RIP Tom Lehrer. It doesn’t get funnier than this

An act of genius... and the allegiance/ expedience and hypocritical /apolitical rhymes are delicious

sad that Tom passed away, but he was 97.. but my soul has soared with the surprising number of references on this site X.. amazed anyone here even knows who he was. maybe there is hope

Flanders and Swann might say otherwise, but Lehrer undoubtedly was a genius.

Sad, he lived a long and productive life, may he rest in peace. My favourite song of his is Who’s Next!

The man was a genius. I loved Poisoning Pigeons in the Park

That wee bit of ‘O Du Lieber Augustin’ at 0:24 👌

Every time I see Elon Musk I think of this song.

Boy do we need Tom Lehrer now!

@MattiFriedman “National Brotherhood Week” seems more apposite somehow.

Thanks for sharing

What a great artist! Clever words, witty observations and a catchy tune as well. Few people write either words or music as well as this man wrote both.

@StevenErlanger There are better Tom Lehrer songs.

Oof, I'd never heard that one previously. Savagely funny.

❤️

think Bremner Bird Fortune and Pete and Dud

When you visit American city....

@EricIdle Oh man, I’d known his voice for YEARS, just never had a name to put to it!