Today 100th birthday of Leonard Bernstein.

[Thus Spoke Mainer]

Classic from West Side Story, noting weed, cross-dressing, "social diseases" among others.
And Larry David explains the final line "Krupe You"

 

[interrobang]

We didn't start the fire...something something something something LEONARD BERNSTEIN!

 

[Op2]

We didn't start the fire...something something something something LEONARD BERNSTEIN!

Was he mentioned in the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start The Fire?" I didn't know that but I know he was mentioned in the rapid-fire lyrics part of REM's "It's The End Of The World As We Know It."

 

[Fabrizi]

Was he mentioned in the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start The Fire?" I didn't know that but I know he was mentioned in the rapid-fire lyrics part of REM's "It's The End Of The World As We Know It."

... Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs...

 

[artsandletters]

... Leonard Bernstein
Leonid Brezhnev, Lenny Bruce and Lester Bangs...

Lynyrd Skynyrd = Leonard Skinner, Van Zant’s high school gym teacher

 

[Fac]

Lynyrd Skynyrd = Leonard Skinner, Van Zant’s high school gym teacher

just heard that that wasn't true. name came from a camp kid in the song Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Allen Sherman song - just saying what i heard on the radio

 

[dbbp]

just heard that that wasn't true. name came from a camp kid in the song Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah, Allen Sherman song - just saying what i heard on the radio

Yes they have a new showtime documentary airing. Talks about how the name came about. It started from the song hello muddah. Then became a inside joke. And finally the gym teacher came into play. It’s worth watching.