{"id":28465,"date":"2021-10-26T20:19:20","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=28465"},"modified":"2021-10-26T20:24:17","modified_gmt":"2021-10-27T00:24:17","slug":"mort-sahl-legendary-comedian-dead-at-94","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/26\/mort-sahl-legendary-comedian-dead-at-94\/","title":{"rendered":"Mort Sahl, Legendary Comedian, Dead at 94"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Mort Sahl, was a social satirist, long before Jon Stewart or Bill Maher, he was considered the first modern comedian since Will Rogers. Sahl pioneered a style of social satire that pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop.<\/p>\n

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Young Mort Sahl, circa 1950<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sahl spent his early years in Los Angeles and moved to the San Francisco Bay Area where he made his professional stage debut at the hungry i 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 have a cover story written about him by Time magazine. He appeared on various television shows, played a number of film roles, and performed a one-man show on Broadway.<\/p>