Beautiful, man. This was radical for 1967 – I saw from the You Tube notes that the reference to Mrs. Wallace and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali for you younguns) was originally Lena Horne, the first black movie star, and Sheriff Jim Clark of the Selma, Alabama infamy.
btw, Lehrer was originally a Harvard-trained mathematician yet he never felt the need to spout of about this at every turn.
DrugMonkey 
January 7, 2010 at 7:09 pm
Oh how I miss the Midnight Special.
Anyway, I’m glad you posted that. I take back everything mean I ever said about bikemonkey…. during this week.
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January 7, 2010 at 7:22 pm
Thanks Becca. Well, I have no choice but forgive CPP for being so mean to me.
Anne
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January 7, 2010 at 10:35 pm
In honor of your discussions at:
http://scienceblogs.com/whitecoatunderground/2010/01/why_im_disappointed_with_garri.php
Garrison Keillor recently appropriated Tom Lehrer’s deeply spiritual Hanukkah in Santa Monica for one of his holiday shows.:
http://prairiehome.publicradio.org/programs/2009/12/12/
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January 8, 2010 at 4:00 pm
You’re so awesome for posting this. Made my day!
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January 10, 2010 at 9:48 am
Beautiful, man. This was radical for 1967 – I saw from the You Tube notes that the reference to Mrs. Wallace and Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali for you younguns) was originally Lena Horne, the first black movie star, and Sheriff Jim Clark of the Selma, Alabama infamy.
btw, Lehrer was originally a Harvard-trained mathematician yet he never felt the need to spout of about this at every turn.
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January 11, 2010 at 5:36 pm
thanks, that was fun and distracting!
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January 11, 2010 at 6:08 pm
Funny Abel, I always thought he was a Prof at Harvard but wikipedia seems to suggest he was a lecturer around the Boston Unis but not a prof.
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