Word: sahl
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...used to say that he was being crucified," comedian Mort Sahl recalled, "and... I'd say, ?Hey, man, but don't forget the resurrection.'" Lenny's trials spanned the last six years of his life; his resurrection took much less time. In the spring of 1967 the movie Lenny Bruce, a filmed record of a 1965 Basin Street West gig, showed those who had never seen him "live" the highs and the lows, the electricity and the longueurs, of a Bruce performance. That summer, Lenny's face was on the cover of the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club...
...Stride Rite Foundation is a group that has supported undergraduate public service through PBHA since 1983. An administrator from the foundation, Ellen Sahl, along with Corbin and six other committee members, reviewed over 20 applications for the post-graduate fellowship...
Before Jon Stewart, Bill Maher and Al Franken, there was MORT SAHL, who revitalized stand-up comedy in the 1950s with his trenchant political wit. TIME joined the laughter in a 1960 cover story on the verge of an election...
...captious eye on Hyannisport as well: "The choice is between the lesser of two evils, anyway," he says. "Some people claim Nixon is trying to sell the country, and Kennedy is trying to buy it." ... With one eye on world news and the other on Variety, [Sahl] is a volatile mixture of show business and politics, of exhibitionistic self-dedication and a seemingly sincere passion to change the world. The best of the New Comedians, he is also the first notable American political satirist since Will Rogers. "Whenever there is a political bloat, Mort sticks a pin in it," says...
...first match against Sahl during the consolation round of the the Cliff Keen Las Vegas Invitational, Sahl dominated, pinning Corl after going up by 12 points. But in the second meeting, Sahl only won by three points in a tightly contested match...