Parodies or pastiches of the song in television programs have included the computer-animated series "ReBoot", which ended its third season with a recap of the entire season, set to the song's tune. In 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". In the "Doctor Who" Big Finish Productions audio, "Doctor Who and the Pirates", the Doctor sings, "I am the very model of a Gallifreyan buccaneer" (and 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 2007 "Scrubs" episode "My Musical", Dr. Cox sings a patter song in the style of the Major-General's song about why he hates J.D.