The Pirates of Penzance

The Pirates of Penzance, or The Slave of Duty, was a comic operetta written and composed by Gilbert and Sullivan in the 19th century. 
In 2254, Una Chin-Riley sang part of "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General" from The Pirates of Penzance when she was stuck in a turbolift with Spock. ()
In 2368, Dr. Beverly Crusher intended to mount a production of Pirates on board the . She hoped that Lt. Commander Geordi La Forge would play the role of Major-General. Although La Forge was reluctant, Crusher convinced him to attempt the Major-General's signature song, "I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General". Impressed with his performance, she cast him in the role of the general over his objections. Any further efforts were interrupted by the collision of the Enterprise with a quantum filament. ()
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