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On December 22, 1953, Mort Sahl took the stage at San Francisco's hungry i and changed comedy forever. Before him, standup was about everything but hard news and politics. In his wake, a new generation of smart comics emerged. Here, for the first time, is the whole story of Mort Sahl, America's iconoclastic father of modern standup comedy.

Last Man Standing Mort Sahl and the Birth of

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      Publisher: MP-MPP University Press of Mississippi
      Publication Date: 5/30/2017 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9781496809285, 978-1496809285
      ISBN10: 1496809289

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      On December 22, 1953, Mort Sahl took the stage at San Francisco's hungry i and changed comedy forever. Before him, standup was about everything but hard news and politics. In his wake, a new generation of smart comics emerged. Here, for the first time, is the whole story of Mort Sahl, America's iconoclastic father of modern standup comedy.

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