Mort Sahl

Why Are You Laughing?

Blind Mike Project

Comedy, Comedy Interviews

5 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2023

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Today we take a look at comedian turned presidential speech writer, turned presidential murder investigator, Mort Sahl.

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0:00.0	I don't really know how to start shows.
0:02.0	Come on, now.
0:03.0	Don't start liking me now.
0:05.0	So yeah, I'm funny compared to you.
0:08.0	Well, you'll see later.
0:10.0	I favor me.
0:11.0	I know a lot of fucking idiots.
0:13.0	You think a lot of shit is mean-spirited.
0:14.0	Just because it goes against what they believe.
0:16.0	But the relief of comedy is it take things that aren't funny
0:19.0	and it allows us to laugh about them for an hour.
0:22.0	We got a purple suit to buy in a gigantic coffin.
0:24.9	Why are you laughing?
0:26.3	The evening everybody.
0:27.2	Welcome to another episode of Why You Laughing, a history of comedy podcast.
0:30.7	And today, I am pleased to introduce to you the legendary Mort Saul.
0:36.6	And for once, I think I actually mean introducing because
0:40.0	hopefully most of our listeners didn't grow up listening to Mort's Saul. I hope we don't have
0:44.7	100 year old listeners here. But the guy is absolutely a legend and, you know, one of the
0:51.9	godfathers of comedy really, if you think about it. And, you know, I think the godfathers of comedy, really, if you think about it.
0:54.8	And, you know, I think if we look at, I hesitated to do.
1:00.2	So he passed away, Mort Saul.
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