Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album)
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"Mort Sahl at Sunset" is a landmark stand-up comedy album capturing Mort Sahl’s pioneering, politically charged, and improvisational nightclub performances in the late 1950s.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| At Sunset (comedy album) | 1 |
| Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album) canonical | 1 |
| Mort Sahl at the hungry i | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3643574 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album) Context triple: [Mort Sahl, notableWork, Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album)]
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A.
The Lenny Bruce Originals
The Lenny Bruce Originals is a compilation album featuring influential stand-up comedy performances by groundbreaking American comedian Lenny Bruce.
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B.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
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C.
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
"Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth" is a documentary film that chronicles the life, controversial comedy career, and legal battles of groundbreaking stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce.
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D.
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is a landmark 1982 stand-up comedy concert film showcasing Richard Pryor’s raw, influential, and autobiographical comedic style.
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E.
Beyond the Fringe
Beyond the Fringe is a groundbreaking early-1960s British satirical stage revue that helped launch the modern era of sketch comedy and satire.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album) Target entity description: "Mort Sahl at Sunset" is a landmark stand-up comedy album capturing Mort Sahl’s pioneering, politically charged, and improvisational nightclub performances in the late 1950s.
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A.
The Lenny Bruce Originals
The Lenny Bruce Originals is a compilation album featuring influential stand-up comedy performances by groundbreaking American comedian Lenny Bruce.
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B.
The Sunshine Boys
The Sunshine Boys is a 1975 comedy film, based on Neil Simon’s play, about two feuding former vaudeville partners reluctantly reunited for a television special.
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C.
Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth
"Lenny Bruce: Swear to Tell the Truth" is a documentary film that chronicles the life, controversial comedy career, and legal battles of groundbreaking stand-up comedian Lenny Bruce.
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D.
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip
Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip is a landmark 1982 stand-up comedy concert film showcasing Richard Pryor’s raw, influential, and autobiographical comedic style.
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E.
Beyond the Fringe
Beyond the Fringe is a groundbreaking early-1960s British satirical stage revue that helped launch the modern era of sketch comedy and satire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
live comedy album
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spoken word album ⓘ stand-up comedy album ⓘ |
| artist | Mort Sahl ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement | modern stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod | Eisenhower era United States ⓘ |
| chronologyWithinArtistCareer | early Mort Sahl recording ⓘ |
| containsHumorType |
irony
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observational humor ⓘ sarcasm ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creativeWorkStatus | published ⓘ |
| era | late 1950s ⓘ |
| features |
audience interaction
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monologue ⓘ topical references to late 1950s events ⓘ |
| genre |
political comedy
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stand-up comedy ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | political satire in American comedy ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Mort Sahl stand-up routine
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improvised commentary ⓘ political satire bits ⓘ |
| influenced | later political stand-up comedians ⓘ |
| intendedAudience | adult audience ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
American society
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Cold War era ⓘ current events ⓘ mass media ⓘ politics ⓘ |
| medium | vinyl record ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | first-person commentary ⓘ |
| notableFor |
influence on modern stand-up comedy
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nightclub performance recording ⓘ politically charged material ⓘ |
| performer | Mort Sahl ⓘ |
| productionType | live recording ⓘ |
| recordingContext | nightclub performance ⓘ |
| recordingLocation |
The Comedy Store
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surface form:
Sunset Strip nightclub
|
| setting | nightclub ⓘ |
| style |
improvisational comedy
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satire ⓘ topical humor ⓘ |
| workType | audio recording ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Mort Sahl at Sunset (comedy album) Description of subject: "Mort Sahl at Sunset" is a landmark stand-up comedy album capturing Mort Sahl’s pioneering, politically charged, and improvisational nightclub performances in the late 1950s.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
hungry i
this entity surface form:
Mort Sahl at the hungry i
subject surface form:
Morton Sahl
this entity surface form:
At Sunset (comedy album)