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Just discovered him on PBS look him up. Twas a 1967 special concert. What fun!
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I grew up listening to Professor Tom. In fact my wife and I have been singing lines from Lobachevsky at each other the last few days. One of my favorite lines from a short autobiography was "my parents were Gastronomic Jews -- they worshiped at the deli".
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He's great. I discovered him when I was in college in the 70s. He's still around, age 92.
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| Minor Deity |
Been reading about him. Not only musically talented...smart!
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Math professor at Harvard, if I recall.
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From a couple of years ago when he turned 90. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03922-x
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Been listening to him since the 70s ... | |||
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1950s here...Grew up listening to my dad’s copy of his first album. | |||
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I remember the New Math and the Bomb songs from age 7 or 8. My friend’s dad had the LP.
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Wouldn't that have been a wax cylinder? 1960s here. We all sang The Elements together when I was a kid.
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1960s here. I discovered him when I was a college student. I have a copy of Too Many Songs by Tom Lehrer sitting on my piano right now. Big Al
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana  |
A friend likes to say he's a culinary Jew.  Only just discovered Tom Lehrer? Heavens! We grew up listening to the album "That was the week that was." My brother and I had all the lyrics memorized. We were not allowed to play the album when my parents' Catholic friends were visiting lest they overhear "The Vatican Rag"
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| czarina Has Achieved Nirvana |
I thought it was MIT. He was told he could remain on the faculty or he could be an entertainer. Not both.
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My kids are well acquainted with his "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park" as part of the Dr. Demento CD that was our soundtrack for family vacations!
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| Foregoing Practicing to Post Minor Deity  |
Heard ABOUT him for years but haven’t listened much. I do know Vatican Rag. I must explore. Only caught a few ending minutes of the PBS thing. He really can play the piano!
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