Canadian - Comedian | May 11, 1927 -
If you were the only person left on the planet, I would have to attack you. That's my job.
Mort Sahl
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When people write comedy from neutrality, it just gets kind of silly.
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I used to go to two movies every week for the Saturday matinee when I was a kid.
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Too much comedy today is vulgar, not clever. I say that as a comedian and as a consumer.
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Too often, these comedy guys now only care about getting on and then getting off and getting rich.
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I was a writer. I couldn't sell anything, and the comedians were among the dumbest people I had ever met. They'd all say to me, 'The average man won't understand it.' You know, they're superior to the average man.
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I dare say that if most comedians today, the gifted ones, were to sit down and write, they'd learn more about their craft. But what happens is they get out there before they learn what their viewpoint is, if any.
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There are talented people along the way, although very few come to mind. They're not very daring. Part of the problem is that comedians don't want to overthrow anything. They want to join it.
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I was always biting the hand that fed me. It was compulsive. Kennedy was very good to me, and I attacked him as soon as he was elected. I attacked him before he was elected.
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My humor was Victorian - and still is.
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Women have everything they want, and they've never been so unhappy.
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I was afraid no one would laugh, and I wanted to pretend I wasn't noticing the audience. I didn't want the audience to get the idea I was telling a joke and waiting for a laugh.
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