"Flight of the Bumb;ebee" was one of those "showstopper" pieces that punctuated popular TV in my youth.

Here's an example of "anti-descriptivism" from Charles Albertine, The Three Suns playing "Poor Butterfly" at the same time that they're capturing the jazz classic "Poor Butterfly." The joke is that the bee is attacking the butterfly. https://youtu.be/Nikoe-Y5BJg

The point: even the most cliched of classical tropes can be re-invigorated. Classical music isn't at fault--it's the limited imagination of its audience.

Bonus track: Charles Albertine and The Three Suns attack Edvard Grieg's "In the Hall of the Mountain King": https://youtu.be/0QirIcA3Dd0