The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel - comedy on video
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Tom Lehrer - The Vatican Rag - in HQ and with intro
Tom Lehrer - The Masochism Tango - in HQ and with intro
 
Tom Lehrer (I Got It From Agnes)
 
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Meet Tom Lehrer (born April 9, 1928), the genius American musical satirist, comedian, songwriter and performer. These rare videos from the NRK in Norway are Lehrer only with twelve songs, now watched more than 3.3 million times. The supporting website contains interviews and bios. Lehrer did not contribute to this publishing, but in 2008 he said "OK".

The songs have been re-uploaded with a working HQ video window, so use the latest versions if possible. Click on the playlists button and then on the first video in the main playlist. You'll get the songs in the right order from one of his last major paid appearances, recorded to video in 1967. If played on a standard white YouTube page the HQ video window will become bigger.

The most popular songs are about Wernher von Braun, poisoning pigeons and the Vatican. Enjoy some of Lehrer's wisdom and 'accumulated philosophic or scientific knowledge'. Use another playlist with Lehrer's songs for children and his math songs.

Lehrer was mostly a university lecturer who retired in 2001. Visit the website to hear him talk on the radio, to read interviews or to learn more about him. Check out his TV-appearances or the story behind this rare collection of his songs on video.

This channel was not put up as a rip-off or to breach the copyright of WMG or other companies. Watch the free videos and buy the songs. That will keep them alive, and they're great Christmas gifts!

Tom Lehrer on Amazon.com:
http://www.amazon.com/Tom-L...

Tom Lehrer on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/...

The songs are © 2009 Tom Lehrer.
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Channel Comments (158)
Thorneycroft1937 (6 days ago)
Thank you so much for your great Tom Lehrer videos! Great channel!
sproutcentral (1 week ago)
Thanks for the sub. Great channel.
Cheers, Dave.
msfyn (1 week ago)
Just back for my usual "Tom" fix - glad I'm not a pigeon!
6K6R (1 week ago)
Bonjour du Québec
Nice going
ClaudeSirois
Duoggle (2 weeks ago)
I grew up in a small town in Australia called Gundagai in the 1950s. My parents had all the Tom Lehrer records. I loved the irreverance and Tom's unnerving capacity to "take the mickey" (probably an Irish expression). His "jewish left wing commie" politics must have caused all sorts of grief for him in the great bastion of democracy but as a little red neck righwing country boy I loved him and although I am no longer little or red neck or a country boy I still love those songs. I don't want to believe that these are the only video recordings.
Thanks Tom, Doug
PsiBrr (3 weeks ago)
This man made me what I am today: unemployed and cynical.
FolkieMacc (1 month ago)
Many thanks for your dedication to Tom...this is a true labour of love..
charlieealincolniv (1 month ago)
AWESOME!!!!
ShanaNoFlameHaze (2 months ago)
Thank you sooo much for uploarding all these Tom Lehrer songs! I only knew his songs from the 3 cd's he published, i never hoped to see him so to say "live". Really thank you!!
thebostonglobe (2 months ago)
What a great idea for a channel. Nice to meet you.
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