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Related: About this forumMort Sahl (Greatest Political Humorist)
It's just a 2-minute clip, but so much is said, and it's so on-target, biting..
My favorite lefty
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Mort Sahl (Greatest Political Humorist) (Original Post)
DumpTrump20202020
Feb 2021
OP
I remember saying in that ironic, mock indignant, aware way of his, 'define your
empedocles
Feb 2021
#7
dhill926
(16,953 posts)1. loved him...
DumpTrump20202020
(109 posts)3. He Was Working Until COVID Shut Down The Theaters in California
Luckily they are online.. Weekly show with a live audience and they would also take anyone's question from Periscope/Twitter.
He had the best line about Trump.. He asked aloud:
"I wonder how Trump would have handled Hitler?"
""I'd FIRE Him!"
dhill926
(16,953 posts)4. wow...thought he was long gone...
what is he....120?
DumpTrump20202020
(109 posts)6. He'll be 94 in a few months
He was still sharp and funny
empedocles
(15,751 posts)2. Thank you
DumpTrump20202020
(109 posts)5. You are very welcome!
empedocles
(15,751 posts)7. I remember saying in that ironic, mock indignant, aware way of his, 'define your
terms'. Felt lastingly funny . . . still.
DumpTrump20202020
(109 posts)8. Right! "Act Normal"
That was on the Sunset album, the first to be recognized as the first comedy album (with an audience) by the Library of Congress.
Unfortunately for Mort, it was stolen by the Weiss Brothers from Fantasy Records, and he was never paid for it. He says this in an interview from about 2011, which is on YouTube.