Mort Sahl
Morton Lyon Sahl was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, and social satirist. He pioneered a style of social satire that pokes fun at political and current event topics by means of improvised monologues, using only a newspaper as a prop.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Montreal
- Educated at
- University of Southern CaliforniaBelmont High School
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Trending topics shown first"Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost."
"We would have broken up except for the children. Who were the children? Well, she and I were."
"Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference."
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Timeline
1927
Born
Birth2021
Died
Death
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