That's not my department!

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I cannot believe this statement is true:

Michael J. Neufeld, the author of "Von Braun: Dreamer of Space, Engineer of War" (Knopf; $35), acknowledges that "hardly anyone under age forty" knows his subject's name, even though America's moon shots owed a large measure of their success to him.
—Thomas Mallon, "Rocket Man: The Complex Orbits of Wernher von Braun."

If nothing else, doesn't anyone still listen to Tom Lehrer?

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"hardly anyone under age forty" knows his subject's name..."

[eppylover.livejournal.com]

I tend to feel the same way about Brian Epstein (to use Neufeld's quote again),
"...even though America's popular music owes a large measure of its success to him."
Heck, it's gotten so bad that my present husband never recognized Eppy's name ~ although my former husband was a great admirer.

Several of us across the innertubes have been trying to do something about the Brian situation for a few years now.
One of us is a movie producer! http://www.fifthbeatlemovie.com (I'm now in charge of the forum, soon to be completely revamped and improved)

Another Brian LJ ~ http://community.livejournal.com/eppylog/

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Speaking of Tom Lehrer (my #2 hero) I'm sure you've seen this treasure chest:
(http://www.youtube.com/user/6funswede)

Which, of course, includes his ditty to Wernher.
Thank you for your time.
Christine~

tomlehrer

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Thank you for your time.

Pleased to meet you!

Pleased to meet you!

[eppylover.livejournal.com]

Same here...

Sorry for the intrusion, but invoking the Name of the Lehrer tends to draw me out... ;P

tomlehrer

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Sorry for the intrusion, but invoking the Name of the Lehrer tends to draw me out...

I cannot argue with that.