A provocative political satirist, Mort Sahl single-handedly revolutionized the comedy medium to create an art form with a scope and impact far beyond mere slapstick and gags. In the ’50s, nightclub comics told jokes with punch lines. They wore suits. They kept things light and inoffensive. Mort wore V-neck sweaters and had a sort of conversational delivery. He got up on stage and free-associated––digressing right and left about relationships, current events and politics. And he wrapped up his shows with that catch-phrase: "Is there any group I haven’t offended?" Sahl's conversational, free-associative style forever elevated the stand-up stage into a respected forum for eye-opening social commentary, and in the process opened the door for future legends ranging from Lenny Bruce to George Carlin to Woody Allen.