Seeing as I have nothing else to comend me, I pride myself on getting damn near all of Tom Lehrer’s jokes. However, one is a mystery to me.
On the album That Was The Week That Was, he says, and I quote:
The bolded words get a big laugh.
So, explain that joke to me please.
Leverett Saltonstall and Ted Kennedy from Massachusetts, and Bobby Kennedy from New York.
You forgot to add “Need answer fast!”
He explains it in the booklet that comes with the Remains of Tom Lehrer boxed set. Which funnily enough I don’t have with me here at work. I’ll check it out when I get home in case there’s no answer by tomorrow.
To expand on that, Bobby Kennedy had only recently moved to New York from Massachusetts.
And gotten elected Senator there, which was the reason he moved to New York from Massachusetts.
Ah, thanks. keep it coming, that makes alot of sense, I kinda thought it was a Kennedy thing.