Major-General's Song The Pirates of Penzance




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pirates 1 of referenced works of gilbert , sullivan. major-general s song, in particular, parodied, pastiched , used in advertising. parody versions have been used in political commentary entertainment media. challenging patter has proved interesting comedians; notable examples include tom lehrer s song elements , david hyde pierce s monologue, host of saturday night live. in 2010, comedian ron butler released youtube pastiche of song in character president obama which, of may 2012, had garnered more 1,750,000 total views.


pastiche examples include animaniacs version, model of cartoon individual , in episode h.m.s. yakko ; doctor audio model of gallifreyan buccaneer in doctor , pirates; studio 60 on sunset strip version in episode cold open (2006), cast performs ll model of modern network tv show ; , mass effect 2 video game version, character mordin solus sings: model of scientist salarian .


the song used in film , on television, unchanged in many instances, character s audition piece, or seen in school play scene. examples include veggietales episode entitled wonderful world of auto-tainment! ; frasier episode fathers , sons ; simpsons episode deep space homer ; , mad episode moody blues , paul directs charity production of penzance starring father, burt, major-general. in muppet show (season 3, episode 4) guest host, comedian gilda radner, sings song 7-foot-tall (2.1 m) talking carrot (parodying pilot/pirate confusion in pirates, radner had requested 6-foot-tall (1.8 m) talking parrot, misheard). in episode of home improvement, al borland begins sing song when tricked thinking in soundproof booth. in babylon 5 episode atonement , marcus cole uses song drive dr stephen franklin crazy on long journey mars.


examples of use of song in advertising include martyn green s pastiche of song listing of varieties of campbell s soup , 2011 geico commercial in couple wants save money, still listen musicals, finds roommate, dressed major-general, awkwardly begins song while dancing on coffee table. gimbels department store had campaign sung tune of major-general s song began, model of modern big department store. george washington, in number right hand man 2015 musical hamilton lin-manuel miranda, refers himself irony model of modern major general , rhymes men , pedestal . miranda commented: felt ‘mineral’ wasn’t best possible rhyme.








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