Mort Sahl

thumb|Mort Sahl in 1960 Mort Lyon Sahl (May 11, 1927 – October 26, 2021) was a Canadian-born American comedian, actor, and social satirist, considered the first modern stand-up comedian since Will Rogers. Sahl pioneered a style of social satire that pokes fun at political and current event topics using improvised monologues and only a newspaper as a prop. Quotes In the forties, to get a girl you had to be a GI or a jock. In the fifties, to get a girl you had to be Jewish. In the sixties, to get a girl you had to be black. In the seventies, to get a girl you've got to be a girl. The Last Word - The Sexes The bravest thing that men do is love women. The Last Word - The Sexes Quotations Collected by Donald Gudehus: Mort Sahl (1987) Quotations Collected by Donald Gudehus: Mort Sahl (1987) Washington couldn't tell a lie, Nixon couldn't tell the truth, and Reagan couldn't tell the difference. Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. If he ran unopposed he would have lost. Nixon's the kind of guy that if you were drowning 50 feet off shore, he'd throw you a 30 foot rope. Then Kissinger would go on TV the next night and say that the President had met you more than half-way. External links Category:Stand-up comedians Category:Satirists from Canada Category:1927 births Category:2021 deaths Category:Jews from Canada Category:Actors from Montreal Category:Comedians from Canada Category:Immigrants to the United States