Monthly Archives: May 2017

Oedipus Rex

Tom Lehrer is a man of incredible talent.
He has written and performed some of the most
humorous songs on the planet.
I wavered between this version and
another shorter piece, I chose this one because
it reveals a lot of what was going on in the minds
of many way back in the 1950s.
But please don’t get the wrong impression, the ONLY
thing dated about this song is the dialogue at
the beginning, and even that is quite interesting.
The ditty is Tom at his absolute best…

Mom and My Brother Bosco

Judy Tenuta was quite the phenomenon when she first
burst onto the comedy scene back in the 80s.
A very different stand-up comedian with a style all
her own, she has some material that I consider classic.
Parts of this piece fit that description.
She loves her Mom, kinda…