Music 101 in its third season, featuring Tom Lehrer:The Satirical Maestro Who Made Music Laugh.
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Music 101 in its third season, featuring Tom Lehrer:The Satirical Maestro Who Made Music Laugh.
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In the golden age of mid-20th-century comedy, Tom Lehrer emerged as a singular genius—a Harvard mathematician by trade and a musical satirist by destiny, whose wit cut through the anxieties of the Cold War era with the precision of a scalpel and the charm of a Broadway tune. With his jaunty piano melodies and lethally clever lyrics, Lehrer transformed taboo topics—from nuclear annihilation in "We Will All Go Together When We Go" to romantic dysfunction in "The Masochism Tango"—into irresistible, laugh-out-loud anthems. His deadpan delivery and academic persona belied a rebellious spirit that mocked hypocrisy, skewered ideology, and celebrated the absurdity of human nature, leaving a legacy that inspired generations of comedians, from *Monty Python* to "Weird Al" Yankovic. Lehrer didn’t just make music funny; he made it a weapon of intellectual rebellion, proving that sometimes the most profound truths are best delivered with a grin and a perfectly rhymed couplet.
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