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{{quote|''"I find that if you take the various popular song forms to their logical extremes, you can arrive at almost anything from the ridiculous to the obscene -- or, as they say in New York, sophisticated."''|'''[[Tom Lehrer]]'''}}
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[["Weird Al" Yankovic]] cites Tom Lehrer as one of his inspirations. Lehrer's own inspirations notably include [[Gilbert and Sullivan]] and [[Cole Porter]]. Allegedly, he invented the [[wikipedia:Gelatin dessert#Gelatin shots|Jell-O shot]].
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Quotes from Mr. Lehrer's works are used at the top of the following pages:
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* [[The Aggressive Drug Dealer]]: "The Old Dope Peddler"
* [[Alma Mater Song]]: "Bright College Days".
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* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The final verse of "The Irish Ballad":
{{quote|And when at last the police came by
Her [[Understatement|little prank]] she did not deny
For to do so she would have had to lie...
And lyin' she knew was a sin... }}
* [[Beastly Bloodsports]]: "In Old Mexico"
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''Says each newspaper reader''
''As someone once remarked to Schubert''
''[[Incredibly Lame Pun|Take us to your Lieder'']]
(''sorry about that'') }}
* [[Those Wacky Nazis]]: As mentioned above, he references Wernher von Braun's Nazi past:
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