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Call it negative. its mainly me. i dont talk about the news. im a victim o. f the news. >> the country was ready for something different. its almost like mort sahl led a revolution that people didnt know they needed. >> are you a bad guy. >> im a western union messenger, sometimes theres bad news in the wire. >> mort sahl influenced lenny bruce, richard pryor. bob hope with his large writing staff influenced the format of the late night comedy shows. >> heres johnny. >> its going to be a good ni...

Now on bbc news — hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. more than four decades ago, nicaraguan president daniel ortega led a revolution that toppled a corrupt dictatorship. he can hardly be unaware of the irony of his current situation, imposing evermore repressive measures to silence dissent in the run—up to an election unlikely to be free or fair. in another ironic twist, my guest, carlos fernando chamorro, was a leading sandinista propagandist. now, hes an influential journali...

A victim of the news. >> the country was ready for something different. almost like mort sahl led a revolution that people didnt even know they needed. >> mort, are you really a bad guy? >> all i am is a western union messenger. sometimes theres bad news on the wire. but thats not my fault. i only work at the office. >> mort sahl influenced this whole generation of coffeehouse comedians like lenny bruce, richard pryor, george carlin. whereas bob hope with his large writing staff influenced the f...

And reacted in live time to the news as he was reading it. which is a real high wire act. >> bob hope famously said you got to balance your humor or youll offend somebody. mort sahl did not care. >> i am not the most tolerant guy in the world. i am very intolerant. that is the basis of the act. the act is the statement of a lone guy in rebellion. that is why people mistakenly call it negative. its mainly me. i dont talk about the news. im a victim of the news. >> the country was ready for someth...

What was done for acti. he humanized i >> i have to repor to you but largest news last week was the soviet spaceman that was invited for lunch by the queen. just to put your minds at risk i probably will not say anything about the queen. she hasnt mentioned me as she? >> he came out with a newspaper and he reabouted in live time to the news as he was reading which is a really high-wire act. >> bob hope famously said, you got to always balance your humor or youre going to offend somebody. mort di...

>> the country was led for something different. mort sal led a revolution people didnt even know they needed. >> im a western messener, but i only work at the office. >> mort sal influenced this whole generation of coffee house comedians like lenny bruce, richard pryor, george carlin, whereas bob hope with his large writing staff influenced the format of the late night comedy show. >> heres johnny! >> it will be a good night. i just saw bob hope as we were talking. its a wonderful thrill standin...

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