Mort Sol News Today

Comedy in the 1950s were still really derived from vaudeville. you know, those performers like bob hope had nothing more than their mind than just getting laughs and that was plenty. the guy who really came along and changed all that was mort sol. >> richard nixon is running for governor of california and i realize sometimes they want this material to be topical. hell be running for something no matter when the show is on. so sorry. >> mort was the first person to talk like a human being on stag...

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...