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Mort Sahl

American comedian

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stand-up comedy

  • Bob Hope with the USO
    In stand-up comedy: The new wave

    The groundbreaker was Mort Sahl, who appeared onstage sitting on a stool with a rolled-up newspaper in his hand and talked in normal conversational tones—delivering not gag lines but caustic commentary on the political leaders, popular culture, and pillars of respectability of American society during the conservative 1950s.…

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