABC in the early 1960s. However, in the mid-1960s, the Warner Bros. cartoons had become established as kiddie entertainment. By 1968, executives at CBS were convinced that all animated material, no matter what its original intended audience had been, belonged exclusively on Saturday mornings. However, the popular characters of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies intentionally had enduring adult appeal from the first, and with the success of other prime-time television specials, such as Charlie Brown, in the mid-1970s, network programmers were finally convinced to give the Warner Bros. animated characters another chance in prime time.
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