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Harvard professor Tom Lehrer was asked at the age of 84 by rapper 2 Chainz if he could sample his 60-year old song. Lehrer replied, "I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
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Tom Lehrer, a musician known for biting satire stopped performing because "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize."
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Comedian Tom Lehrer once stated: "Political satire became obsolete when Henry Kissinger was awarded the Nobel peace prize"
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In 2012 when Tom Lehrer gave 2Chainz permission to use his song, the 85 year old stated "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
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Jell-O shots were invented by singer/songwriter/mathematician Tom Lehrer as a way to get around alcohol restrictions in the military.
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When satirist Tom Lehrer performed a song on the Catholic Church in the 1960s, an audience member became angry and shouted "How dare you make fun of my religion! I love my religion! I will die for my religion!" to which Lehrer responded: "That's fine with me, as long as you don't do it here."
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Tom Lehrer had just started to perform at Harvard as a grad student, was seen by Al Capp (creator of Li’l Abner), and then became regular guest on Capp's Boston radio program, starting his musical career.
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Harvard professor Tom Lehrer makes beautiful, hilarious, dirty music.
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Georg Kreisler was a content thief and stole some songs from US American artist Tom Lehrer
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Today (April 9th) is the great Tom Lehrer's Birthday. I will be spending the rest of it listening to some of his amazing works (not just the elements song!)
