Tom Lehrer Quotes


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.


Citations

Murray, Noel. "Tom Lehrer." The A.V. Club, 24 May 2000.

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Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer
  • Born: April 9, 1928
  • Died: December 6, 1951
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Singer-songwriter, Satirist, Mathematician

Thomas Andrew Lehrer is a retired American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician, having lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy and humorous songs that he recorded in the 1950s and 1960s. His songs often parodied popular musical forms, though he usually created original melodies when doing so. A notable exception is "The Elements", in which he set the names of the chemical elements to the tune of the "Major-General's Song" from Gilbert and Sullivan's Pirates of Penzance.