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Parodies or pastiches of the song have been sung in a number of television programs.

Parodies of television and radio formats were common (' Fat Man On A Bicycle ', and so on ).

Parodies of the commercials appeared on television shows and on video sites such as YouTube, while media outlets and blogs attempted to unmask the identity of the actor.

Parodies were done on shows such as Saturday Night Live, MadTV, and Mystery Science Theater 3000 ( which was produced in Minneapolis ).

Parodies of USA Today have appeared in various films and TV shows over the years, such as:

Parodies, such as " I Spayed My Pets " ( using a ♠) or " I Club Seals " ( using a ♣), have also appeared.

* Parodies of comic strips, primarily drawn by Ryan Dunlavey, usually placing toy or other pop culture characters in the roles of an established comic strip, such as " Cringerfield ", which placed the feline character Cringer from the Masters of the Universe mythos into a setting similar to that of the comic strip character Garfield ( with He-Man in the role of Jon Arbuckle ).

Parodies, such as the Chinese robot Xianxingzhe ridiculed by a Japanese website, were marked as kuso.

Parodies of the movement quickly arose, as well: in Switzerland in 1350 a description survives of a group singing Geisslerlieder fitted with new words, as a bawdy drinking song ; whether the drinkers flogged themselves is not known.

Parodies of Popeil's infomercials were done on the comedy show Saturday Night Live by Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy and the " Veg-O-Matic " may have provided comedian Gallagher inspiration for the " Sledge-O-Matic " routine since the 1980s.

Parodies of innovative defenses are sometimes seen in entertainment, for example the Chewbacca Defense.

A discussion category on Yahoo !, " Entertainment > Humor, Jokes, and Fun > Parody > Usenet Parodies > MiSTings " ( no longer active in 2007 ), was created for discussions there.

For almost two decades following the song's release on the album Mack Daddy, it has continued to appear in many movies, shows, music videos, and even commercials, see Covers and Parodies for more information.

Parodies the elephantine sports utility vehicles that were commonplace on American roads in the 2000s ( decade ), there is also an advertisement in the GTA 3 handbook for the Maibatsu Monstrosity showing a larger Landstalker.

* Parodies by Peter Schickele:

Parodies of the ideal woman are often selfish and become involved with the male lead because of their own selfish desires which are not ( initially ) shared by their mate.

" Phone Taps " ( prank calls to an unsuspecting friend or relative of a listener ), stunts performed by Greg T, Song Parodies, various contests, news and traffic reports.

Parodies early-era sci-fi radio serials, by having a large starting and ending narration, with the ' actual ' episode consisting of a single audio clip of a goat, roughly a second long.

Parodies of 1941 have cropped up in a number of unusual ways, including one by Spielberg himself.

Parodies, by definition, contain rewritten lyrics to a well-known song ; this is usually, but not always, meant to be humorous.

Parodies of Wagner range from Souvenirs de Bayreuth by Fauré and Messager ( sending up music from the Ring cycle by turning the themes into dance rhythm ) to Anna Russell's Introduction to the Ring, which parodies the words and music of the cycle by presenting their supposed absurdities in a mock-academic lecture format.

The group began releasing music videos in 2010, starting with the oil-spill satire BP is Creepy, followed by the Lady Gaga parody Bedroom Ants, the TSA-mocking Rocky-Horror parody Touch-A Touch Me, TSA Security, follow by Twisted Christmas Parodies, Things You Shouldn't Say, and I Must Watch YouTube.

Parodies are a staple of their performances, and their parodies ( well-known songs set to different words ) often have Barbershop " in-jokes " where they poke fun at other quartets and singers ( by name!

While in New York, Phoebe published two volumes of exclusively her own poetry: Poems and Parodies and Poems of Faith, Hope, and Love.

* Skarda, Patricia, ( 1986 ) " Gothic Parodies " in Jack Sullivan ed.

Parodies of Japanese became popular when a Japanese acrobat troupe toured the U. S. beginning in 1865.

He is also helping to take down the " Downfall Parodies " internet meme off of YouTube alongside Abraham Foxman and Martin Moskowicz through the use of DMCAs.

* Selected Poems and Parodies, Harcourt, 1935.

Parodies of disaster films ( That's Armageddon ), blaxplotation ( Cleopatra Schwartz ) and softcore porn / women-in-prison films ( Catholic High School Girls in Trouble ) are presented as " Coming Attraction " trailers.

His three main volumes of poetry, Balade vesele şi triste (" Ballads, Merry and Sad "), Parodii originale (" Original Parodies ") and Migdale amare (" Bitter Almonds "), are a compelling mixture of humor and delicate lyricism.

BrockTV provides all facets of student-made content from News Briefs and Guest Lectures, to Varsity Highlights, Musician Interviews and Entertainment Parodies.

Parodies the aggressive, somewhat overboard use of the instruments in the 80's.

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* Ignes Fatui-A Book of Parodies ( Oxford: B. H.

Her wonderful " Fragment in Imitation of Wordsworth " appears in the recent Oxford Book of Parodies ( ed John Gross ).

* 1972 – George Stroumboulopoulos, Canadian television and radio host

* Baton Broadcast System, a system of Canadian television stations

* Linwood Boomer, Canadian television producer

For example, the Canadian province of Quebec, which is French-speaking, has its own system of French-speaking television, movie and music celebrities.

As the anniversary of Confederation, Dominion Day, and later Canada Day, was the date set for a number of important events, such as the first national radio network hookup by the Canadian National Railway ( 1927 ), the inauguration of the CBC's cross-country television broadcast ( 1958 ), the flooding of the Saint Lawrence Seaway ( 1958 ), the first colour television transmission in Canada ( 1966 ), the inauguration of the Order of Canada ( 1967 ), and the establishment of " O Canada " as the country's national anthem ( 1980 ).

The CRTC argues that allowing free trade in television stations would overwhelm the smaller Canadian market, preventing it from upholding its responsibility to foster a national conversation.

The CRTC's simultaneous substitution rules require that when a Canadian network licences a television show from a US network and shows it in the same time slot, upon request by the Canadian broadcaster, Canadian broadcast distributors must replace the show on the US channel with the broadcast of the Canadian channel, along with any overlays and commercials.

Initially, the systems brought American stations to viewers in Canada who had no Canadian stations to watch ; broadcast television, though begun late in 1952 in Toronto and Montreal, did not reach a majority of cities until 1954.

In time, cable television was widely established to carry available Canadian stations as well as import American stations, which constituted the vast majority of signals on systems ( usually only one or two Canadian stations, while some systems had duplicate or even triplicate coverage of American networks ).

Lil ' Suzy released several 12-inch singles and performed live on the Canadian live dance music television program Electric Circus.

* G4 Canada, a Canadian television channel devoted to technology-related programming

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Game shows have had an inconsistent place in Canadian television, with most homegrown game shows there being made for the French-speaking Quebecois market and the majority of English-language game shows in the country being rebroadcast from, or made with the express intent of export to, the United States ; there have been exceptions to this ( see, for instance, the long-running Definition ).

Unlike reality television franchises, international game show franchises generally only see Canadian adaptations in a series of specials, based heavily on the American versions but usually with a Canadian host to allow for Canadian content credits.

Two rural-style comedians, already well known in their native Canada, gained their first major U. S. exposure — Gordie Tapp and Don Harron ( whose KORN Radio character, newscaster Charlie Farquharson, had been a fixture of Canadian television since 1952 and later appeared on The Red Green Show ).

In the popular Canadian television program Degrassi, character Eli Goldsworthy, a ' death obsessed ' 16 year old, drives a 1960's era vintage hearse, affectionately nicknamed Morty.

* Intelligence ( TV series ), a Canadian television show running on CBC Television

Category: Canadian television actors