Parodies, Appearances in Other Media, Etc.
- The song was parodied by a Radio Free Vestibule sketch in which a voiced-over commentary takes the lyrics completely literally.
- The song appeared in the film Zoolander as covered by The Wallflowers.
- The song is featured heavily in the ending of the film Penn & Teller Get Killed, which features the two magicians playing a succession of increasingly elaborate practical jokes on each other with a fatal conclusion.
- The song was recited in The Fighter, when Dickie Eklund (Christian Bale) sings it in an attempt to console his mother Alice (Melissa Leo) following an attempt by him to hide his crack addiction.
- The song appeared in a one of the sketches in MTV's The State comedy television show.
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