Mort Sahl, stand-up comic. Born: 11 May 1927 in Montreal. Died: 26 October 2021 in Mill Valley, California, aged 94. Mort Sahl was not only a stand-up comic.
Arguably he was the man who invented stand-up comedy as we know it today – or at least yesterday. He dumped punchlines in favour of rambling stories, improvisation and often frank, biting observational humour, taking shots at all and sundry.
He was an equal opportunities comic before equal opportunities was a thing. “Are there any groups I haven’t offended?” he would ask as his act gathered momentum.
Of course that was when causing offence might be considered to fall within the province of comedy rather than the law courts.
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