Peter & the Wolf ("Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos album) Peter & the Wolf ("Weird Al" Yankovic & Wendy Carlos album) Peter & the Wolf/Carnival of the Animals – Part II is a studio album by American parody singer-songwriter and musician "Weird Al" Yankovic and composer and keyboardist Wendy Carlos, released in October 1988 on CBS Records. It features a comical adaptation of the orchestral works "Peter and the Wolf" by Sergei Prokofiev and "The Carnival of the Animals" by Camille Saint-Saëns. The album was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Album for Children at the 31st awards. Carlos was invited by CBS Records to work on the project
The Carnival (short story) The Carnival (short story) "The Carnival" is an American short story written by Michael Fedo. It was published among other short stories, in the book The story concerns a nation that constructs a deadly amusement park to remedy its overpopulation problems. In charge of this operation is the Populace Control. People who win a ticket are sent to the carnival on a bus; cars would become a problem as many visitors do not return. Passengers who die are placed in black plastic bags and thrown into a mass burial pit. It focuses on a young boy (Jerry) who wins a