Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals Bugs and Daffy's Carnival of the Animals (originally aired as Carnival of the Animals) is a live action/animated television special featuring the "Looney Tunes" characters Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and directed by Chuck Jones. The special, based on Camille Saint-Saëns' musical suite of the same name and consisting of entirely new animation, was purposely cast in the successful mold of Jones' own earlier musical cartoons (including "Rabbit of Seville", "Long-Haired Hare" and "Baton Bunny"), and is set the familiar showbiz rivalry between Bugs and Daffy against the orchestral backdrop of conductor Michael
Carnival in Bern it is known today was introduced in 1982, and is unique because it incorporates the city's history by beginning the carnival with the symbolic freeing of the bear. The carnival in Bern in the country's third largest such celebration. Carnival was established in Bern during the medieval period. In Bern, the term for carnival is either "Fasnacht" or "Fastnacht" which means on the eve of fasting. Before the beginning of Lent, or the 40-day fasting period, feasts and folk-festivals were commonly held. During the 15th, century Bern began to grow in importance, and in the 1420s during a carnival the