Louis Gottlieb (October 10, 1923 – July 11, 1996) credited as Lou Gottlieb, was bassist and comic spokesman for music trio The Limeliters.
He held a Ph.D.
in musicology and was considered one of the so-called "new comedy" performers, a new generation of unabashed intellectuals that also included Mort Sahl, Nichols and May, and Lenny Bruce.
Gottlieb's trademark on stage was a burlesquing of the university pedant, the sort of teacher who knocks himself out over the jokes in Chaucer while his class has nothing on its collective mind earlier than last night's date.
"Many of the things I have been enthusiastic about," said Gottlieb, "mean absolutely nothing to most people."