tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post3408925977424469279..comments2024-03-28T20:53:49.167-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: Tom Lehrer Is Turning 90Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-85521023699367684902018-04-11T06:39:17.480-04:002018-04-11T06:39:17.480-04:00When I figured out (while reading Douglas Adams) t...When I figured out (while reading Douglas Adams) that multiplying 6 by 9 actually does get you 42 in base 13, I thought of "New Math."Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-32871546025878338812018-04-10T21:45:55.401-04:002018-04-10T21:45:55.401-04:00Thank you for reminding me of his work and for the...Thank you for reminding me of his work and for the links!RandyGChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16758726126424011542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-45807678235923562252018-04-09T13:43:56.458-04:002018-04-09T13:43:56.458-04:00An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer was popular at o...<i>An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer</i> was popular at our house. "Be Prepared", "National Brotherhood Week", and "The Elements" were all genius.Rick Thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04748076795783834112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-81201744780446256562018-04-09T12:46:39.212-04:002018-04-09T12:46:39.212-04:00Base 8 is just like Base 10. If you're missin...<i>Base 8 is just like Base 10. If you're missing two fingers.</i><br /><br />His music was pretty cool for a teen age kid, back in the day. Most of it has aged really well.Borepatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-78322448577453107132018-04-09T09:48:10.804-04:002018-04-09T09:48:10.804-04:00Lehrer's That Was The Year That Was album was ...Lehrer's <i>That Was The Year That Was</i> album was a staple of my childhood in the 1960s (along with a sizable stack of Bill Cosby, Smothers Brothers, and Bob Newhart albums). There are some (maybe many) things we'd disagree on, but his comedy is brilliantly entertaining even when I don't buy the premise.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780425923108876647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-3617844850278494052018-04-09T08:21:43.460-04:002018-04-09T08:21:43.460-04:00Turns out Tom Lehrer invented the jello shot.
He w...Turns out Tom Lehrer invented the jello shot.<br />He was tasked with devising a way to smuggle booze past the MPs for the unit Christmas Party, which was being held in the SCIF...<br /><br />(He had a degree in math at 18. In a rare example of the Army making a good decision, he was assigned as a cryptanalyst.)Dranghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082177597135236652noreply@blogger.com