# Is comedian Mort Sahl still alive? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 4, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330 "2002-12-04T02:00:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![WSLer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a6a055/32.png) [@WSLer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WSLer)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/1 "2002-12-04T02:00:12Z")
If so, is he still doing stand up? If he isn’t doing stand up, what is he doing? ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/2 "2002-12-04T02:11:36Z")
Well, if the Internet Movie Database ([www.us.imdb.com](http://www.us.imdb.com)) is to be believed, Sahl is 75 years old and still alive. But I haven’t seen or heard of him performing recently. ---
**Author:** ![BobT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@BobT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobT)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2002, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/3 "2002-12-04T02:30:25Z")
Oddly enough, you can check his official website at [http://www.mortsahl.com](http://www.mortsahl.com) ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/4 "2019-12-08T14:22:29Z")
He works every single week (Thursdays) and takes questions from the internet and his live audience. Most of his shows are on YouTube. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/5 "2019-12-08T14:43:37Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > He works every single week (Thursdays) and takes questions from the internet and his live audience. Most of his shows are on YouTube. 17 years late on this one. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/6 "2019-12-08T15:47:36Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > 17 years late on this one. Yeah, but how many Thursdays? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/7 "2019-12-08T16:34:27Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > Yeah, but how many Thursdays? About 365, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/8 "2019-12-08T17:02:48Z")
Kinda hard to do a deep search, so MSF didn’t find [this](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=4765265&postcount=3) 2004 post to bump. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/9 "2019-12-08T17:09:03Z")
There are 52.25 Thursdays in the average year, so in 17 years, there would be 888 or 889 Thursdays. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/10 "2019-12-08T17:41:43Z")
> [@Wendell\_Wagner](#): > > There are 52.25 Thursdays in the average year, so in 17 years, there would be 888 or 889 Thursdays. Ech, I multiplied 52 by 7, instead of 17. Damn online calculators. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/11 "2019-12-08T17:54:47Z")
> [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](#): > > Ech, I multiplied 52 by 7, instead of 17. Damn online calculators. :smack: Stay away from [Pentiums.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentium_FDIV_bug) BTW, are you no longer slithering? Fell off your hull? Lake too high? RE: Sahl Long, long ago, an association I was affiliated with wanted to hire Mort Sahl to give a presentation. They claimed they were looking for some comic relief. I suggested that if that’s what they wanted, why not hire a comedian? ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/12 "2019-12-08T17:59:17Z")
Alive, but his career has been dead for almost 60 years. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/13 "2019-12-08T19:21:03Z")
> [@Musicat](#): > > BTW, are you no longer slithering? Fell off your hull? Lake too high? No change there, location the same IRL and on the SDMB. Lake’s up, but not as bad as 1986, our old seawall is still buried in the dunes but I expect it’ll emerge soon unless the water drops quick. You? ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/14 "2019-12-08T20:39:06Z")
2002 Sahled, they want their Mort back. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/15 "2019-12-09T11:01:43Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > Alive, but his career has been dead for almost 60 years. Funny how the longest working comedian’s career can be “dead” ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/16 "2019-12-09T13:03:58Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > Funny how the longest working comedian’s career can be “dead” You’re not much of a fan if you don’t get the joke. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/17 "2019-12-09T13:33:36Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > Funny how the longest working comedian’s career can be “dead” When he does die you’re not going to dig him up and wear his skin…are you? ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/18 "2019-12-09T13:38:45Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > Funny how the longest working comedian’s career can be “dead” If you have to dig up 17 year old threads which questioned whether he was alive back then in order to keep his name (or your name) in the public eye, his career isn’t all that strong. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/19 "2019-12-09T14:31:17Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > If you have to dig up 17 year old threads which questioned whether he was alive back then in order to keep his name (or your name) in the public eye, his career isn’t all that strong. Very very few mentions of him here in the past. [Here](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=312710) is another thread. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330/20 "2019-12-09T14:33:53Z")
However, I have some sad news about Abe Vigoda… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-comedian-mort-sahl-still-alive/140330.md?page=2)