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
Day of the Animals is shocking for a modern audience raised on his work in comedy. Writer William W. Norton was himself disappointed in the film. Modest praise was issued by "The Hollywood Reporter". Some critics nevertheless recommended the film to fans of natural horror and disaster films of the 1970s. AllMovie compared it to "Kingdom of the Spiders" and "Frogs" Those who saw the film at a young age have formed a cult following of sorts. Day of the Animals Day of the Animals is a 1977 American natural horror film directed by William Girdler and based on a story written by Edward