Anyone remember Tom Lehrer? by Niki2

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Anyone remember Tom Lehrer?

POSTED BY: NIKI2
UPDATED: Saturday, January 23, 2010 17:50
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Friday, December 18, 2009 9:58 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

One of my favorite comedians in the sixties...someone posted his "Pollution", so got me started. Some of those I remember best from the sixties:

My absolutely 2 favorites:

and a few others, for your morning giggle:

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Friday, December 18, 2009 10:17 AM

NEWOLDBROWNCOAT

OMG, I let the genie out of the bottle... Sorry,folks...

( just, kiddin', Niki, OK?)

Most of his stuff is available on YouTube, including the stuff from The Electric Company, and my current favorite,
Sociology
Sorry, too much trouble to provide the link, but you can find it if you try.

I had all 3 of his records on RTR tape for a very long time...

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Friday, December 18, 2009 10:54 AM

KAREL

Flying on duct tape and a damaged registry.

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh yeah, do I remember Tom Lehrer. Though he is generation and a half ahead of me, I was raised on his stuff.

"So long Mom, I'm off to drop the bomb..."

*****

When asked by an Australian newspaper about his silence since the 1960s and his legacy now, he commented that his particular brand of political satire is more difficult in the modern world.

"The real issues I don't think most people touch. The Clinton jokes are all about Monica Lewinsky and all that stuff and not about the important things, like the fact that he wouldn't ban landmines.

"I'm not tempted to write a song about George W. Bush. I couldn't figure out what sort of song I would write. That's the problem: I don't want to satirise George Bush and his puppeteers, I want to vaporise them." ~ Tom Lehrer.

*****

Whoa.

(Source: Wikipedia, so not much research on my part.)

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Friday, December 18, 2009 10:54 AM

JONGSSTRAW

I remember he had a show in the 60's called That Was The Week That Was....sort of a forerunner to everything that came after like HBO's Not Necessarily The News, and Mark Russell. He was very popular back then.

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Friday, December 18, 2009 12:36 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

Thank you for bringing this up. More people need to be exposed to Lehrer's stuff.

I love "Vatican Rag" and "Poisoning Pigeons In The Park" the best, at least of what I've heard of his stuff.

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Friday, December 18, 2009 1:28 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Wasn't it David Frost who did TW3? I can't remember that well, but I'm pretty sure Lehrer might have been ON it...but I'm sure Frost was the host. How I miss that show, and yes, it was the forerunner of MANY things!

And thank you, Karel. It's great to hear how he felt about stuff, and tho' I miss him, I can sure understand!!!

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Friday, December 18, 2009 1:44 PM

NAVYSEILS

I love Tom Lehrer.

I'm not nearly old enough to remember him from when he was actively making or performing his music, but I was introduced to his work via the elements song which my chemistry teacher played for the class one day. I've been a fan ever since.

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Sunday, December 20, 2009 3:17 PM

FLORALBUNNY

He's a genius.
One of my all-time faves.
Thanks for videos!

bun

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Sunday, December 20, 2009 9:18 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

You're more than welcome...and believe me, it's my pleasure! I posted a couple on the website I run, with the result that someone else answered my question above. Lehrer WROTE for TW3, that's the connection, and I didn't remember that at all. Ahhh, memory...what a fading thing it is!

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Thursday, January 21, 2010 5:58 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

funny stuff.

The T.Rex they call JANE!

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Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:28 PM

THATWEIRDGIRL

Is it National Brotherhood week yet?

---
Sometimes I lie awake at night, and I ask, "Where have I gone wrong?" Then a voice says to me, "This is going to take more than one night."
-- Charlie Brown
www.thatcostumegirl.com
www.thatweirdgirl.com

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Saturday, January 23, 2010 5:50 PM

FLORALBUNNY

Wikipedia says it was usually third week of February from 1940s to 1980s. I have only the vaguest memory of it.
See also Stan Freberg: Take an Indian to Lunch This Week

bun
these videos are like time capsules!

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