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posted 06 June 2020 06:04 PM
Just discovered him on PBS look him up. Twas a 1967 special concert. What fun!


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posted 06 June 2020 06:27 PMHide Post
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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posted 06 June 2020 06:32 PMHide Post
He's great. I discovered him when I was in college in the 70s.

He's still around, age 92.


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posted 06 June 2020 07:08 PMHide Post
Been reading about him. Not only musically talented...smart!


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posted 06 June 2020 07:38 PMHide Post
Math professor at Harvard, if I recall.


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posted 06 June 2020 07:56 PMHide Post
From a couple of years ago when he turned 90.

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-03922-x


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posted 06 June 2020 08:25 PMHide Post
Been listening to him since the 70s ...
 
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posted 06 June 2020 09:23 PMHide Post
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Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
Been listening to him since the 70s ...


1950s here...Grew up listening to my dad’s copy of his first album.
 
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posted 06 June 2020 09:53 PMHide Post
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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posted 06 June 2020 10:18 PMHide Post
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Originally posted by Doug:
quote:
Originally posted by Piano*Dad:
Been listening to him since the 70s ...


1950s here...Grew up listening to my dad’s copy of his first album.
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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posted 07 June 2020 12:15 PMHide Post
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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posted 09 June 2020 12:43 AMHide Post
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Originally posted by pianojuggler:
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".


A friend likes to say he's a culinary Jew. Big Grin

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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posted 09 June 2020 12:46 AMHide Post
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Originally posted by pianojuggler:
Math professor at Harvard, if I recall.


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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posted 09 June 2020 01:32 AMHide Post
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! Big Grin


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posted 09 June 2020 01:51 AMHide Post
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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