The rhyme is mentioned in several films and TV episodes about spelling bees, including "A Boy Named Charlie Brown", "The Simpsons" episode "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can", The Pen Is Mightier Than the Pencil episode of "The Odd Couple (1970 TV series)", and an episode of "Arthur"; and also in the musical "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer", when Huckleberry Finn is being taught how to read. The rhyme was used as a climactic plot device in the 1990 "TaleSpin" episode "Vowel Play" when Kit corrects Baloo's spelling by reciting the second half ("or when sounding like A, as in neighbour or weigh") of the mnemonic.