Tom G. Hughes
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#SpoutibleClassics
#SoloPerformances

Tom Lester survives!

"But my friend Sam stayed just the same."

I just love the way he sang that.
Tom Lehrer - "Silent E" - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/embed/91BQqdNOUxs

11:12 AM - Aug 01, 2023
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Once again, insufficient reading glasses plus lack of extra editing options results in an egregious typo.

And once again, the auto text mixing up Tom Lester and Tom Lehrer (still with us at age 95) has its own weird brilliance.
11:32 AM - Aug 01, 2023
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Dee Yo
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OMG…”New Math”, “The Vatican Rag”, “So long Mom, I’m Off to Drop the Bomb”…he was our favorite, I’m so happy to hear he’s still alive!! Is he still writing and singing?
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11:37 AM - Aug 01, 2023
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Bruno+Auggie’s Dad
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Taught math at USSC until the very early 00s. Lived a very complete life: music and musical theater, academia, national intelligence, and inventor (Jello shots!)
02:18 PM - Aug 01, 2023
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Tom G. Hughes
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Tom Lehrer pretty much retired after releasing his career CD box set, "The Remains of Tom Lehrer," in 2000. For that collection he brought out one more new song "Hanukkah in Santa Monica."

https://youtu.be/LslsgH3-UFU
Hanukkah in Santa Monica (Tom Lehrer) - YouTube

Someone else put this video together in tribute to one of Tom Lehrer's greatest songs, but the original upload was out-of-sync, so I re-sync'd it and added s...

12:57 PM - Aug 01, 2023
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