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* [[That Mitchell and Webb Look]] mentioned a the existance of a secret Snooker-based parody of "Lady in Red" in one sketch about two Snooker tournament radio commentators. In a follow-up sketch later in the episode, the two commentators actually sing a portion of the song, "Table of Reds", [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|in dedication to a manic-depressive Snooker player whom the commentators had both saved from committing suicide at one time or another.]] See the full sketch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sH-rgwORW8 here].
* [[That Mitchell and Webb Look]] mentioned a the existance of a secret Snooker-based parody of "Lady in Red" in one sketch about two Snooker tournament radio commentators. In a follow-up sketch later in the episode, the two commentators actually sing a portion of the song, "Table of Reds", [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|in dedication to a manic-depressive Snooker player whom the commentators had both saved from committing suicide at one time or another.]] See the full sketch [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1sH-rgwORW8 here].
* The first season [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Scrubs]]'' gives us this [[Lyrical Dissonance|cheerfully morbid]] parody of ''The Twelve Days of Christmas'', which plays over a montage of Turk's spirit breaking over the course of a terrible Christmas Eve spent on-call:
* The first season [[Christmas Episode]] of ''[[Scrubs]]'' gives us this [[Lyrical Dissonance|cheerfully morbid]] parody of ''The Twelve Days of Christmas'', which plays over a montage of Turk's spirit breaking over the course of a terrible Christmas Eve spent on-call:
{{quote| On the first day of Christmas<br />
{{quote|On the first day of Christmas
My true love gave to me<br />
My true love gave to me
A drunk who drove into a tree<br />
A drunk who drove into a tree
On the second day of Christmas<br />
On the second day of Christmas
My true love gave to me<br />
My true love gave to me
Two shattered skulls<br />
Two shattered skulls
And a drunk who drove into a tree.... <br />
And a drunk who drove into a tree....

<br />

Twelve beaten children<br />
Twelve beaten children
Eleven drive-by shootings<br />
Eleven drive-by shootings
Ten frozen homeless<br />
Ten frozen homeless
Nine amputations<br />
Nine amputations
Eight burn victims<br />
Eight burn victims
Seven strangled shoppers<br />
Seven strangled shoppers
Six random knifings<br />
Six random knifings
Five suicides<br />
Five suicides
Four beaten wives<br />
Four beaten wives
Three O.D.'s<br />
Three O.D.'s
Two shattered skulls<br />
Two shattered skulls
And a drunk who drove into a tree! }}
And a drunk who drove into a tree! }}