Tom Lehrer- Silent E

[kristine0918]

this guy can say mostly any thing!!! O M G!

[beardedba]

He's the best...ever.

[GenericBlogger]

I love when the top comments relate to eachother

[MvuaNdege]

Does anyone ever remember seeing this on Read Between The Lions as a kid?

[mittfh]

I wonder if the people who wrote "Magic E" for UK TV's "Look and Read" (also available on YouTube) had heard this. One verse goes:

"A pin makes a pine with me, twin becomes twine with me, hear what you do with me, magic magic e, magic magic e."

[Evster2012]

Oh my! I totally remember this from the Electric Company when I was a child! Too bad you couldn't get the Silent E cartoon footage with the magic wand. Wow, this takes me back! It still rings in my head head when the lights are out!

[banditinnocence]

I remember this on Between the Lions

[Legolas94177]

unless im mistaken at 0:45 and L's and E's and Y's all look like E's you spelled instantly completely wrong

[ClickAtOwnRisk]

@Legolas94177 It's a word joke ;)

[NekysAcherontios]

who can turn a win to wine?

who? no not that jesus guy

its the silent E!!!

[harrietamidala1691]

Between the Lions ripped this off! I remember they had a silent E animated skit and used some of these examples. Rip-offs.

[olivierfromricochet]

you forgot a "l" instanteeeee :P

[MattiasXL]

Who can turn a pub into a pube?

[CookieCat94]

Man i wish I had this guy for english, science and math!

[bowserhunter1]

@CookieCat94 me too

[mobilisinmobili74]

@Ninjaspyfan I know, right? there is something oddly brilliant about him.

[Ninjaspyfan]

i wish this guy had taught my english class

[InfestedPunxx]

Who can turn a rap, into a rape?

[Demoist]

Who can turn pop into a pope?

[Sue71]

Aw, I remember this song from Electric Company!!!!

[NoNameLikeThisOne]

I can see this turning into some sort of Phantom Tollbooth-type story. During a certain quest, the hero finds a magician who can turn things into other things and he's called the Silent E.

[TonPappa]

Im guessing 5 people didn't know how to ad an silent E?

[Halvork]

Who can turn a bus into abuse?

[apelhitam]

@Halvork well you just did

[JOxSOxFINEx21x]

this makes me crack up. why didnt i listen to tom in my elementary days

[MediaJams]

who can turn a pub into a pube?

[pgj1997]

The new TEC says that this isn't always true. e.x. mistake, mistak isn't a word.

[MrSpockify]

And can turn a pub into a... Oh...

[vaguelyhumanoid]

@MrSpockify

Admit it.

When Silent E took a cam, you came...

[MrSpockify]

@vaguelyhumanoid It's sad, but he sade(said...) I was pretty! xD

[rassy19]

and rap instantly to rape

[Sanref]

Swt

[lavagninomarco]

Chuck norris can.

[Specklestar1]

wow just wow i sort of scard

[Jimpanx]

Sam stayed just the same =(

[drmoonrat]

0:45 Nixon can!

[RWoosten]

@drmoonrat lol, I like that one!

[snowtop13]

I like the huge hug :)

[PirateNaziZombie]

Sweet, where is the nearest dam and where can I buy Silent E?

[frostykyogre]

Ya! well....um... my friend slient-g dog can turn rap into rape! ya lol (k im not a dumb rapper, i have memorized the element song i was just having fun k?)

[tomwmloppe]

Braden notes that Tom did it for The Electric Company...

This (I think ) has Frank Oz' hand.

[gocanadayayyy]

lol. cub into a cube...heh heh heh

i love this song

[narutofan97]

"Instanteeeeee"

Nice typo there.

[kitiket1]

this is good english lesson for us in norway :P

[shadowdragonlord]

Who can turn rap into...oh my...rape? Why it's silent E!!

[JoTheShmo72]

HAH :D

[gocanadayayyy]

lol. clever :)

[Lumsie]

@shadowdragonlord In all fairness, rap is rape.. Ear-wise..

[StayUgly]

@Lumsie You can't spell crap without rap!

[Lumsie]

@Tyranix7 Think you need to know what you reply to, and know what you reply, "bro."

[TheMitchelldobson]

@Tyranix7 look at it this way , 146 people agree with ' lumsie' and you have , well your alone .

[Sajuek]

@Lumsie

What's that? A shortsighted judgemental fool making generalizations about a whole genre of music based on what they hear on the Radio?

Nothing to see here, move along.

[tetroxide1]

@shadowdragonlord

I LoL'd

[allanfelipebr]

@shadowdragonlord hHAEHahhaAHhahahAhA

[davidkyo1985]

@shadowdragonlord If this song hadn't specifically been written for children for edutainment purposes, he would have probably included that, too, rest assured. He is an interesting fellow, that Mr. Lehrer.

[scoobydoorocks10]

@davidkyo1985 Yes, yes he is. and if you think he is intresting from judging this video, you should listen to smut! then he'll be intresting

[davidkyo1985]

@scoobydoorocks10 Yeah I know his stuff fairly well (I recently got the sheet music for his songs for the piano), but thanks anyway.

[07NateyG]

@davidkyo1985 What you have the sheet music to some songs? I've been looking everywhere for some? Do you have, My home town, Who's Next or The wild west is where I want to be?

[MissLuvMovies]

@07NateyG My brother has a whole book of tom lehrer songs called Too Many Songs. Search for it on amazon.

[jdepps13]

not one of tom's best. this is good but for kids. tom's best stuff is sick and hilarious and not really kid stuff.

but a guy's gotta make a buck and it's not like this is bad.

[fluffyxsama]

Instanteeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[WyndeRiter]

I could have sworn I saw this song on "Sesame Street"...hmmm...

[turnipofficer]

It sounds like it should be on there :p.

[MySerpentine]

A parody of it, more like.

[A1l2l2e2n4]

How many times do I have to tell people?!? It was on "The Electric Company"!

[JinMengjun]

It's even in the description ;)

[pgj1997]

@WyndeRiter

No, TEC and sesame street are both made by sesame workshop