On 01/09/2013 23:32, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-09-01 23:26:17 +0100, Gary Woods said:

Sacha wrote:

It's stange to think that someone who was such a TV giant as he has
gone, working up to the very last.

I remember fondly "That was the week that was" and the satirical songs
that
accompanied it.
(Strolls offstage left humming "We Will all go together when we go,"
about
WW3).

Tom Lehrer! Did he figure in TWTWTW? I am too young to remember.
(Simper...)

Not for the UK programme. possibly did something in the US of A

Sacha wrote:


Tom Lehrer! Did he figure in TWTWTW? I am too young to remember. (Simper...)
Vatican Rag
So long mom; I'm off to drop the bomb.
etc/

--
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

On 2013-09-01 23:40:10 +0100, David Hill said:

On 01/09/2013 23:26, Gary Woods wrote:
Sacha wrote:

It's stange to think that someone who was such a TV giant as he has
gone, working up to the very last.

I remember fondly "That was the week that was" and the satirical songs that
accompanied it.
(Strolls offstage left humming "We Will all go together when we go," about
WW3).

The singer was Millicent Martin

I remember her clearly but not singing Tom Lehrer, though maybe that
was how I first encountered his songs. I've always loved them and have
them on my iTunes list.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 02/09/2013 08:45, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-09-01 23:40:10 +0100, David Hill said:

On 01/09/2013 23:26, Gary Woods wrote:
Sacha wrote:

It's stange to think that someone who was such a TV giant as he has
gone, working up to the very last.

I remember fondly "That was the week that was" and the satirical
songs that
accompanied it.
(Strolls offstage left humming "We Will all go together when we go,"
about
WW3).

The singer was Millicent Martin

I remember her clearly but not singing Tom Lehrer, though maybe that was
how I first encountered his songs. I've always loved them and have them
on my iTunes list.

Tom Lehrers' songs used to crop up frequently on Children's favourites
and house Wife's Choice
I don't think that Millie sang his songs

On 02/09/2013 09:24, David Hill wrote:
On 02/09/2013 08:45, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-09-01 23:40:10 +0100, David Hill said:

On 01/09/2013 23:26, Gary Woods wrote:
Sacha wrote:

It's stange to think that someone who was such a TV giant as he has
gone, working up to the very last.

I remember fondly "That was the week that was" and the satirical
songs that
accompanied it.
(Strolls offstage left humming "We Will all go together when we go,"
about
WW3).

The singer was Millicent Martin

I remember her clearly but not singing Tom Lehrer, though maybe that was
how I first encountered his songs. I've always loved them and have them
on my iTunes list.

Tom Lehrers' songs used to crop up frequently on Children's favourites
and house Wife's Choice
I don't think that Millie sang his songs

I think he was basically a nonentity who hung around long enough to
become a national treasure. Through the Keyhole showed how low he was
prepared to go

On 02/09/2013 09:57, stuart noble wrote:
On 02/09/2013 09:24, David Hill wrote:
On 02/09/2013 08:45, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-09-01 23:40:10 +0100, David Hill said:

On 01/09/2013 23:26, Gary Woods wrote:
Sacha wrote:

It's stange to think that someone who was such a TV giant as he has
gone, working up to the very last.

I remember fondly "That was the week that was" and the satirical
songs that
accompanied it.
(Strolls offstage left humming "We Will all go together when we go,"
about
WW3).

The singer was Millicent Martin

I remember her clearly but not singing Tom Lehrer, though maybe that was
how I first encountered his songs. I've always loved them and have them
on my iTunes list.

Tom Lehrers' songs used to crop up frequently on Children's favourites
and house Wife's Choice
I don't think that Millie sang his songs

I think he was basically a nonentity who hung around long enough to
become a national treasure. Through the Keyhole showed how low he was
prepared to go
I agree with both Stuart and Jake. The media always eulogise their own.
Such a fuss over the man,that the press spent more time on him than
important items says it all.

In article ,
says...

I think he was basically a nonentity who hung around long enough to
become a national treasure.

I was completely unaware he was one.

Janet.

On 02/09/2013 12:49, Janet wrote:
In article ,
says...

I think he was basically a nonentity who hung around long enough to
become a national treasure.

I was completely unaware he was one.

Janet.


He was knighted, final confirmation that you've become a luvvy

Sacha wrote:

Tom Lehrer! Did he figure in TWTWTW?
The U.S. version; I had forgotten that, like a number of imports, (TW)^3
began in the U.K.

--
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

On 02/09/2013 17:19, Martin wrote:
On Mon, 02 Sep 2013 11:38:50 -0400, Gary Woods
wrote:

Sacha wrote:

Tom Lehrer! Did he figure in TWTWTW?
The U.S. version; I had forgotten that, like a number of imports, (TW)^3
began in the U.K.

The Tom Lehrer song quoted predates TW3

Written 1956, recorded 1958, TH3 was 1962 and 1963

In message , Jake
writes
On Sun, 1 Sep 2013 21:45:40 +0100, "Pete C"
wrote:

An amazing man....a sad loss. RIP David.

Whilst I +1 your comment, is not every death a sad loss? I'm the
ultimate cynic perhaps but having attended 6 funerals in the last 2
months (and wondering if I'll be next to be honest) I was amazed today
to glance through the first page of comments on the BBC Website.
People who'd never got closer to him than a TV screen gushing their
regrets as if he was their brother or something. God help them when
their real brother or something dies!

Yes, his family will be devastated and I empathise with them in their
sorrow. Yes, I liked his interviewing style (for which, in more recent
years he was criticised) and will remember his catchphrases and the
way he intoned many other regular phrases like "As we go through
(pause) the (inflection) keyhole". Yes, I'll remember his marathon
Nixon interview. But at the end of the day, he did his job, period.

And I won't miss him any more, indeed much less, than any of the 6
friends and relatives to whom I've said goodbye recently and who
didn't get a BBC tribute page or an, albeit OT, newsgroup thread.

+1
--
bert

On 2013-09-01 23:34:59 +0100, S Viemeister said:

On 9/1/2013 6:32 PM, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-09-01 23:26:17 +0100, Gary Woods said:

Sacha wrote:

It's stange to think that someone who was such a TV giant as he has
gone, working up to the very last.

I remember fondly "That was the week that was" and the satirical songs
that
accompanied it.
(Strolls offstage left humming "We Will all go together when we go,"
about
WW3).

Tom Lehrer! Did he figure in TWTWTW? I am too young to remember.
(Simper...)

_I_ remember TW3 - and I'm only a few months younger than you...

Oh, I remember TW3 just not Millie Martin or anyone singing Tom
Lehrer's songs. TW3 and Laugh In were required watching!
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 2013-09-03 10:51:29 +0100, Martin said:

On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 10:42:24 +0100, Sacha
wrote:
snip

Oh, I remember TW3 just not Millie Martin or anyone singing Tom
Lehrer's songs.

Only those with false memory syndrome do. :-)

TW3 and Laugh In were required watching!

Wan't Rowan and Martin's Laugh In at the end of the 1960s?
I first saw it in 1968 in Florida.

I don't remember the timing but I do remember watching it with
flatmates in London and by 1970 I was out of UK & living for a while in
Belgium.
--

Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 9/3/2013 5:42 AM, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-09-01 23:34:59 +0100, S Viemeister said:
On 9/1/2013 6:32 PM, Sacha wrote:

Tom Lehrer! Did he figure in TWTWTW? I am too young to remember.
(Simper...)

_I_ remember TW3 - and I'm only a few months younger than you...

Oh, I remember TW3 just not Millie Martin or anyone singing Tom Lehrer's
songs. TW3 and Laugh In were required watching!

Indeed they were.

""Verrrrry interesssting that nobody wanted 'to make an old man happy' "

(And that will go over the heads of many)

Ruth Buzzy was a hoot. I acted with someone like her. A great laugh.




"Martin" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Sep 2013 10:42:24 +0100, Sacha
wrote:

On 2013-09-01 23:34:59 +0100, S Viemeister said:

On 9/1/2013 6:32 PM, Sacha wrote:
On 2013-09-01 23:26:17 +0100, Gary Woods said:

Sacha wrote:

It's stange to think that someone who was such a TV giant as he has
gone, working up to the very last.

I remember fondly "That was the week that was" and the satirical songs
that
accompanied it.
(Strolls offstage left humming "We Will all go together when we go,"
about
WW3).

Tom Lehrer! Did he figure in TWTWTW? I am too young to remember.
(Simper...)

_I_ remember TW3 - and I'm only a few months younger than you...

Oh, I remember TW3 just not Millie Martin or anyone singing Tom
Lehrer's songs.

Only those with false memory syndrome do. :-)

TW3 and Laugh In were required watching!

Wan't Rowan and Martin's Laugh In at the end of the 1960s?
I first saw it in 1968 in Florida.
--

Martin in Zuid Holland