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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 Modern Comedy

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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,... Read more

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

    Number of Pages: 400

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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.

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