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DumpTrump20202020

(109 posts) Wed Sep 16, 2020, 04:33 PM Sep 2020

Mort Sahl on the 1960 Election (Ed Sullivan Show)

The greatest political/social satirist ever... It's too bad COVID had eliminated his weekly show. Despite being 93, he was STILL the best around. A man who brought up the important issues (not the gossip, trivial) with humor with an x-ray of what's REALLY happening in society.

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Mort Sahl on the 1960 Election (Ed Sullivan Show) (Original Post) DumpTrump20202020 Sep 2020 OP

'And so's your old man!' elleng Sep 2020 #1

Hahaha DumpTrump20202020 Sep 2020 #2

Quick clever line on JFK, not wanting the honor medal . . . over being President empedocles Sep 2020 #4

So sharp. Sharp audience empedocles Sep 2020 #3

Are audiences less sharp today? DumpTrump20202020 Sep 2020 #5

elleng

(136,160 posts)

1. 'And so's your old man!'

Reply to DumpTrump20202020 (Original post)

Wed Sep 16, 2020, 04:44 PM

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DumpTrump20202020

(109 posts)

2. Hahaha

Reply to elleng (Reply #1)

Wed Sep 16, 2020, 04:47 PM

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Mort Sahl has had quite a relationship with JFK.... First, he was hired as a writer when he was running for President... Then when he's elected, he thought JFK was fair game, and all hell broke loose for Mort.. Then after JFK's death, Mort has Mark Lane on his show 5x and gets Jim Garrison on The Johnny Carson Show, and then becomes a deputized member of his staff, almost burying his career.