Since 1989, NBC has aired a series of public service announcements called “The More You Know.”
They’ve also been easily ridiculed, notably by several popular NBC shows, including The Office, Will & Grace, Late Night with Conan O’Brien, Saturday Night Live, and Scrubs.
In Season 5, Episode 21, “My Fallen Idol,” JD talks about Munchausen Syndrome (by proxy), which is where a parent will smother their child to gain attention for themselves.
What follows is a fantasy sequence wherein JD imagines himself as a television personality giving a message about the dangers of smothering their kid in the style of these famous PSAs.