Dang.

He was a uniquely brilliant and always sharp satiric voice.

Yes, he was.

My folks turned me on to him when I was a kid.

...and why, pray tell, did you not do this for Hogan?

Because I liked Tom Lehrer.

You must have good taste. Tom Lehrer was wonderful.

I do have good taste! I wear loud floral shirts!

Hogan was a far right racist.

Those of us in the wrestling fandom have a rule for cases like this:

Honor what he/she did inside the Squared Circle.

We're talking about THE greatest wrestler of all time here.

Honor what he did in the Squared Circle.

So, just ignore what a despicable person he was...?

Cool.

Sad news, indeed.

Yes.

>someone said "squab" down below

Squab?

Squab.

Sorry to hear of his passing. 97 is a damn good run. Guess all the Squab can rest easy now https://youtu.be/VR9Qm7IXpU8

Don’t think I ever watched him.

Vix

He was pretty amazing.

It's never too late.

One of his classics https://youtu.be/QEJ9HrZq7Ro?si=0sQlJttQDsEKMRY4

R.I.P. : (

I think I'll take old Betsy and bwast me some wabbits!

The Hunting Song

He surely knew how to make provocative music.

Fun fact. He had a little quarrel with an Austrian musucian, Georg Kreisler, who made equally biting songs, as both had a song about poisoning pidgeons in the park, and each of the two claimed that they were the original inventor of that song. And apparently there were strong similarities of other songs, and until today it is not fully clear who wrote which song first .

Sometimes it's serendipity.

2025-1947=78, not 97

Date corrected. Must be all this New Math . . .

And we'll all go together when we go...

Like many I first heard the "Elements Song" as my introduction to his work but I'll always remember the first time I heard "We'll All Go Together When We Go" and being led from there to the rest of his works. Such a short musical career which was passed on generation to generation, I introduced my nephews and nieces to his work but let them fine "The Old Dope Peddler" and "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park"... probably easier for them today than for me at their age in the 80's.

And we will all bake together when we bake.
There'll be nobody present at the wake.
With complete participation
In that grand incineration,
Nearly three billion hunks of well-done steak.

Oh, we will all char together when we char.
And let there be no moaning of the bar.
Just sing out a Te Deum
When you see that I.C.B.M.,
And the party will be "come as you are"

:(

got what????

No one knows. If I recall, when the song first came out everyone assumed it was venereal disease, but it could be anything.

I have a piece of dialogue based on the lyrics where the 'it' in question is a Christmas fruitcake.