Mort Sahl on Heartland and a fading humorist
In Heartland Mort Sahl details a years long fade from fame, claiming blacklisting over JFK assassination theories. He defends his early intellect infused stand up while critiquing colleagues, Hollywood, and liberal politics in a curdling jeremiad that ends with worn-out free association.
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Mort Sahl
Sahl
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
America
Top Tunes record World Week Best Selling Singles and Albums
Record World magazine lists this week best selling items with last week positions in parentheses. Top singles include Disco Duck by Rick Dees and Play That Funky Music by Wild Cherry. Albums feature Frampton Comes Alive and Silk Degrees by Boz Scaggs.
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Record World Magazine
Rick Dees
Cast of Idiots
Wild Cherry
Chicago
Boz Scaggs
Walter Murphy
The
Big Apple Band
Devil Woman
Cliff Richard
KC & the Sunshine Band
Elton John
Kiki Dee
Still the One
Orleans
Magic Man
Frampton
Books In Brief. Biographies Of Dayan And Hunt
Moshe Dayan’s Story Of My Life recounts his rise from Zionist youth to defense minister in the Six Day and Yom Kippur wars with candor about Ben Gurion and Golda Meir. Waller’s tale exposes a major government aided informer scandal ending with a disappearance. Haroldson Hunt’s wealth and drive are weighed, arguing his fortune may be smaller than feared and his pleasures scarce.
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David Ben Gurion
Golda Meir
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Harry Belafonte
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