Described by David Wondrich as a "frequent target of plunder by brass bands in the years during which they dominated the American musical landscape", the overture features prominently in Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse cartoon "The Band Concert". It has also been used in cartoons parodying classical music (e.g. "Bugs Bunny's Overtures to Disaster" in which the overture's finale is performed by Daffy Duck and Porky Pig) or Westerns (e.g. "Bugs Bunny Rides Again"). The finale has also been sung with specially written lyrics by Daffy Duck in "Yankee Doodle Daffy" and by a quartet of singing policemen (as "Happy Anniversary") in "The Flintstones" episode "The Hot Piano". "The Presidents Song" from the animated children's series "Animaniacs" is to the tune of William Tell Overture's finale.