Tom Lehrer Full Copenhagen Performance

Why HN readers recommended it

Posted whenever Lehrer comes up, as the best way to see him perform, and treated as a complete stand-up-style set.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Tom Lehrer

Topic

tom lehrer concert

Format

music

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

4

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2025

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• If you never got the chance, give his full albums a listen. He intersperses song and spoken comedy, with the whole performance hanging together masterfully. An Evening (Wasted) with Tom Lehrer (1959, 42m) [LINK] Tom Lehrer Discovers Australia (And Vice-Versa) (1960, 49m) [LINK] That Was …

• If you haven't had a chance, give his full performances a listen. He intersperses song and spoken comedy, with the whole arc hanging together masterfully. Think of one of the great stand-up specials. I'd say it "feels very modern," but the truth is that Lehrer …

• May he rest in peace. In memoriam, this hourlong recording of a concert in Copenhagen is a joy to watch: [VIDEO]