Rob Schneider Instagram – Mort Sahl, The last of the Founding Fathers of stand up comedy has left the stage. A true giant who literally invented modern political satire. ALL, not some, but ALL modern political stand up comics, knowingly or not, are direct comedic descendants of the incomparable Mort Sahl. Meeting Mr. Sahl was meeting true comedy royalty. He would hate that description, because he hated elitism in any form. He didn’t deny that there was greatness in individual achievements, but the idea that any man was “better” or “more important” was an anathema to Mr. Sahl. Mort truly was the champion of the average hard working American. Sahl never talked down to his audience but treated us all as equals: equally appalled at the political farce that enfolded before his eyes. As Mort continued to perform shows every Thursday in Northern California until he passed, he found the political buffoonery just as ridiculously humorous in 2021 as he found during the Nixon/Kennedy debates in 1960. A contemporary and friend to Lenny Bruce and my dear friend Dick Gregory, Mort Saul is the last of his era of what defined and still defines what we call Stand Up Comedy. With much gratitude and admiration and in still in awe that you once saw me perform, Rob Schneider