Last week, "South Park" showed President Trump in bed with Satan — his genitalia showing — and barely rated a shrug. Current events had simply gotten too grotesque, even for him. The humorist and ...

Tom Lehrer, the sardonic singer-songwriter-pianist who rose to national fame after his dark, tartly funny topical songs were used on the comedic ‘60s TV news show “That Was the Week That Was,” has ...

Perhaps the world's most influential part-time musical satirist has died. Tom Lehrer was 97. He had a career that spanned decades. He was known for his whimsical lyrics. Former NPR producer Art ...

This is FRESH AIR. Tom Lehrer, the composer and occasional performer of such satirical, often topical songs like "Pollution" and "Vatican Rag," died last week at the age of 97. Our TV critic David ...

Between the upcoming Weird Al biopic and and Kelly Bachman and Dylan Adler’s new comedy album, Rape Victims Are Horny Too, parody songsters have rarely been such a central part of the cultural ...