Playboy Interview: Mort Sahl

February, 1969

Playboy Interview: Mort SahlOnce described as a "nice, fresh breath of carbon monoxide," Mort Sahl continues to pollute the complacency of the political establishment with the same kind of satirical laughing gas that has won him both widespread popularity and bitter condemnation. Adlai Stevenson was his friend, Dwight Eisenhower claimed he'd never heard of him. and President Kennedy knew him well but never accepted him within White House inner circles. Despite the controversy Sahl has...