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
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