Another one gone, Tom Lehrer passed away
Jstas
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Dude was 97 but still, hope he's Poisoning Pigeons in The Park in heaven.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/07/27/tom-lehrer-dead-singer-satirist/85397729007/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR9Qm7IXpU8
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2025/07/27/tom-lehrer-dead-singer-satirist/85397729007/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR9Qm7IXpU8 Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
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Had to pull out and play my 1953 10-inch LP version of this in homage. RIPThe arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice.—Martin Luther King Jr. -
Dang.
He had a long life... and put most if not all of his recorded output in the public domain (or at least made it available gratis from his website) a few years ago.
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so, so much of his oeuvre is so "politically incorrect", I felt the need to ferret out an uncontroversial song of his. This is a truly weird mash-up version, but it'll do (and YT is b!tc#ing at me about ad blockers today, so I don't feel like exploring there too much more).
https://youtu.be/3DyZQzqmFVM?si=OLYH1UvQFeoGuRQ8&t=22 -
Yes, the guys who voiced Yakko, Wakko and Dot on WB's Animaniacs listed Tom Lehrer as an inspiration and specifically "The Elements" as the inspiration for this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x88Z5txBc7w
and this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx6c_EefZAQ
and here's "The Elements" without Harry Potter blabbering and butchering it over the original recording
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2cfju6GTNs Expert Moron Extraordinaire
You're just jealous 'cause the voices don't talk to you!
