I heard him speak near his home here in Marin...they've taped hundreds of his weekly talks at the Throckmorton theater..which he had done right up to COVID...every thursday night...
@trainer1158 Жыл бұрын
@@AnthonyVincentD Can they be viewed here?
@lawrencebrooks59962 жыл бұрын
I saw his act and met him once.... the kindest man. How I miss his fantastic wit and intelligence that were hallmarks of his standup set. Totally unique and one of a kind.
@LoyalOpposition2 жыл бұрын
Same.
@HansDelbruck536 ай бұрын
Unique and one-of-a-kind is redundant.
@Stonewall422 жыл бұрын
Funnily enough the left wing of the left wing were the ones who were 100% right about that one.
@bazbiiiis2 жыл бұрын
Yep the old decennial debate, they came out on top on iraq too
@preppysocks2095 жыл бұрын
The saddest statement is: "I hope McNamara knows what he is doing." Tragically, he didn't, and it caused divisions in this country that reverberate to this day, never mind the consequences for people in Vietnam.
@cfwintner13 жыл бұрын
Agree 100%.
@Deadly0022 жыл бұрын
McNamara himself came to this conclusion, hence the Pentagon Papers which were being secretly written at this time, and spending more time with his family. He goes into his many, many failures in his autobiography, In Retrospect.
@adamchurvis12 жыл бұрын
If you'd like a practical reminder of just how effing ignorant McNamara was, he's primarily responsible for the utterly stupid and internationally embarrassing "Forward Assist Device" on the right side of the M-16 (AR-15, M-4 Carbine, etc), which is the equivalent of LITERALLY hitting a jammed bolt with a hammer to try to force it into lock so the rifle can fire. Of course, that was McNamara's solution to his OTHER technical screw-up in Vietnam when he changed the kind of propellant used in the M-16's ammunition to one that burned "gummy" in tropical climates, and all without rigorous testing. Please, America-- no more "Numbers Men" running things!
@tmjmccormack Жыл бұрын
wait how is that funny?
@le_th_ Жыл бұрын
@@Deadly002 He actually reflected on his failures...or the person who wrote his autobiography did?
@cynthiaflanagan39284 жыл бұрын
This morning I thought "I miss Mort Saul" and what a great find. Can't believe he's 92 and still sharing his wit.
@artygunnar2 жыл бұрын
Not anymore
@Aidan-tu4un2 жыл бұрын
@@artygunnar found this video after reading his obituary in paper… being from UK, I had never heard of him… his early work shows the same nervousness as you saw in Steven Wright’s appearance on Johnny Carson show.
@k1To1231011 ай бұрын
It’s 2023 and politics are pretty much the same as it was in 1967
@Kayaz484 жыл бұрын
Brilliant brillant man. He had a radio show late in his career in DC, and I loved listening on my way home from work.
@oOoteethoOo4 жыл бұрын
interesting
@bahcsas2 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace. He was way ahead of his time.
@TheCRTProductions2 жыл бұрын
"What do I know about politics, I'm an actor" What a profound statement!
@boldcautionproductions92032 жыл бұрын
Not sure what you mean, all politics is acting.
@_misterben2 жыл бұрын
@TheCRTProductions Twas an oblique Ronald Reagan reference who had said something similar but, in the year of this recording, 1967, nonetheless became Governor of California. I imagine the viewers at the time would have been more aware of the reference than we are today.
@S.J.L2 жыл бұрын
"Politics is show business for ugly people."
@le_th_ Жыл бұрын
@@_misterben When I was a young teen in the 80s, we all heard that over and over. Adults still voted for the attention-seeking pos.
@KitCalder8 ай бұрын
Not much of that self-awareness going around Hollywood today.
@Razormiller Жыл бұрын
Never heard of this guy till today. I was reading up about Young Frankenstein and then went on a wikipedia rabbit hole that led to him so I youtubed him. Glad I did. He had a very sharp wit and this bit is still relevant today. Good to see he had a long and full life. RIP
@nicomedy20102 жыл бұрын
RIP Mort (94), a real, real genius ;-(
@lemorab18 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much for posting this! He is brilliant. I'm going to see him in December, while he's still around. Mort Sahl is an invaluable cultural treasure.
@Shadowguy4562346 жыл бұрын
Now that I know he's still performing I'm going to go myself - and take everbody I can fit in the car!
@Cav7234 жыл бұрын
Amazing how relevant a lot of this still is
@Kenjuu4 жыл бұрын
I looked this up because William Friedkin mentioned him, and I am glad I did. This guy is brilliantly hilarious! His politics are spot on.
@eottoe20012 жыл бұрын
People don't realize that in the 1960s the center used to be social democrats. A Bernie Sanders would have been no big deal. Nixon was left of Bill Clinton, Obama and Biden in terms of policy and government administration.
@karnubawax9 жыл бұрын
Mort - along with Steve Allen - was one of the first modern stand-up comedians. He's brilliant. Wish there was more old Mort on KZbin. Some of his early albums are classics.
@LoyalOpposition4 жыл бұрын
Has a show EVERY Thursday.. They are all on KZbin and Periscope..albums
@cfwintner13 жыл бұрын
Don't forget Shelly Berman
@gkbhai896211 жыл бұрын
Amazing how relevant this all is.
@EHH24610 жыл бұрын
Mort Sahl and Lenny Bruce are the fathers of modern stand up comedy.
@blodgettshouseofinsanity7 жыл бұрын
EHH246 you can't forget George carlin. He was amazing
@Devio425 жыл бұрын
Look up Mark Twain
@hellbooks30242 жыл бұрын
Jesus was pretty funny, in his day.
@mwidunn2 жыл бұрын
@@Devio42 . . . or, Will Rogers.
@rayjr622 жыл бұрын
Redd Foxx was working in clubs when both Mort and Lenny were still in fucking high school.
@MSYNGWIE122 жыл бұрын
The brilliant Mort Sahl, who was born in Canada! my country, wish we could "claim him". He opened so many doors- does anybody out there know Lenny Bruce's opinion of him? Not being of their Era, I know of Lenny Bruce via George Carlin's admiration for him- Namaste
@luckyswine2 жыл бұрын
Lenny and Mort got along fine as far as I know. They'd have played a lot of the same venues. Lenny was more hip than Mort though. And younger I guess?
@cfwintner14 жыл бұрын
As brilliant today as it was 53 years ago.
@kiddingme013 жыл бұрын
make that 54 years ago :)
@AshitaNoKanousei426 жыл бұрын
Who else looked this up because of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?
@JDavis19826 жыл бұрын
AshitaNoKanousei42 meeeeeee!!!
@BookClubDisaster6 жыл бұрын
Me
@ArielBadilla6 жыл бұрын
jaj me
@edmiles58225 жыл бұрын
Indeed
@graymoreghost5 жыл бұрын
Add me to the list! How funny is that?
@tomrobbins5242 Жыл бұрын
Suppressed legacy. Thank you uploader.
@Bill-jc1fy Жыл бұрын
I remember him from the 60's and 70's. He was a brilliant humorist and made politics interesting. He poked fun at all points of view. RIP, Mort
@LoyalOpposition Жыл бұрын
I have a ton of Mort Sahl stuff on my channel.
@Franz19970 Жыл бұрын
Joe Kennedy said, "I will devote myself to destroying your career." After he said "I expose power through comedy" in the 1950s
@LoyalOpposition10 ай бұрын
So true.
@irish6610 жыл бұрын
the host is the actor Gene Barry.
@ellenrosenblatt54632 жыл бұрын
brilliant comedy. Didn't use the"f" word once. Of course, I'll be the first to confess, I like the "f" word as much as the next person.
@jasondownsnet7 жыл бұрын
A couple of years ago I did a show with Mort at the Throckmorten theatre in Mill Valley...his home. He was still super cool and looked great. I wanted a picture with him so bad, but it's bad etiquette to ask when you are a comic yourself. I regret not asking him for a picture. I have one with Carlin, I wish I had one with Mort so bad.
@cfwintner14 жыл бұрын
Hes still around. Go find him and get the picture. Without Mort, I'm not sure Carlin would have been Carlin.
@GreenCloudArtOrg4204 жыл бұрын
it's always OK when someone is a living legend... life is short, get the pic!
@averat844 жыл бұрын
Weren't you a fan before you were were a comic?
@AliceYobby2 жыл бұрын
No offense Jason, seriously, but you need to check the typos on your bio on here. KZbin is important! First impressions even more so :)
@jasondownsnet2 жыл бұрын
@@AliceYobby thank you.
@michaelamerlan48265 жыл бұрын
I also did and as result learned he is alive and well and still performing live every Thursday night! You can stream him live or view previous performances @mortsahlsays
@sbwification25 ай бұрын
"There's 4000 members of the Communist party and 3000 of them are FBI". I can't believe how prescient a 55 year old joke is.
@LoyalOpposition5 ай бұрын
Listen to his interviews. They're more relevant than ever. I have hundreds of his videos on just my channel alone. Was a pal of his, too.
@julirensch7 жыл бұрын
where I began my Political Science saga... great fun and incidentally, great truths Bravo Mort Sahl
@randywein2 жыл бұрын
RIP Mort Saul, died October 26, 2021 at age of 94.
@vmanfactor52 жыл бұрын
Sahl
@stevecomins78372 жыл бұрын
RIP ... We should show this to children in school. They have a right to know about the world and the added benefit of the education of a very easy to follow flow-chart. (heh heh) Flow-chart are very important for the future success of our children. Wouldn't you agree?
@luckyswine2 жыл бұрын
I'm a teacher and I ripped this off.
@ronmackinnon9374 Жыл бұрын
That's a diagram, not a flow chart - which depict processes.
@Ammo082 жыл бұрын
RIP Mort....you were the greatest..
@b.walter66462 жыл бұрын
Sahl was the best comedian of the 50s and 60s. So much funnier and articulate than Lenny Btuce.
@LoyalOpposition2 жыл бұрын
Mort is the greatest. I've been collecting his interviews/stand-up for 20 years.
@jansumi7 жыл бұрын
Came here while waiting to see him on Seth Myers shortly. Wow. Had no idea he was still around. Wow!
@markoblazney63608 жыл бұрын
the absolute best. Mort.
@teecee38666 жыл бұрын
Mort is Genius.
@darrininverarity4297 Жыл бұрын
Camelot is the double crosser/the left feared the Kennedy power,this guy was a unfortune teller and a comic.
@stuna9110 жыл бұрын
SOOOO ahead of his time holy!!
@LoyalOpposition4 жыл бұрын
Has a show EVERY Thursday.. They are all on KZbin and Periscope
@nickames38082 жыл бұрын
STILL Relevant and Right On Today !!!
@robzombie59692 жыл бұрын
Mort Sahl. R. I. P.
@Daves_Faves Жыл бұрын
George Carlin brought me here. I can see Mort's influence on him. What I'd really like to see is a modern version of this with current politicians, etc. I don't know enough history of the 60s to fully "get" some of these references.
@LoyalOpposition Жыл бұрын
I have a ton of Mort Sahl stuff on my channel.
@Daves_Faves Жыл бұрын
@@LoyalOpposition Subscribed, thanks!
@LoyalOpposition Жыл бұрын
@@Daves_Faves Enjoy!
@jantyszka10362 жыл бұрын
Interesting comment on Bobby Kennedy as he is now the "lost" liberal President the country never had: a left-wing rightist until he made a speech, then he moved left.
@FernandoGonzalez-ub9iw Жыл бұрын
I came here after reading Woody Allen autobiography, Apropos of nothing.
@Gothamauto2 жыл бұрын
Godspeed to an insightful human being.
@iyarkayinillakanam24045 жыл бұрын
He said that's your ticket to become governor of california - Arnold wow damn these guys are genius Mort Sahl, bill hicks, George Carlin catching up are russel brand and sacha baron cohen
@yournamehere60025 жыл бұрын
He was referencing Ronald Reagan, who was Governor of California
@LoyalOpposition4 жыл бұрын
Has a show EVERY Thursday.. They are all on KZbin and Periscope..
@_misterben2 жыл бұрын
@@yournamehere6002 Exactly. Arnie didnt fill that particular seat for many more years.
@ronmackinnon9374 Жыл бұрын
From 'The Hollywood Palace,' hosted by Gene Barry. Aired on May 6, 1967.
@emsleywyatt34002 жыл бұрын
I'm a middle of the road extremist.
@LoyalOpposition2 жыл бұрын
That's easy, since there is no left-wing in the US
@tvfn92 жыл бұрын
R.I.P.
@lofiftyfifty92062 жыл бұрын
So very funny and all still spot on👍🏻
@bluetoad20013 жыл бұрын
that was a great bit, hard to remember all the positions
@appidydafoo3 жыл бұрын
What an absolute nightmare
@SonGoku-et9fk8 жыл бұрын
Social Democrat? That sounds kind of familiar.
@mrjuanderfuI2 жыл бұрын
Brought by Zach Galifianakis Live at the Purple Onion
@privateprivate1865 Жыл бұрын
Im sick of constant wars
@NoOne-kr4jc Жыл бұрын
The BALLS on this man. Btw, any young ppl looking here, there were only 3 networks. Nbc, cbs, and abc. Its not like cable. 1 network shared 1/3 of the television home viewers.
@MrNaturalSez6 жыл бұрын
This must be where Father Martin got his 'Chalk Talks' from!
@williammcgrath9466 Жыл бұрын
Peter Jennings ? I looked it up .Youngest anchorman ever in 1965.
@JamieSmith-fz2mz2 жыл бұрын
A forgotten comic genius. Died today at age 94.
@DiegoGomez-pk5tg7 жыл бұрын
wth I'm doing this for an English assignment but damn this guy's good.
@jamesbevan99392 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace, Mort.
@dinnerwithfranklin2451 Жыл бұрын
Such a funny man. Thank you
@LoyalOpposition Жыл бұрын
I have a ton of Mort Sahl stuff on my channel.
@leorivers77598 ай бұрын
P.S. Gene Berry. You've seen him, Bat Masterson and the stlll great, 1st movie version of War of the Worlds.
@christopherkloe64427 жыл бұрын
Great piece
@jellef47042 жыл бұрын
Wow. He was shitting on the mustang like it was a long running joke as a pretend muscle car when it was in its second year
@shyshift10 жыл бұрын
Host: Gene Barry. I would guess this is The Hollywood Palace.
@Franz19970 Жыл бұрын
I don't know why so many idealized the Kennedys after they got shot. He was right about RFK here
@JoannaCibrian7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely hilarious!
@le_th_ Жыл бұрын
Pretty much true.
@littlebrookreader949 Жыл бұрын
We are a Constitutional Republic. Where are true Republicans?
@trainer1158 Жыл бұрын
That was masterful!
@markdouglas6682 жыл бұрын
Sahl helped fashion our times by how we viewed the world.He and Lenny Bruce were on equal ground.
@berndminde1674 Жыл бұрын
Were people just smarter then? This would be a hard sell today. Edumacation and all...
@kearyjones5 жыл бұрын
This explains it all!
@Franklin-pc3xd Жыл бұрын
This guy Sahl was boo hoo hooing that same year - 1967 - about being blacklisted and not being able to get any showbiz gigs anyhere - yet here he is that same year.
@alivewithpassion5 жыл бұрын
Who else is here because of Artie Lang and Eric the Midget.
@jeffersonianideal7 жыл бұрын
Four years prior to the Libertarian Party coming into existence.
@cynthiaarmstrong65704 жыл бұрын
God, I wish he was around to analyze Trump!
@GaryKaskel4 жыл бұрын
He IS still alive! :-)
@cynthiaarmstrong65704 жыл бұрын
Just checked him out on his Twitter account!
@LoyalOpposition4 жыл бұрын
Has a show EVERY Thursday.. They are all on KZbin and Periscope..
@MyLOLPwny9 жыл бұрын
Pretty smart comedy. That is lacking these days.
@karnubawax8 жыл бұрын
+Ian Bucklowe What's scary is how accurate it is 50 years later!
@j72868 жыл бұрын
Except Mort Sahl would have to shove half of America to the far far right......in fact, he would need another chalk board. And there would be nothing to the left of far right middle of the road. And if he said the word Social Democrats, people would have seizures.
@slickasplunderful70406 жыл бұрын
he jokes about all sides
@cjaquilino6 жыл бұрын
+ 1 AlaskanAssassin Actually, political comedy seems to have exploded over the past ten years: Samantha Bee, Daily Show, Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel (is now political), John Oliver, even Jimmy Fallon (who wasn't known for political comedy) now does it. I think with Trump being a celebrity and attracting a lot of good and bad attention in the news cycle, quite a lot of people would be familiar with current political figures. I mean, this is an era where people literally get their news from their comedy.
@jojoUK1206 жыл бұрын
Christopher A. Absolutely, satire’s never been healthier in the US! I’m impressed by Mort Sahl’s analogue graphics tho 😎
@mandykhoo24737 жыл бұрын
great confidence
@tecnique00011 жыл бұрын
thanks I'll check it out
@davewallace8219 Жыл бұрын
the guy is sharp!!!
@sanchitatrivedi2926 Жыл бұрын
Smart man 😍😍
@LoyalOpposition Жыл бұрын
I have a ton of Mort Sahl stuff on my channel.
@davewallace8219 Жыл бұрын
humor is the best way!
@macaodh43482 жыл бұрын
Mort Sahl. Now just Mort. R.I.P.
@elizabethj85102 жыл бұрын
Pretty daring stuff for the Hollywood Palace.
@qoaa11 жыл бұрын
totally spot on with politics poli - latin for many tics - blood sucking insect
@ElvisComedy6 жыл бұрын
Very cool!
@davewallace8219 Жыл бұрын
the way it is!
@tristansnow2 жыл бұрын
Rest In Peace
@walkertongdee6 жыл бұрын
and the one on the right burned his drivers license..
@1computernew2 жыл бұрын
RIP
@PhilKuhlenbeckGOOGLE10 жыл бұрын
Perfect
@r.b.46119 жыл бұрын
So then Arnold became governor of California, was he not the first actor to have the job?
@keepinmahprivacy97542 жыл бұрын
No, Ronald Reagan was the first actor to be governor of California, at the time this was on tv.
@silentwitness4843 Жыл бұрын
Resgan
@bigsassyster4 жыл бұрын
Did he really call Lyndon Johnson middle of the right-wing?
@pgregston2 жыл бұрын
He called Robert Kennedy middle of the right wing, "until he got interested in civil rights.
@leorivers77598 ай бұрын
I'm old enough to have laffed my ass off at this shtick in High School. Threre were 5 of us in my High School. Pot had been invented but for us it was rhumor.
@Chesterton72 жыл бұрын
Brilliant.
@Mrbimdrummer2 жыл бұрын
Rest in peace Mort
@irish6610 жыл бұрын
I thought that was brilliant. But I'm in my 50', so perhaps young people could not see the humour, but then again, young people can surprise you.
@manDroidXX969 жыл бұрын
Here here, I'm 18 and I've been really getting into Mort Sahl lately
@irish669 жыл бұрын
Andrew Ouellette Well one at least :) I cant remember the clip now. Did it have topical remarks in it. If Not, well then the first part of my previous comment, i would take back. You either found it funny or you didn't. Excuse me for correcting you, Andrew, but it should be "Hear Hear" Hope you had a nice Christmas.
@karnubawax8 жыл бұрын
+irish66 See... this is why young people don't like us...
@LoyalOpposition4 жыл бұрын
@@manDroidXX96 Has a show EVERY Thursday.. They are all on KZbin and Periscope
@superdeluxesmell4 жыл бұрын
irish66 It’s not exactly rocket science, don’t flatter yourself gramps.