The Carnival of the Animals conclusion of the verse for the "Fossils", for example, fits perfectly with the punchline-like first bar of the music: In 2014 the English contemporary music organisation New Music in the South West (NMSW) commissioned a set of responses to the 14 movements of "Carnival of the Animals". The pieces, collectively known as "A Modern Menagerie", were premièred by the Bristol Ensemble on 7 September 2014 at St. George’s, Bristol. The programme consisted of the original Saint-Saëns movements interleaved with the contemporary responses under the title "Carnival of the Animals" meets "A Modern Menagerie". A number of the composers have taught
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