Reason Nine Thousand Three Hundred Twenty Seven to Love Youtube!

If you are from a certain time and place and cultural background (read: "mine"), Tom Lehrer looms large in your childhood memories.  I've just happened across some outstanding videos of Lehrer performing his big hits before an audience in Norway (?!) in 1967.  Here are a couple of favorites.  You'll see links to the others on the youtube pages.  Enjoy.

Comments

[Jack]

Eric,

I think TL is fantastic. Indeed, I read an on-line interview with him where he said he was not hiding from fans, and was listed in the Cambridge phone book. So I sent him a piece of paper with a few lines of National Brotherhood Week to be autographed. (Indeed, although I only sent him one sheet, he made a copy of it and autographed both, explaining that he wasn't sure whether I wanted it personalized, so he did it both ways).

However, I wonder if you've seen this essay suggesting that he is a closet conservative:
http://www.casualhacker.net/tom.lehrer/jmazner/lehrhtml.html

Jack

[Doug B.]

Thanks for these great videos. Among the amazing aspects of TL is how well these songs hold up 40+ years later.