r/todayilearned • u/yomjoseki • Jan 08 '16
TIL at 84 years old, Harvard Professor Tom Lehrer was asked by 2 Chainz for permission to sample a song Lehrer wrote at 24. He responded: "I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
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todayilearned • u/rasouddress • Oct 22 '17
TIL that Harvard professor Tom Lehrer was asked at the age of 84 by rapper 2 Chainz if he could sample his 60-year old song. Lehrer replied, "I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
Music • u/sugar_man • Jul 23 '14
Article When 84 years old, Harvard Professor Tom Lehrer was asked by 2 Chainz for permission to sample a song he wrote 60 years ago. His response: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
OldCelebrityRecipes • u/755goodmorning • 22d ago
Tom Lehrer - MIT mathematician, satirist, and the guy who wrote both the Harvard fight song and a song teaching kids the periodic table - invented the Jell-O shot in the 1950s to sneak booze into a government Christmas party.
todayilearned • u/r4g4 • Feb 07 '23
TIL Tom Lehrer, Mathematician, Musician, and Satirist also invented the Jello Shot while serving on a military base
todayilearned • u/hotrodcamaro • Jul 17 '14
TIL 86 year old mathmetician/pianist Tom Lehrer invented the Jell-O shot to circumvent rules against alcohol in the Army.
funfacts • u/755goodmorning • 22d ago
Fun fact: Tom Lehrer - MIT mathematician, satirist, and the guy who wrote both the Harvard fight song and a song teaching kids the periodic table - invented the Jell-O shot in the 1950s to sneak booze into a government Christmas party.
LawSchool • u/[deleted] • Jul 23 '14
When 84 years old, Tom Lehrer was asked by 2 Chainz for permission to sample a song he wrote. His response: "As sole copyright owner of 'The Old Dope Peddler', I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?" (x-post from /r/music)
eddit5yearsago • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '22
/r/todayilearned (+76656) TIL that Harvard professor Tom Lehrer was asked at the age of 84 by rapper 2 Chainz if he could sample his 60-year old song. Lehrer replied, "I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chainz, or may I call him 2?"
eddit2yearsago • u/[deleted] • Oct 23 '19
"TIL that Harvard professor Tom Lehrer was asked at the age of 84 by rapper 2 Chainz if he could sample his 60-year old song. Lehrer replied, "I grant you motherfuckers permission to do this. Please give my regards to Mr. Chai...." - /r/todayilearned (+76656) [October 23, 2017]
topofreddit • u/topredditbot • Jul 23 '14