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3025: 471:, and wrote a novel, which went unpublished, and short stories. He went to New York hoping to sell his plays, but only managed to earn about eighteen dollars a week. He recalled ... "I couldn't get a thing going. I was working on a novel, I was out of work, and I was out of gas." As a result, he decided to try something different, by performing his plays as monologues. He felt it would be easier to do his monologue on stage instead of trying to sell it to others. "I knew that if I was going to get anything done, I'd have to do it myself," he says. He returned to Los Angeles, where he appeared at some clubs, but his new style of monologue comedy received little attention. 3143: 3200: 1015: 580: 3236: 3260: 460:, where he auditioned, told him he would never succeed as a comedian. He offered to perform free during intermissions for the chance to show his talent. He recalled of that period: "Despite all the folklore about the faith of friends in the struggling young artist, my friends constantly discouraged me." He and a friend then rented an old theater, which they called Theater X, for "experimental," and he began writing and staging one-act plays. One of his plays was titled 3212: 3284: 3224: 1154: 3296: 3248: 1335: 3272: 784: 33: 780:, and more of his planned shows were cancelled. His income dropped from $ 1 million to $ 13,000 by 1964. According to Nachman, the excessive focus on the Kennedy assassination details was Sahl's undoing and wrecked his career. Sahl later admitted that "there's never been anything that had a stronger impact on my life than this issue," but added that he nonetheless "thought it was a wonderful quest." 603:, said he was "struck by how amateur he seemed," but added that the observation was not meant as a criticism, but as a "compliment". He noted that all the previous successful comics dressed formally, were glib and well-rehearsed, and were always in control of their audiences. Allen said that Sahl's "very un-show business manner was one of the things I liked when I first saw him work." 3188: 741:

voice in New England dialect saying, ‘God damn it.'” Sahl began getting reports through his agent, Milt Ebbins, that the Kennedys felt betrayed and wanted him to cool it. “They kept telling me that Utopia was here, that my people were finally in,” he told the Saturday Evening Post in 1964. “I don’t think my people are ever going to be in.” Finally Ebbins and

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delivered an ultimatum from Joseph: “The ambassador says if you don’t cooperate, you’ll never work again in the United States.” Before long the offers began to taper off. Sahl remembers Shelley Davis, who’d just bought the Crescendo, warning him, “I’ve been told that the White House would be offended

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with the 93rd Air Depot Group. In the military, however, he resisted the discipline and authoritarian control it exerted over his life. He expressed his nonconformity by growing a beard and refusing to wear a cap as required. He also wrote articles for a small newspaper criticizing the military that

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They valued the fact that he stayed current and took material from major newspapers and magazines. He kept his material fresh, wrote few notes, and entertained his audiences by presenting otherwise serious news with his brand of humor. He was not fond of television news, however, which he blamed in

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said that Sahl was "the only real political philosopher we have in modern comedy". His social satire performances broke new ground in live entertainment, as a stand-up comic talking about the real world of politics at that time was considered "revolutionary". It inspired many later comics to become

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Mort Sahl has charted one of the most precipitous courses in American entertainment for last thirty years and has gone from celebrity to internal exile. There was no precedent for what he did. There were no prototypes. He's a genuinely self-created man and a true existential in that sense. Once he

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Commenting on Sahl's monologues, Nachman described him as a "gifted narrator, so good at taking you along on his travels that you didn't quite realize until the show was over that you had been on a labyrinthine journey." The speed with which Sahl gave his monologues was also notable. British film

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he remembers the president coming to see him at the Crescendo in Hollywood: “Kennedy was in the audience in the back booth. And I said, ‘I have a bulletin. Marilyn Monroe is going to marry Adlai Stevenson. Now, Kennedy can be jealous of him twice.’ And I heard a fist come down on the table and a

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made a few calls, Sahl’s club bookings began to dry up. One morning, Banducci went to the Hungry i who were still booking Sahl and found the doors chained and padlocked by the IRS in demand of back taxes “My so-called liberal supporters have all moved in with the establishment,” he said from the

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He was the best thing I ever saw. There was a need for revolution, everybody was ready for revolution, but some guy had to come along who could perform the revolution and be great. Mort was the one. He was the tip of the iceberg. Underneath were all the other people who came along: Lenny Bruce,

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where he describes his idol as someone who "would sometimes startle people in public places," then at times "flew out in anger against all that was petty, dull, or greedy in men., Often, however, his scorn would turn to high hilarity and humorous jests." Lucy then asks, "Are you reading about

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notes that other comics were jealous of Sahl's stage persona and did not understand how he could perform by simply talking to the audience. Nachman stated that the "mere idea of a stand-up comic talking about the real world was in itself revolutionary ... the comedians who followed

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recalled how Sahl's improvisation "goes on a breakneck stammering loop and you think it will never make the circle. It always does." For her it was like watching a circus act: "He freewheels a bike on a high wire tightrope with his brain racing and his hands off the handlebars."

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publications. He slept in the back seat of a friend's car; Babior was living with roommates. "Things were simple then," he said. "... All we had to worry about was the destiny of man." He felt at home in the San Francisco Bay Area, commenting, "I was 'born' in

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Robin Williams was the only person who came backstage to see him when satirist Mort Sahl gave a show 17 years ago, and the 87-year-old comic said it marked the start of a close friendship that ended with the comedian's apparent suicide this

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I never found you could write the act. You can't rehearse the audience's responses. You adjust to them every night. I come in with only an outline. You've got to have a spirit of adventure. I follow my instincts and the audience is my

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In 1997, he married Kenslea Ann Motter; they divorced around 2009. He regretted the end of their marriage and said "I'm sorry I divorced Kenslea; I'm still in love with my wife. If you love a woman it'll make her a better woman."

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nightclub in 1953. His popularity grew quickly, and after a year at the club, he traveled the country doing shows at established nightclubs, theaters, and college campuses. In 1960 he became the first comedian to be featured in a

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said he saw him read the paper one day and after a few hours Sahl got up onstage with an entire evening's worth of new material. "With no writers, he just did what he had seen in the afternoon paper. He was a genius."

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Sahl dressed casually, with no tie and usually wearing his trademark V-neck campus-style sweater. His stage presence was seen as being "candid and cool, the antithesis of the slick comic," stated theater critic

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In those days Sahl liked to say, “I have only a few months to tell these jokes before they become treason,” but the line would come back to haunt him after Kennedy took office. Sahl went to town on the

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Once Kennedy was in office, Sahl returned to his policy of making jokes about the incumbent with Sahl saying, “If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you". JFK's father

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stated, "History has returned Mort Sahl to the spotlight when he is most needed. His style has an intuitive spontaneity. His presence is tonic." Robert Weide produced a biographical documentary,

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stage at one preview. “The same people who like jokes about John Foster Dulles and Goldwater suddenly freeze when they hear satirical humor about Vietnam or the war on poverty. That’s my job”.

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In his trademark V-neck sweater, with the day's newspaper tucked under his arm, Mort Sahl has satirized – and entertained – presidents from Eisenhower to Clinton.

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magazine in 1960 published a cover story about him and his rise to fame, in which they described him as "the best of the New Comedians the first notable American political satirist since

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nightclub in New York City. Some of the clubs had never had a stand-up comedian; Sahl had to break in as a new kind of act. "I had to build up my own network of places to play," he said.

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saw him perform in 2001 at one of his rare New York club appearances, Allen told him, "this is crazy – you should be working all the time." Allen then called his manager

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His audience had also widened to include not only students and a "hip" public, but now even noted politicians sought out his shows. Some became friends, such as presidential candidate

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critic wrote, "Sahl is a man with a country but not a stage." A number of television specials gave him a venue to perform in front of live audiences. Beginning in November 1991, the

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Sahl would discuss people or events almost as if he were reporting them for the first time, and would digress into related stories or his own experiences. TV executive

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to describe him as "one of the greatest political satirists of all time." His trademark persona was to enter the stage with a newspaper in hand, casually dressed in a

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Sahl was married three times. He wedded Sue Babior in 1955; the marriage ended in divorce less than three years later. In the early 1960s his steady girlfriend was

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Mort Sahl, "picking up the pieces" since the March 27 death of his son, Mort Jr., returns to the stage, with a four-week stand at the Tiffany, starting July 17.

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in 2020, Sahl worked every Thursday night at the Throckmorton Theater in Mill Valley, California taking questions from a live audience and from Periscope/

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After his girlfriend, Sue Babior, left to attend UC Berkeley, Sahl headed north. He and Babior married in 1955 and divorced two and a half years later

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eventually fueled Sahl's partial comeback as a veteran comedian, and he was included with the new comedians breaking into the field, such as

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Sahl's presentation of news commentary as a form of social satire created a wide assortment of celebrity and political fans, including

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said his popularity was due to the public's "yearning for youth, irreverence, trenchancy, satire, a clean break with the past." And

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Between 1950 and 1953 Sahl attempted to get jobs as a stand-up comedian in about 30 nightclubs in Los Angeles, but with no success.

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by lying about his age. His mother tracked him down and brought him back home two weeks later after she had revealed his true age.

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passes from the scene, people will begin to lionize him and call him the great American and take to heart all the things he said.

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1960 for "spoon-feeding" the public, and was therefore responsible for the "corruption and ignorance that may sink this country."

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and they divorced in 1991. They had one son, Mort Sahl Jr., who died in 1996, aged 19, from an unknown drug-related reaction.

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In June 2007, a number of star comedians, including George Carlin and Jonathan Winters, gave Sahl an 80th birthday tribute.

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Sahl's family later relocated to Los Angeles, where his father, unable to become a Hollywood writer, worked as a clerk and

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In the late 2000s, Sahl relocated to the Bay Area town of Mill Valley, where he would befriend neighbor Robin Williams.

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His casual style of stand-up, where he seemed to be one-on-one with his audience, influenced new comedians, including

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Word about Sahl's satirical comedy act spread quickly. He received good reviews from influential newspaper columnist

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cover story. He appeared on various television shows, played a number of film roles, and performed a one-man show on

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became immediately interested in Sahl's radical style of humor and accorded to Sahl the same level of respect that

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Celebrities saw his shows after they heard about the "new phenomenon," referring to Sahl's unique style of comedy.

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were fans, Humphrey stating that "whenever there is a political bloat, Mort sticks a pin in it." Sahl considered

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asking him to write his jokes for campaign speeches, though Sahl later turned his barbs at the president. After

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Combined with his improvisational skill, Sahl's naturalness was also considered unique for a stage performer.

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Report, of which he consistently disputed the accuracy. He alienated much of his audience, was effectively

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From the 1990s on he performed, but less often and mostly in theaters and college auditoriums. When

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Sahl sought clubs where he could perform stand-up, and Babior suggested he audition for the

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For income, Sahl began doing odd jobs and writing. He worked as a used car salesman and a

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Who's Who in Comedy: Comedians, Comics, and Clowns From Vaudeville to Today's Stand-ups

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Sahl died of natural causes at his home in Mill Valley on October 26, 2021, at age 94.

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and had received his Congressman's help, but Sahl had by then already enlisted in the

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Sahl found his previous level of success increasingly difficult to recapture.. One

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Sahl's popularity "mushroomed like an Atomic cloud during the 50s," says filmmaker

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After a year at the hungry i, Sahl began appearing at other clubs, including the

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The Comedians: Drunks, Thieves, Scoundrels, and the History of American Comedy

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in 1963, Sahl's interest in who was responsible was so great that he became a

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Nichols & May, all the Second City. Mort was the vanguard of the group.

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Sahl's humor was based on current events, especially politics, which led

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The Future Lies Behind! Thank you Mort Sahl...for telling it like it was

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After Sahl graduated from high school, his father tried to get him into

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As a result of Sahl's popularity, besides getting on the cover of

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In 2008, Sahl performed at B.B. King's Blues Club & Grill on

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in Los Angeles, where he wrote for the school's newspaper. Actor

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In 1988 Sahl was back in New York City and performed a one-man

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Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s

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Seriously Funny: The Rebel Comedians of the 1950s and 1960s

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Last Man Standing: Mort Sahl and the Birth of Modern Comedy

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by adding inclusion criteria, or discuss this issue on the

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introduced him on one of his shows as being "the only real

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The Haunted Smile:The Story of Jewish Comedians in America

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if I hired you and I’d be audited on my income tax.”.

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In 1953 he began dating Sue Babior. When she moved to

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resulted in his being penalized with three months of

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(1992). 2824:"Comedy's Lion in Winter" 2721:Marin Independent Journal 2667:Lunch With a Loose Cannon 1543:Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1477:The World of Jewish Humor 1425:(1967) as Sam Lingonberry 1074:Beethoven or Mort Sahl?" 718:Declining career in 1960s 446: 156: 142: 126: 118: 108: 100: 87: 70: 50: 42: 30: 23: 3412:Anglophone Quebec people 1846:. Irvine. Archived from 1560: 1393:(CBS-TV 1959) as Himself 1277:, Reprise Records (1961) 480:University of California 462:Nobody Trusted the Truth 342:Early life and education 338:, was released in 2017. 3507:Reprise Records artists 3497:Mercury Records artists 3462:Fantasy Records artists 3457:Comedians from Montreal 3432:Canadian male comedians 3387:American male comedians 2976:March 10, 2016, at the 2886:March 22, 2016, at the 2488:Blazek, Daniel (2011). 2439:Comedy Central Presents 2363:March 10, 2016, at the 2343:March 14, 2016, at the 2243:March 25, 2016, at the 2058:. 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January 17, 1992. 2224:"Political Suicide" 1850:on October 28, 2020 1814:on October 27, 2021 1533:Sahl, Mort (1976). 1468:(1989) as Himself, 1307:, Dove Audio (1996) 1305:Mort Sahl's America 952:Satire comedy style 938:Library of Congress 846:Mort Sahl's America 663:The NBC Comedy Hour 437:traffic engineering 371:Belmont High School 3402:American satirists 2980:. August 15, 2014. 2907:Deadline Hollywood 2572:. October 23, 2010 2478:. January 7, 2004. 2413:The New York Times 2296:. November 1, 2022 1929:. March 19, 2006. 1881:The New York Times 1253:The Next President 1215:Performance albums 1086:. Sahl also dated 1051:In popular culture 1020: 905:with Woody Allen, 819: 789: 591: 431:, followed by the 402:United States Army 217:Kenslea Ann Motter 3111:978-0-8160-2338-7 3088:978-0-3754-1030-7 3064:978-1-8916-2071-3 2866:978-0-15-139820-1 2776:(June 21, 1996). 2700:978-1-4968-1199-8 2689:Last Man Standing 2629:Los Angeles Times 2536:. 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