Decades before "Weird Al" Yankovic, Flight of the Conchords, The Lonely Island, or Bo Burnham recorded their first songs, Tom Lehrer was serenading post-World War II audiences about The Masochism Tango and the joys of Poisoning Pigeons in the Park. An obscure but influential legend, Tom Lehrer was, among other things: a teacher of musical theater and mathematics at the University of California Santa Cruz, the satirist who inspired some of the most lyrically-talented, subversive, and funny musicians of today, and the apparent inventor of vodka jell-o shots.

In honor of nothing in particular, we're going to make twisted, hilarious games based on his life and work. The rules are simple:

1) Make an interactive work based off one or more of Lehrer's songs.
2) Create your art from the same perspective Lehrer did—with a respect of your fellow human beings. Punching up, and not down.

You can find of plenty great recordings of Tom Lehrer's songs at this YouTube channel...:
https://www.youtube.com/user/6funswede

...and learn more about the man himself through this excellent Buzzfeed article about tracking him down for an interview:
https://www.buzzfeed.com/bensmith/tom-lehrer?utm_term=.nvqmDY48W#.avW3yZMKR

Tweet about this event and collaborate with other creators using the hashtag #LehrerJam!

Jam art (banner and background) by @mazhem_.