Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals
Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals | |
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Chuck Jones Enterprises | |
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Network | CBS |
Release | November 22, 1976 (1976-11-22) |
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.[1]
The special, based on
Carnival of the Animals originally aired on CBS on November 22, 1976,[3] 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.
Production
Behind the scenes
According to animation historians Kevin McCorry and Jon Cooke:
Cartoon characters, appearing in holiday-related, half-hour features, could be relied upon to garner respectable ratings and advertising revenue. Further, with the reduction of regular series episodes per season to below 26, specials were needed to fill the gaps in the 52 weeks that constituted a television season.[4]
This special marked the first time since Warner Bros. had closed their studios in 1964 that Bugs Bunny had appeared on-screen with new material. (Bugs, unlike most of the other regular Looney Tunes characters, had not appeared in any of the outsourced productions distributed under the Warner Bros. banner from 1964 to 1969.)
Credits
Cast
- Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig (voice characterizations)
- Michael Tilson Thomas as Himself (the conductor)[5]
Crew
- Cinematography by Wally Bulloch
- Production Designby Herbert Klynn
- Animation by:
- Produced, written, and directed by Chuck Jones[5]
Availability
Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals is available on 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.[6]
See also
References
- ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved March 27, 2020.
- ISBN 0-8050-0894-2.
- ISBN 0-8160-3831-7. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
- ^ "THE LOONEY TUNES TELEVISION SPECIALS". Archived from the original on May 9, 2008. Retrieved May 31, 2008.
- ^ a b Carnival of the Animals – IMDb
- ^ DVD details for Carnival of the Animals – IMDb
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