The Carnival of the Animals The Carnival of the Animals The Carnival of the Animals (Le carnaval des animaux) is a humorous musical suite of fourteen movements by the French Romantic composer Camille Saint-Saëns. The work was written for private performance by an "ad hoc" ensemble of two pianos and other instruments, and lasts around 25 minutes. Following a disastrous concert tour of Germany in 1885–86, Saint-Saëns withdrew to a small Austrian village, where he composed "The Carnival of the Animals" in February 1886. It is scored for two pianos, two violins, viola, cello, double bass, flute (and piccolo), clarinet (C and B), glass harmonica,
Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals 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.) Mel Blanc as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig Michael Tilson Thomas as Himself "Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals" is available on VHS, but this television special was also released on the "" 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 Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (originally aired as