Mort Sahl

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actor human satirist screenwriter stand-up comedian

Mort Sahl was a pioneering American stand-up comedian known for his sharp, politically charged, conversational style that helped transform modern comedy.

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Label Occurrences
Mort Sahl canonical 18
Mort Sahl onstage persona 1
pioneering political satirist Mort Sahl 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
satirist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Award for Best Comedy Recording ⓘ
surface form: Grammy Award nomination for Best Comedy Performance
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfBirth Canada ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1927-05-11 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-10-26 ⓘ
describedBySource Los Angeles Times ⓘ
The New York Times ⓘ
educatedAt University of Southern California ⓘ
familyName Sahl ⓘ
fieldOfWork political comedy ⓘ
stand-up comedy ⓘ
fullName Morton Lyon Sahl ⓘ
genre observational comedy ⓘ
political satire ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
givenName Morton ⓘ
influenced Bill Maher ⓘ
David Letterman ⓘ
Dick Cavett ⓘ
George Carlin ⓘ
Jon Stewart ⓘ
Lenny Bruce ⓘ
Woody Allen ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath natural causes ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
notableFor pioneering politically themed stand-up comedy ⓘ
notableWork Look Forward in Anger (book) ⓘ
Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album) ⓘ
The Future Lies Ahead (comedy album) ⓘ
The Next President (comedy album) ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
columnist ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
stand-up comedian ⓘ
performedAt hungry i, San Francisco ⓘ
placeOfBirth Montreal ⓘ
surface form: Montreal, Quebec, Canada
placeOfDeath Mill Valley, California ⓘ
surface form: Mill Valley, California, United States
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

Mill Valley, California ⓘ
surface form: Mill Valley, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse China Lee ⓘ
style conversational comedy ⓘ
politically charged monologues ⓘ
topical humor ⓘ

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George Carlin → influencedBy → Mort Sahl ⓘ
Lenny Bruce → influenced → Mort Sahl ⓘ
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth → featuresInterviewWith → Mort Sahl ⓘ
Sahl → usedBy → Mort Sahl ⓘ
Sahl → hasNotableBearer → Mort Sahl ⓘ
The Next President (comedy album) → creator → Mort Sahl ⓘ
subject surface form: The Next President
The Next President (comedy album) → performer → Mort Sahl ⓘ
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The Next President (comedy album) → hasAuthor → Mort Sahl ⓘ
subject surface form: The Next President
Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album) → artist → Mort Sahl ⓘ
subject surface form: Mort Sahl at Sunset
Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album) → performer → Mort Sahl ⓘ
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The Future Lies Ahead (comedy album) → creator → Mort Sahl ⓘ
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The Future Lies Ahead (comedy album) → performer → Mort Sahl ⓘ
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The Future Lies Ahead (comedy album) → workOf → Mort Sahl ⓘ
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The Future Lies Ahead (comedy album) → featuresCharacter → Mort Sahl ⓘ
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this entity surface form: Mort Sahl onstage persona
Look Forward in Anger (book) → author → Mort Sahl ⓘ
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Look Forward in Anger (book) → notableAuthorCharacteristic → Mort Sahl ⓘ
subject surface form: Look Forward in Anger
this entity surface form: pioneering political satirist Mort Sahl
Look Forward in Anger (book) → creator → Mort Sahl ⓘ
subject surface form: Look Forward in Anger
hungry i, San Francisco → hasNotablePerformer → Mort Sahl ⓘ
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Morton Lyon Sahl → alsoKnownAs → Mort Sahl ⓘ
Morton → alsoKnownAs → Mort Sahl ⓘ
subject surface form: Morton Sahl