Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals Tilson Thomas, in a performance based on the music of Saint-Saëns and the poetry of Ogden Nash. "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 in 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. Prime-time television would seem to be
Carnival in the Netherlands Carnival in the Netherlands Carnival in the Netherlands (; also called "vastenavond" – eve of the fasting or ) is a festival held mainly in the Southern regions of the Netherlands with an emphasis on role-reversal and the suspension of social norms, as part of celebrations of Carnival. From an anthropological point of view, Carnaval is a reversal ritual, in which social roles are reversed and norms about desired behavior are suspended. Winter was thought of as the reign of the winter spirits that were to be driven out for the summer to return. Carnaval can thus be regarded as