Mort Sahl and the Birth of Modern Comedy
by
James Curtis
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
A Times Literary Supplement 2017 Book of the Year
On December 22, 1953, Mort Sahl took the stage at San Francisco's hungry i and changed comedy forever. Before him, standup was about everything but hard news and politics. In his wake, a new generation of smart comics emerged--Shelley Berman,...