Tom Lehrer RIP

Magenta8

He had a special brand of black humour. I remember laughing out loud at "Poisoning the Pigeons in the Park" and then thinking I shouldn't have.

Oh, looking at our garden I often remember that song and at 5am this morning I was tempted 😁

I played one of his songs on YouTube a couple of weeks ago.

'Poisoning Pigeons in the Park'
Not as it sounds, it was written when Brooklyn Council (I think) proposed doing just that!

RIP Tom Lehrer, Genius.
You will be missed but not forgotten.

Gogo84

I too had a recording of his songs. So clever and irreverent. Many favourites but the one which springs to mind " I hold your hand in mine dear, I press it to my lips, I take a healthy bite from your dainty fingertips.......until they come to get me I'll hold your hand in mine" Really! Gruesome but all the verses funny.

Tbh I think some of his stuff was somewhat stomach churning.
That song goes on, ‘I don’t know why I do it, or why you had to die, as every time I do it I get bloodstains on my tie’.
I prefer the Alan Sherman songs, remember Camp Granada?

Iam64

He was so funny and clever. We lack the like of him now

He belonged to the American Elite if Satirists like Mort Sahl.

Hugely intelligent.

Great loss

I just love the. Vatican Rag ...

I too had a recording of his songs. So clever and irreverent. Many favourites but the one which springs to mind " I hold your hand in mine dear, I press it to my lips, I take a healthy bite from your dainty fingertips.......until they come to get me I'll hold your hand in mine" Really! Gruesome but all the verses funny.

I honestly cannot remember him at all. I don't know why, I just had a listen on Youtube and it rings no bells at all.

Two legends from my childhood gone in one week. RIP tom and Cleo.

I loved him, so clever and so funny. He was the sound track of my youth, along with Joan Baez.

He had a special brand of black humour. I remember laughing out loud at "Poisoning the Pigeons in the Park" and then thinking I shouldn't have.

He was viciously funny with a laser wit that cut to the core.

He was so funny and clever. We lack the like of him now

He graduated from Harvard aged only 19 - not many people manage that feat

Back in the Dark Ages, my elder sister had an LP of his hilarious songs. What possibly tickled me even more, though, was what was printed on the back of the sleeve: ‘To clean record, use a fairly dry Martini.’ 😂

Yes he was amusing. He was 97 I believe, RIP.

How we adored him in the 60s! Clever. unassuming. Very funny. Much American entertainment tended to be low quality, but he was very different.

He was so clever and very funny.
Songs like Pollution are still very relevant toda, unfortunately.

The Vatican Rag springs to mind. 😂

RIP. A truly great satirical.