congratulations on being a part of this project, Mark...I met Dick Gregory and Mort Sahl many yrs ago...Gregory came to Brandeis U, I think it was around 1980, he was invited to come and speak to a group of students and faculty, and when it was over I was one of the students who went for a walk with him afterwards...I was surprised that …
congratulations on being a part of this project, Mark...I met Dick Gregory and Mort Sahl many yrs ago...Gregory came to Brandeis U, I think it was around 1980, he was invited to come and speak to a group of students and faculty, and when it was over I was one of the students who went for a walk with him afterwards...I was surprised that he was invited and that he came, but he said he would talk to anyone who would listen, it was a real privilege to have met him, my dad was a huge fan of his comedy and everything else...I met Sahl at the Westwood Village Farmers Market around 1999 or 2000, his son was playing there with a jazz band. I watched him for a while and saw that I was the only person who recognized him. Being in LA, and because of my employment with the Musician's Union and other things I was used to meeting famous people and knew to treat them like everyone else, politely but not like a crazed fan. I went up to him, he was sitting on a chair and had a couple of people with him...I introduced myself, and shook his hand, and thanked him for his standup comedy, and for all he did to try and tell the truth about President Kennedy's assassination. He thanked me and I saw he wasn't interested in having a conversation so I went back to where my husband was standing. One of my favourite things he did was to use a blackboard to map out his ideas and description of US politics like a college professor. Merv Griffin used to have him on often and gave him a lot of time on his talk show. At some point the whole thing about JFK gave him a nervous breakdown and he turned up in Wash DC with a talk radio show and praising Reagan and Alexander Haig his new buddies. I'd like to think he was spying on the enemy but now we now they were all the enemy. It was quite a shock to see him on Carson telling stories like Haig was a funny guy to hang out with. I remember when Reagan was shot and Haig thought he was in charge, but GHW Bush was the VP so he was next in line. Haig tried to jump the gun pun intended.
Meanwhile 60 f'ing yrs and are we any closer to the world knowing who did it and why.
congratulations on being a part of this project, Mark...I met Dick Gregory and Mort Sahl many yrs ago...Gregory came to Brandeis U, I think it was around 1980, he was invited to come and speak to a group of students and faculty, and when it was over I was one of the students who went for a walk with him afterwards...I was surprised that he was invited and that he came, but he said he would talk to anyone who would listen, it was a real privilege to have met him, my dad was a huge fan of his comedy and everything else...I met Sahl at the Westwood Village Farmers Market around 1999 or 2000, his son was playing there with a jazz band. I watched him for a while and saw that I was the only person who recognized him. Being in LA, and because of my employment with the Musician's Union and other things I was used to meeting famous people and knew to treat them like everyone else, politely but not like a crazed fan. I went up to him, he was sitting on a chair and had a couple of people with him...I introduced myself, and shook his hand, and thanked him for his standup comedy, and for all he did to try and tell the truth about President Kennedy's assassination. He thanked me and I saw he wasn't interested in having a conversation so I went back to where my husband was standing. One of my favourite things he did was to use a blackboard to map out his ideas and description of US politics like a college professor. Merv Griffin used to have him on often and gave him a lot of time on his talk show. At some point the whole thing about JFK gave him a nervous breakdown and he turned up in Wash DC with a talk radio show and praising Reagan and Alexander Haig his new buddies. I'd like to think he was spying on the enemy but now we now they were all the enemy. It was quite a shock to see him on Carson telling stories like Haig was a funny guy to hang out with. I remember when Reagan was shot and Haig thought he was in charge, but GHW Bush was the VP so he was next in line. Haig tried to jump the gun pun intended.
Meanwhile 60 f'ing yrs and are we any closer to the world knowing who did it and why.