Tom Lehrer, the Harvard-trained mathematician whose wickedly iconoclastic songs made him a favorite satirist in the 1950s and '60s on college campuses and in all the Greenwich Villages of the country, died on Saturday at his home in Cambridge, Mass. He was 97.
My last living musical hero is still my hero but unfortunately no longer living. RIP to the great, great Mr. Tom Lehrer.
-- Al Yankovic (@alyankovic.bsky.social) Jul 27, 2025 at 1:33 PM
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Tom Lehrer gave away his songs, relinquishing all copyrights, claims, anything (tomlehrersongs.com).
I've been listening to Tom Lehrer's recordings since his first album was a sort of underground sensation - a very savvy older sister-in-law involved in the entertainment industry on both coasts loved playing those wickedly subversive songs so much - and over the years I came to "get" the songs. Thanks, Professor, you done good.
I cheered at the banderilleros' display
As they stuck the bull in their own clever way
For I hadn't had so much fun since the day
My brother's dog Rover
Got run over
(Spoken)
Rover was killed by a Pontiac. And it was done with such grace and artistry that the witnesses awarded the driver both ears and the tail " but I digress...
Jello shot
en.wikipedia.org
... Modern jello shots originated in the 1950s when Jell-O was at the height of its popularity in the United States.
Multiple sources[1][2] attribute the creation of the modern jello shot to American satirist and musician Tom Lehrer, who claimed to have invented the jello shot as a way to circumvent a ban on alcohol at a navy base he was stationed at.
According to Lehrer, he and a friend were barred from bringing alcoholic beverages to a Christmas party at a naval base, and so the two mixed orange Jell-O with vodka in cups so that the mixture could be smuggled into the party.[9][10] Comedian Luke Ski later wrote a song celebrating Lehrer's creation of the shot.[9] ...
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