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	Mort Sahl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Morton Lyon Sahl (born May 11, 1927) is a Montreal-born actor/comedian/humorist credited with pioneering a style of stand-up comedy that paved the way for Lenny Bruce, Nichols and May, Dick Gregory, and others.
		Mort was drafted into the US Air Force and served at an Air Force Base in Alaska.
		Mort and China were then invited to visit the White House by Nancy Reagan, where Reagan then awarded and roasted Mort at a White House Gala/tribute in front of most of the other comedians.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mort_Sahl (801 words)

	max s. gerber: mort sahl
		a funny thing about mort sahl (aside from him being an influential comedian) - i found out that my mother almost married him, before she went for my dad.
		this was taken at what mort refers to as his "office" - the starbucks on the top of mulholland.
		mort didn't get out of his corner chair the whole time.
	www.msgphoto.com /notables2/sahl.html (116 words)

	Whyaduck Productions, Inc. -- LA Times review of Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
		Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition, which airs tonight at 9 on KCET Channel 28, is the latest in the "American Masters" series of profiles on artists in various fields.
		Sahl wrote material for the candidate during the campaign, but the Kennedy White House was less amused than Kennedy himself apparently was when the barbs began to strike a Democratic Administration.
		Sahl's darkest years, well-documented in the narrative, began after the assassination, when he devoted much of his life and his monologues to challenging the Warren Commission report and its finding that Lee Harvey Oswald was the sole plotter.
	www.duckprods.com /projects/ms/ms-latimes890925.html (807 words)

	Mort Sahl
		Mort Sahl is a stand-up comedian whose schtick includes wearing a V-neck sweater, holding a newspaper, and cracking wise with scathing commentary about current events and politics.
		Sahl was the first comedian to record a successful live album, the first to perform concerts on college campuses, the first to appear before the National Press Club, and the first to appear on the cover of Time.
		Sahl was deputized as an investigator in Jim Garrison's wide-open assassination investigation, and concluded that it was a CIA plot.
	www.nndb.com /people/451/000032355 (887 words)

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		When Mort Sahl got into comedy, he broke the mold: the mold of the nightclub comedian in a suit and tie, telling wife jokes, exuding show biz polish.
		Sahl's delivery, one that fascinated Lenny Bruce, Woody Allen and so many more, was made up of free association, nervous digression, jazz-like improvisations, one-word references, parenthetical stream of conscious commentary and a mosaic of ad-libs and suddenly remembered set routines.
		Mort was invited to important political and social events, as much of a presence as the leaders he satirized.
	www.geocities.com /TelevisionCity/3217/MortsBio.html (1295 words)

	American Masters . Mort Sahl \| PBS
		President Eisenhower, the McCarthy hearings, the Cold War, and the beginning of the atomic age all presented themselves as targets for Sahl’s bipartisan barbs.
		Sahl cites jazz pianist and bandleader Stan Kenton as his most important performing influence: "Stan, of course, was a great artist, but he was a voice of defiance, and he always did it on his own terms."
		The year before, Sahl was hired to contribute jokes to John F. Kennedy’s presidential campaign speeches, but once Kennedy was in office, Sahl returned to his policy of making jokes about the incumbent.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/americanmasters/database/sahl_m.html (680 words)

	Mort Sahl: biography and encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		As a result of this pursuit, Sahl's comedy took a back seat to his politics; his act started including readings and commentary on the Warren Commission (additional info and facts about Warren Commission) Report.
		Sahl was married to China Lee, Playmate (A companion at play) of the Month for August 1964 and the dancer with an uncredited appearance at the end of Woody Allen (United States filmmaker and comic actor (1935-)) 's What's Up Tiger Lily?
		In an appearance on The Tonight Show (additional info and facts about Tonight Show) in the 1970s, Sahl told this story: He said one time he was flying on Air Force One (additional info and facts about Air Force One) during the Kennedy years, when they hit a pocket of rough turbulence.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/mo/mort_sahl.htm (331 words)

	Charles Rapp
		Mort Sahl grew up in Southern California leaving only long enough to be discovered in San Franciscoâs hungry I, which led to his return to Hollywood.
		Mort Sahl helped to create a network of nightclubs in addition to the hungry I, the Crescendo in Los Angeles, Mr.
		Sahl was a speechwriter for John F. Kennedy in return for which he was allowed "the option to vote for Stevenson".
	www.charlesrapp.com /Details.aspx?mId=95 (545 words)

	Review - Concert: Mort Sahl
		Mort Sahl is credited as the first comedian to break through with a political awareness in his routines more than four decades ago.
		A true original, Mort Sahl is also credited with having the first LP of comic monologues and the first comedian to make the cover of Time magazine.
		Sahl spoke for about an hour and then took questions from the two hundred people in attendance, mostly older folks who obviously remember him from his early days.
	www.cosmik.com /aa-october04/ev/ev-mort_sahl.html (521 words)

	Artists Network of Refuse & Resist!
		Mort Sahl was riffing on the military record of President Bush the other night from the stage at the Village Theater, where he performed many times in the 1950's and 1960's, when the place was known as the Village Gate.
		Sahl himself turns 77 in May as an unregenerate skeptic, not so much a liberal as a radical, a perch that keeps him above the run-of-the-mill political fray, allowing him, as ever, to lampoon the insensitivity of Republicans, the smugness of Democrats and the self-interest of all of them.
		Sahl's distinctions is that he has been as much a confidant of the powerful as he has been a critic.
	www.artistsnetwork.org /news13/news628.html (1234 words)

	CMT.com : Mort Sahl : Biography
		Mort Sahl was arguably the most influential comedian of the postwar era; a provocative political satirist, he singlehandedly revolutionized the comedy medium to create an art
		Sahl's conversational, free-associative style -- an amalgam of anecdotes, one-liners and pithy asides -- forever elevated the stand-up stage from its humble, toothless beginnings into a respected forum for eye-opening social commentary, and in the process opened the door for future legends ranging from Lenny Bruce to George Carlin to Woody Allen.
		Although he turned the topicality down several notches for 1962's On Relationships (which featured as its cover star actress Joan Collins), Sahl continued to struggle; his contract with the Reprise label was soon dropped, and he was restricted to club appearances and low-paying collegiate gigs for several years.
	www.cmt.com /artists/az/sahl_mort/bio.jhtml (385 words)

	SFBG A and E (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mort Sahl shoots broadsides at the political barn.
		I'd hoped veteran political humorist Mort Sahl might shed some light on this matter, but his show at the Alcazar was surprisingly free of real bile.
		Perhaps part of the problem is that while Sahl still identifies himself as a liberal (then again, so do some Democrats), few of his jokes target conservatives.
	www.sfbg.com /AandE/31/03/101696theat.html (706 words)

	BBC - Comedy Guide - The Mort Sahl Show
		The US comedian Mort Sahl was born in Canada in 1927, but his family returned to their native New York when he was four.
		Sahl first burst on to the American standup scene in the 1950s with a refreshing brand of social comedy based around contemporary issues, issuing a very popular record album of his act.
		Sahl was a frequent guest star on US TV shows but this BBC recording was masterminded by Frank Muir and Denis Norden who had met Sahl in Los Angeles and took pleasure in encouraging his trip to London and escorting him around.
	www.bbc.co.uk /comedy/guide/articles/m/mortsahlshowthe_1299002153.shtml (302 words)

	ipedia.com: Mort Sahl Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, Sahl aided the independent investigation of New Orleans, Louisiana District Attorney Jim Garrison, which linked the assissination to the Central Intelligence Agency, a finding critical of the Warren Report.
		As a result of this pursuit, Sahl's comedy took a back seat to his politics, and he fell out of favor with the press, media, and public for several years.
		Sahl was married to China Lee, Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1964 and the uncredited dancer at the end of Woody Allen's film What's Up Tiger Lily (1966).
	www.ipedia.com /mort_sahl.html (199 words)

	Comedy College: Lessons in Laughter - Mort Sahl
		Mort wore V-neck sweaters and had a sort of conversational delivery.
		Lenny Bruce watched Mort work, and he made the decision to abandon comic impressions and set routines, and try for a more natural style.
		Mort Sahl says things funny, and you don’t have to be a politics junkie to think so.
	comedycollege.publicradio.org /archive/sahl_mort.shtml (178 words)

	Whyaduck Productions, Inc. -- Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition
		Mort started to read some of the more ludicrous passages of the Warren Report in his act and many accused him of “not being funny anymore.” The problem may have been that the nation lost its sense of humor, not Mort.
		Mort Sahl: The Loyal Opposition is my love letter to the man who brought comedy into the 20th Century.
		And for those of you who wrote Mort off for “going to the right” because he’s so hard on the liberals, I remind you that you don’t have to be coming from the right to goad today’s liberals.
	www.duckprods.com /projects/mortsahl.html (893 words)

	American Voices \| Foolproof Performing Arts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Seattle, WA — Living legend Mort Sahl, the godfather of political comedy comes to Seattle to share his unmatched comedic skills on Friday, October 8 at 8 pm and Saturday, October 9 at 7 pm at ACT Theatre.
		Mort Sahl weaves together stories that embody a wit and intellect never seen before in the history of American comedy and Seattle audiences will be treated to his special brand of humor for two nights only.
		The Mort Sahl appearance is part of Foolproof Performing Arts, a non-profit corporation encouraging the open and active exchange of ideas in public events able to entertain, inform, challenge and inspire people to be involved in the democratic process and find their own voices on the issues of the day.
	www.foolproof.org /2005/season/press/09.21.04.html (293 words)

	westword.com \| Calendar \| Calendar Picks \| Still Mortifying \| 2001-05-03 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		At 73, Mort Sahl has influenced virtually every topical comedian working today -- a distinction he neither claims for himself nor appears to take much pride in.
		Yet Sahl denies that he's grown more conservative with the years, describing himself as "a populist, but one who's uncomfortable with the majority.
		Sahl is very much in touch with the past.
	www.westword.com /issues/2001-05-03/calendar/nd2.html (467 words)

	MTV.com - Mort Sahl
		Mort Sahl was arguably the most influential comedian of the postwar era; a provocative political satirist, he singlehandedly revolutionized the comedy medium to create an art form with a scope and impact far beyond mere slapstick and gags.
		Morton Lyon Sahl was born on May 11, 1927 in Montreal, Quebec.
		His act was free-form and tense, veering between clever, endearing topical jabs and vicious swipes; his routines knew no partisanship, attacking liberals and conservatives alike with equal furor.
	www.mtv.com /bands/az/sahl_mort/bio.jhtml (401 words)

	Northern Ohio Live : October 2004 : Sahl-ed Out (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		And Sahl, who’s considered a pioneer in political comedy, will be in Cleveland Heights, one of America’s true liberal bastions, at the peak of the presidential election season.
		Sahl’s own comedic star was born 51 years ago at the hungry i, San Francisco’s legendary folk club.
		Sahl’s routine, which has been described as improvisational and conversational, is based more on current events and on poking pooh-bahs in the eye, regardless of the pooh-bahs’ affiliation.
	www.northernohiolive.com /archives/04-10oct/story1.htm (241 words)

	Mort Sahl - TheBestLinks.com - Central Intelligence Agency, John F. Kennedy, May 11, Montreal, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Mort Sahl, Central Intelligence Agency, John F. Kennedy, May 11, Montreal,...
		Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy in 1963, Sahl aided the independent investigation of New Orleans, Louisiana District Attorney Jim Garrison, who claimed to have linked the assissination to the Central Intelligence Agency, a finding critical of the Warren Report.
		Sahl was married to China Lee, Playboy Playmate of the Month for August 1964 and the uncredited dancer at the end of Woody Allen's film What's Up Tiger Lily?
	www.thebestlinks.com /Mort_Sahl.html (209 words)

	St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture: Mort Sahl
		Mort Sahl pioneered the type of biting satirical political humor that inspired so many other comics who came after him, from Lennie Bruce to Jay Leno.
		Sahl was born May 11, 1927,; in Montreal,; Canada, but soon moved to Los Angeles, where his father eventually worked as a clerk for the F.B.I. Sahl was a high school member of R.O.T.C. and was stationed, after being drafted, in Alaska.
		Sahl was one of the first comedians to do comedy records.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_g1epc/is_bio/ai_2419201065 (455 words)

	Tears, Amnesia & Pimm's Rose
		It is where Barbara Streisand, Mort Sahl, Lennie Bruce, Woody Alan, Bill Cosby, and a lot of other, got their start.
		Mort Sahl was unknown at the time but Enrico took a chance on him, as he took a chance on Streisand, Bruce, Alan, Cosby and others.
		Sahl said, "You know how the Eisenhower jackets are coming out with multi zippers that go up like this for maps that open up on the chest; over on the shoulder here they have it for pencils; over here they got it for cigarettes...
	www.coastnews.com /sf/hungryi/hungryi.htm (2138 words)

	Ramapo College of New Jersey \|\| News and Events
		Stand-up comedy prior to Sahl had its roots in burlesque and vaudeville and the jokes tended to revolve around how bad the comic’s wife’s cooking was.
		Sahl was the first comedian to appear on the cover of Time, the first to record a comedy album and the first non-musician to win a Grammy.
		Tickets for Mort Sahl’s performance at Ramapo College are $26 for adults, $23 for seniors and $15 for youth.
	www.ramapo.edu /news/pressreleases/2004/09_20_2004.html (339 words)

	V-neck vigilante: Comic legend Mort Sahl brings political satire to Poway North County Times - North San Diego and ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sahl recorded the first comedy album, was the first non-musician to win a Grammy Award and was the first humorist on the cover of Time magazine.
		Sahl said true liberals have been beaten to the ground and are not represented by the "social Democrats" who represent the left on cable news shows, while the right is represented by people who call themselves conservatives simply because they don't want anything to change.
		While Sahl seems a natural choice to be a guest on any of the political forums on cable news channels, he wants nothing to do with them.
	www.nctimes.com /articles/2005/05/15/news/politics/17_25_425_14_05.txt (991 words)

	Political comedy pioneer Mort Sahl coming to Marin
		Sahl, who is performing and being interviewed by Gerald Nachman on Saturday at Osher Marin Jewish Community Center in San Rafael, came on the scene when most comedians were complaining about their wives and doing shtick.
		By now, Sahl's story is widely known among historians of comedy: he tried stand-up at San Francisco's hungry i (which stood for "hungry intellectual") nightclub at the suggestion of a girlfriend.
		Sahl worked for a little while as a speechwriter for President John F. Kennedy, and when Kennedy was assassinated, Sahl became obsessed with exposing the alleged conspiracy behind the assassination.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2004/02/27/NBGPB575QI1.DTL&type=printable (858 words)

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