Song Satirist Great Tom Lehrer In “Live” Video Performance

You Tube has a couple of gems: rare vintage videos of one of the greatest song satire composers/performers in concert.Tom Lehrer was popular in the 1950s and 1960s (he abandoned his performing career) but WAY ahead of his time. Except for a few dated topical references, these songs hold up.

This is my first time SEEING Lehrer perform…and as an entertainer myself I am struck by his showmanship. Here are videos showing him performing two of his best songs:

National Brotherhood Week:

And perhaps more famous, Pollution:

If you’re a young TMV reader who wants to hear more, most of his stuff holds up quite well. The definitive collection of his works is this: