In 1965, Tom Lehrer joked that Massachusetts had three senators. What was this in reference to? All I know is the year and that a California audience laughed at it.

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Edit: The joke, in case anyone wanted to hear it.

TheLionHearted

Robert Kennedy was a New York Senator at the time and Lehrer was implying that since Kennedy was Massachusetts born and raised, that he would vote in her interests over New York.

TheLordHighExecu

In that same video, what is the joke with Ronald Reagan? Was he not considered a serious politician back then?