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Learn about Mort Sahl, the first modern comedian who pioneered political satire and improvisational comedy. Find out his biography, career, influences, and legacy.
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Oct 26, 2021 · Mort Sahl, who confronted Eisenhower-era cultural complacency with acid stage monologues, delivering biting social commentary in the guise of a stand-up comedian and thus changing the...
Oct 26, 2021 · Political Comedian Mort Sahl: Still Laughing Sahl's satire spared no one: young, old, people on the right and the left — and yet he socialized with celebrities and government officials.
- Elizabeth Blair
Mort Sahl was a Canadian-born comedian and social satirist who influenced many other comedians. He appeared on Time magazine cover in 1960 and died in 2021 at age 94.
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- Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Mill Valley, California, USA
Oct 26, 2021 · Mort Sahl, who revolutionized stand-up comedy in the mid-1950s with his insightful political and social satire, has died at his home in Mill Valley, Calif., at 94.
- Dennis Mclellan
Legendary US comedian and political satirist Mort Sahl - who skewered US presidents from Dwight Eisenhower to Donald Trump - has died. He passed away on Tuesday in Mill Valley, California, at the...
NEW YORK (AP) — Satirist Mort Sahl, who helped revolutionize stand-up comedy during the Cold War with his running commentary on politicians and current events and became a favorite of a new, restive generation of Americans, died Tuesday.
