The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) of the storyline of the film, the sorcerer's final anger with his apprentice which appears in "Fantasia" does not appear in Goethe's source poem, "Der Zauberlehrling". The popularity of the musical piece in "Fantasia" led to it being used again in "Fantasia 2000". A decade prior to "Fantasia", in 1930 William Cameron Menzies directed and Joseph M. Schenck produced a series of four short films of classical music. One of the four, based on the Dukas music, was titled "The Wizard's Apprentice"; this short film has been released on DVD and shown on Classic Arts Showcase. In 1931, the Dukas
The Sorcerer Sausages" (2011). In "Meet Mr Mulliner" by P. G. Wodehouse, the title hero sings a fragment from Dr Daly's ballad and characterises his nephew as "the sort of young curate who seems to have been so common in the 'eighties, or whenever it was that Gilbert wrote The Sorcerer." It has also been referenced in popular TV series, such as in the "Family Guy" episode "Patriot Games", where characters sing the song "If you'll marry me" from Act II. The Sorcerer The Sorcerer is a two-act comic opera, with a libretto by W. S. Gilbert and music by Arthur Sullivan.