Only found out about him as Bill Bryson had Poisoning Pigeons In The Park as one of his Desert Island Discs. That's a good innings he had. 🙂
Ah that's a shame, my Dad is (was?) a big fan, and I enjoyed hearing his songs in the house when I was growing up.
A genius. I'll play the Vatican Rag tonight.
The New York Times reviewed him with "Mr lehrer's muse is not fettered by such inhibiting factors as taste"
Masochism Tango for the Sandwich family tonight. The information on his 60 year joke in NSA papers is also worth seeking out along with his sample authorisation letter to 2 Chainz (not quoted here due to some strong language in the rap idiom).
To be honest, I haven’t heard anything of his for years, I hadn’t realised he was still alive, well, obviously he isn’t now…
I’ll have to check his stuff out, Poisoning Pigeons In The Park is a certified classic!
In a funny sort of way he reminds me of a very early predecessor of Half Man Half Biscuit.
Except for the ones we take home to experiment...
We had a bit of a Tom Lehrer fan club at school, that would be 50 years ago. Eeeeek!
He had a good innings and brought smiles and laughs to so many. Also taught a few people maths apparently.