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What a wonderful soul. > Reflecting on his bicoastal life in a 1981 interview for Newsday, he said he planned to keep his Massachusetts home “until my brain tu

What a wonderful soul. > Reflecting on his bicoastal life in a 1981 interview for Newsday, he said he planned to keep his Massachusetts home “until my brain turns completely to Jell-O, at which time I will of course move to California full time.” To think he is only a couple years younger than Mel Brooks.

nocoiner 1y ago
Speaking of Jell-O: I have heard, and perhaps this is apocryphal, that Tom Lehrer was the inventor of the Jell-O shot.
- kragen 1y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer > Lehrer once stated that he invented the Jello shot during this time, as a means of circumventing the base's ban on alcoholic beverages.[18] 18. Boulware, Jack (April 19, 2000). "That Was the Wit That Was". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164739/https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/that-was-the-wit-that-was/Content?oid=2138455 https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164739/https://archives.... Full text at https://web.archive.org/web/20211025111743/https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/that-was-the-wit-that-was/Content?oid=2138455&showFullText=true https://web.archive.org/web/20211025111743/https://archives.... for the time being. Save your copy while the Archive still exists!
- finaard 1y ago
  Today is probably a good day to make Jell-O without alcohol, for the kids, though I might have some explaining to do. Some years ago they asked me to have Jell-O, and - thinking of Lehrer - I replied that it's adult only, as you make it with alcohol. Much to my surprise that explanation stuck - and they never had Jell-O so far.
andrepd 1y ago
He's a great guy, his wikiquote page is a treasure https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer

nocoiner 1y ago

Speaking of Jell-O: I have heard, and perhaps this is apocryphal, that Tom Lehrer was the inventor of the Jell-O shot.

kragen 1y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer > Lehrer once stated that he invented the Jello shot during this time, as a means of circumventing the base's ban on alcoholic beverages.[18] 18. Boulware, Jack (April 19, 2000). "That Was the Wit That Was". SF Weekly. Archived from the original on November 28, 2018. Retrieved November 27, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164739/https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/that-was-the-wit-that-was/Content?oid=2138455 https://web.archive.org/web/20181128164739/https://archives.... Full text at https://web.archive.org/web/20211025111743/https://archives.sfweekly.com/sanfrancisco/that-was-the-wit-that-was/Content?oid=2138455&showFullText=true https://web.archive.org/web/20211025111743/https://archives.... for the time being. Save your copy while the Archive still exists!
finaard 1y ago
Today is probably a good day to make Jell-O without alcohol, for the kids, though I might have some explaining to do. Some years ago they asked me to have Jell-O, and - thinking of Lehrer - I replied that it's adult only, as you make it with alcohol. Much to my surprise that explanation stuck - and they never had Jell-O so far.

andrepd 1y ago

He's a great guy, his wikiquote page is a treasure https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer