Fantasia



Fantasia is an animated film originally released in 1940 by The Walt Disney Company. The film is made up of several vignettes which are set to pieces of classical music. The most popular of these segments is a symphonic poem, "The Sorcerer's Apprentice" by Paul Dukas. Starring Mickey Mouse, the story revolves around a young apprentice who enthusiastically takes it upon himself to meddle with magics in order to hasten his chores. Borrowing the sorcerer's hat for power, the apprentice falls asleep and wreaks havoc as his spell falls out of control.

A volume of Big Bird's Sesame Street Dictionary features Ernie in the role of the sorcerer's apprentice as he whisks about various items including an animated broom (like that which is seen in the film) and a newspaper annoncing the headline: "Apprentice Out of Control." Ernie wears a similar sorcerer's hat to that of Mickey's as he dances along to music played by a record player.