Tom Lehrer
Tom Lehrer
Thomas Andrew "Tom" Lehreris an American singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician. He has lectured on mathematics and musical theater. He is best known for the pithy, humorous songs he recorded in the 1950s and '60s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionSongwriter
Date of Birth9 April 1928
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
advertising wondrous
Hark, the Herald Tribune sings, Advertising wondrous things!
hippie air water
Don't drink the water and don't breathe the air!
bombs politics shepherds
The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb.
humorous profound insane
Disclaimer: If anyone disagrees with anything I say, I am quite prepared to not only retract it, but also to deny under oath I ever said it.
two eight three
From the three, you then use one to make eight ones. You add those ones to the three, and you get one-three base eight, or, in other words, In base ten you have eleven, and you take away seven. And seven from eleven is four. Now go back to the sixty-fours, you're left with two.
maturity trying bypass
I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.
sex mind filth
Filth, I'm glad to say, is in the mind of the beholder. When correctly viewed, everything is lewd.
offensive satirical cant
You cant be satirical and not be offensive to somebody.
mom long waiting
So long, Mom I'm off to drop the bomb So don't wait up for me But while you swelter Down there in your shelter You can see me On your TV
nice moral manners
Don't solicit for your sister, it's not nice. Unless you get a good percentage of her price.
wall writing naughty
Don't write naughty words on the wall if you can't spell!
funny military army
The Army has carried the American ... ideal to its logical conclusion. Not only do they prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, creed and color, but also on ability.
commitment squares two
If I can't get people to commit themselves on whether or not there is a square root of two, then I won't touch on God or anything here
interesting people flattery
I have always found it interesting... that there are people who regard copyright infringement as a form of flattery.