<P> Parodies or pastiches of the song have been sung in a number of television programs . For example, the computer - animated series ReBoot ended its third season (Episode 39: "End Prog") with a recap of the entire season, set to the song's tune . The Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip episode "The Cold Open" (2006), the cast of Studio 60 opens with a parody: "We'll be the very model of a modern network TV show; we hope that you don't mind that our producer was caught doing blow". In Doctor Who and the Pirates, the Doctor (played by Colin Baker) sings, "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer". Other songs, from Pirates, Pinafore and Ruddigore, are parodied . When he hosted Saturday Night Live, David Hyde Pierce's monologue was a parody of the song . In the Animaniacs short "H.M.S. Yakko", Yakko sings "I am the Very Model of a Cartoon Individual". In a 2011 GEICO commercial, a couple that wants to save money, but still listen to musicals, finds a roommate, dressed as the Major General, who awkwardly begins the song while dancing on a coffee table . </P> <P> The song has been widely parodied and pastiched, including by Tom Lehrer's "Elements Song", "The Unix Sysadmin Song", written for the book The Unix Companion by Harley Hahn, which replaces the military references with Unix trivia and one featured in comic No. 1052 on the webcomic xkcd in 2012 . This comic then became the subject of numerous musical adaptations . "The Elements" inspired the "Boy Scout Merit Badge Song", listing all the merit badges that can be earned from the Boy Scouts of America In the video games Mass Effect 2 and Mass Effect 3, the character Dr. Mordin Solus sings a short pastiche version ("I am the very model of a scientist Salarian"). In the 2013 animated video documentary Bronies: The Extremely Unexpected Adult Fans of My Little Pony, John de Lancie and Tara Strong speak a pastiche titled "Let's Go and Meet the Bronies", which separately received over 1.8 million views on YouTube . </P> <P> On the last night of The Proms in 2000, the outgoing conductor, Sir Andrew Davis, sang a pastiche of the song celebrating the festival . When Derek Pattinson retired as Secretary - General of the General Synod of the Church of England in 1990, a choir sang a variation on the Major - General's Song, with the line "He was the very model of a Secretary - General", in a meeting of the General Synod . In 2010, a parody version of the song was posted as an op - ed piece in the Richmond Times - Dispatch mocking actions of the Attorney General of Virginia, Ken Cuccinelli . In 2010, Ron Butler released a YouTube video pastiche of the song, in character as President Obama, that received more than 1.8 million views . Florida gubernatorial candidate Michael E. Arth released a YouTube video in 2010 of him singing "I am the Very Model of a Pragmatic Humanitarian" while using placards as Bob Dylan did in Dont Look Back . A 2015 YouTube parody satirizing county clerk Kim Davis called "The Modern Fundamentalist" was distributed by media outlets . </P> <P> The character George Washington, in the song "Right Hand Man" from the 2015 musical Hamilton by Lin - Manuel Miranda, refers to himself with irony as "The model of a modern major general", which he rhymes with "men are all" and "pedestal". Miranda commented: "I always felt like' mineral' wasn't the best possible rhyme ." </P>

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