“Nowadays, you open up what’s supposed to be a left-wing newspaper and you get a cartoon of Dick Cheney with his fly open. Bush is supposed to be the bad guy and you’re supposed to be morally superior, and this is what you do? Come on! When all you do is label the opposition as the enemy, you run the risk of becoming sophomoric in your understanding of the world.”
Politely declining a roaming Starbucks barista’s offer of a hideously sweet hors d’oeuvre, he stood to leave. As Sahl walked away, literally into the sunset, his shoulders weary with the weight of knowing that a lifetime of truth-seeking had come to this, it’s hard not to wonder, as James Thurber did in 1958, if “perhaps Mort Sahl is the answer.”
Mort Sahl will be celebrated on the occasion of his 80th birthday at “An All-Star Sahl-ute: A Tribute to Mort Sahl,” hosted by Larry King and featuring Shelley Berman, David Brenner, Albert Brooks, Jay Leno, Richard Lewis, Bill Maher, Kevin Nealon, Paula Poudstone, Jack Riley, Drew Carey, David Steinberg, Jonathan Winters and Woody Allen (via film). Wadsworth Theater, 11301 Wilshire Blvd., W.L.A.; Thurs., June 28, 8 p.m. (213) 365-3500.
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