The music of Allan Sherman - another part of my childhood that I remember fondly - is still available. You should find it in your local library, or have it sent in by inter-library loan - but listen to it. He's a tragi-comic figure who wrote witty rhymes to then-current popular and classical music and parlayed that talent into a career. One that subsequently destroyed his marriage and family life, unfortunately, but one that also brightened my youth. (Here's a link to his Wikipedia entry.)These blog entries (23B-23E) are snippets from his "Shticks of One and Half a Dozen of Another". You may have to be of a certain age to understand some of the references . . .
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