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143. Mort Sahl was JFK's favorite comedian and they were good friends,

Tue Aug 4, 2015, 03:44 PM

Aug 2015

yet he poked fun at JFK & the Kennedy administration from day 1.

Ed Sullivan once told told him "no JFK jokes"

In his early days he played San Francisco's "Hungry I' many times,
One night "Hungry I" owner Enrico Banducci turned the lights on in the middle of his act, apologized to the audience, and announced "Anyone who wants a refund will get it"
Banducci never again booked Sahl for the "Hungry I"

After JFK's murder, Sahl became a "deputized member" of New Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison's team to investigate the murder." (Wikipedia)
After this, his act changed from a comedy act to monologues about the Warren Commission & JFK's assassination.

I never really thought Mort Sahl was funny, but I admired his helping Jim Garrison & his anti-Warren Commission rants.

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