The poetry of Ogden Nash had been adapted for television before in the short-lived 1970 series, Tomfoolery, for NBC. Six years later, Chuck Jones fused together Nash's verse with the music of Camille Saint-Saens, under the direction of Michael Tilson Thomas, with help from Bugs Bunny & Daffy Duck (Mel Blanc).
Bugs & Daffy's Carnival of The Animals continues the rivalry between Bugs & Daffy borne in classic shorts years earlier. For example, as you'll see, when Bugs enters, he arrives to applause, while Daffy gets-----crickets.
CBS blew an opportunity to repurpose this as a Saturday morning special. I'm begging HBO Max to pick this up, since Chumptoon Network couldn't be bothered to run it.
Rating: A+.
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