An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer The lyrics of "The Elements" are a recitation of the names of all the chemical elements that were known at the time of writing, up to number 102, nobelium. It can be found on his albums "Songs & More Songs by Tom Lehrer" as well as "An Evening Wasted with Tom Lehrer". The song is sung to the tune of Sir Arthur Sullivan's "Major General's Song" ("I am the very model of a modern major-general...") from "The Pirates of Penzance". Since that time, 16 more have been discovered. At his concert in Copenhagen (1967), Lehrer admitted, "I like to play
Cultural influence of Gilbert and Sullivan "Hollywood Pinafore", the 1975 animated film "Dick Deadeye, or Duty Done" and, more recently,"Gondoliers" (2001; a Mafia-themed adaptation) and "Pinafore Swing" (2004), each of which was first produced at the Watermill Theatre, in which the actors also served as the orchestra, playing the musical instruments. Shows that use G&S songs to tell the story of the Gilbert and Sullivan partnership include a 1938 Broadway show, "Knights of Song", and a 1975 West End show called "Tarantara! Tarantara!" Many other musicals parody or pastiche the operas. However, the influence of Gilbert and Sullivan on goes beyond musical theatre to comedy in