Lobachevsky - Tom Lehrer

This is Lobachevsky (Also known as Plagiarize)By Tom Lehrer

Song: Lobachevsky
Singer: Tom Lehrer
Album: Songs by Tom Lehrer

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[phoenixpax]

This is a fake accent, people. Listen to his other stuff, and it would be obvious. Besides, his other stuff is hilarious, so you should anyway.

[VivaRenata]

He's a genius!

[georgehfowler]

In Russian he says: "Я иду куда сам царь идет пешком", lit. 'I am going where the Tsar himself goes on foot' [=I am going to the bathroom] and "Жил-был король, при нем блоха жива [была]" lit. 'Once upon a time there lived a king, and a flea was living on him', a line from a Goethe song made famous by Chaliapin. He leaves out the last word of the first line in his fake review. His accent is pretty poor in these lines actually, worse than in individual words, but it's a wonderful song.

[Paul Horwitz]

Thank you for that, Tom. I've wondered for many years what, exactly, Pravda and Izvestia were saying. Seems to me they were right on! I also appreciate the fact that Lobachevsky's feers oreeginal paper's title is authentic, rather than some sort of pseudo mathematical-sounding gibberish. Of course I would expect no less from you! Thanks for all the smiles, not to mention belly laughs, you've provided me and many others over the years.

[slievebearnagh]

Fabulous, Brilliant, Stunning, Hilarious... the man's a genius!

[flowiepanda]

his fake russian is pretty good. ive seen others botch it terribly, but he sounds as close to legit as a non-speaker can get, in my opinion

[emenhj]

you mean "researched?"

[hypnotoad27able]

I believe that accent is "plagiarised" :P

[Ruby Cain]

NIckolai Ivanoivich Lobachevesky is his name!

[DWSimmy]

Just call him "the greatest who ever got chalk on his coat".