<P> Since Donegan's version was released, it has appeared as a Smarties jingle, a performance on The Muppet Show, and re-worked into Czech by Jiří Grossmann . Additional versions of the song were recorded by The Irish Rovers and Homer & Jethro . In Ken Kesey's novel One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, the character Randle Patrick McMurphy also sings a few lines of this song to prove that Chief Bromden is not deaf by making him laugh at the performance . In 2010, Donegan's version was used as the background song for a satellite TV advertisement for Savlon antiseptic cream . It has also been recorded by Eric Nagler (on his 1982 children's album Fiddle Up a Tune); Ray Stevens covers the song as part of his 9 - CD, 108 song box set The Encyclopedia of Recorded Comedy Music (2012). </P> <P> "Does Your Chewing Gum ..." has been a popular song on the Dr. Demento Show, appearing 54 times between the show's premiere and 2006 and selected for the Dr. Demento 20th Anniversary Collection double CD . </P> <P> It was referenced on Talkin' ' Bout Your Generation . It was alluded to in the lyrics of "Ahab the Arab" by Ray Stevens, and the Buchanan and Goodman 1961 novelty number "Berlin Top Ten". </P> <P> It has made an appearances on children's television shows, such as Sharon, Lois, & Bram's Elephant Show, Kidsongs and Barney & Friends . The song "Does The Spearmint ..." appears in one episode of HBO's series Boardwalk Empire . </P>

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