Read a conversation with Bobby about the show and Tom Lehrer’s comedy legacy. How did you initially discover the work of Tom Lehrer? I was introduced to Tom Lehrer at such a young age that I cannot ...

Tom Lehrer died at the age of 97, on 26 July, which is both a good innings and a while ago for an obituary, but Lehrer never fitted in with conventional timelines. His peak popularity as a performer ...

Lehrer, who died July 26, wrote numerous satirical songs, including "Pollution" and "The Vatican Rag." In the latter half of his life, he also taught math at Harvard and MIT. This is FRESH AIR. Tom ...

This is FRESH AIR. Tom Lehrer, the composer and occasional performer of such satirical, often topical songs like "Pollution" and "Vatican Rag," died last week at the age of 97. Our TV critic David ...

The recent death of Tom Lehrer, who died Saturday at 97, brought back fond memories of my years as a university and medical student in Boston during the 1960s (“Math whiz found fame as a musical ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who lampooned marriage, politics, racism and the Cold War, then largely abandoned his music career to return to teaching math at Harvard and ...

FILE - Musician Tom Lehrer sits beside the piano in his house in Santa Cruz, Calif., on April 21, 2000. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File) LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tom Lehrer, the popular song satirist who ...