[dllthomas]

> I still remember the -LY song he wrote.

https://tomlehrersongs.com/l-y/

Tom Lehrer may be obliquely mentioned (but not named):

Lynette Murray of Washington, D.C., who was 12 years old at the time, marveled at the power of the silent e.

"One thing surprised me, that the way they take the e off the word and it comes to another word," Murray explained. "Like for ride you can take the e off then the word becomes rid."

That same word-play may have appeared in the show outside of it, but Lehrer contributed a song with exactly that gimmick: https://tomlehrersongs.com/silent-e/