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American History & Politics Comedy, Satire
  • Dick Gregory

    Panel at University of Chicago Law School discuss ending capital punishment, part 3

    Feb. 19, 1965

    Dick Gregory satirizes capital punishment in the United States, calls for the churches to take action, and talks about potential actions from "demonstrators." Other panel members answer audience questions (Father James Jones, Norval Morris, Hans W. Mattick, and Arthur Wineberg). Hosted by the University of Chicago. (Part 3 of 3)

  • Herbert Block, known as "Herblock," discusses his drawings as an editorial cartoonist and the new book "Straight Herblock"

    Nov. 13, 1964

    Herblock and Studs talk about his newest book "Straight Herblock." They talk about some of his most acclaimed drawings and the social/political questions they pose.

  • Mort Sahl

    Mort Sahl discusses comedy, social satire, politics, and humorists

    Feb. 17, 1960

    Mort Sahl the comedian discusses comedy, social satire, and humorists. He discusses the difference between sick humor and social commentary. He discusses politics in America. Includes a speech by humorist Will Rogers towards the end of the program.

  • Mort Sahl

    Mort Sahl discusses comedy, social satire, and politics

    Mort Sahl discusses comedy, social satire, and politics. Sahl discusses the topics of Communism, Fascism, the Kennedy assassination, and show business.

  • Jules Feiffer and Jamie Gilson

    Jules Feiffer and Jamie Gilson talk with Studs Terkel

    May. 13, 1960

    Cartoonist Jules Feiffer discusses his book "The Explainers" and his thoughts on American society, gender roles, and political corruption as is satirized in his cartoons; cartoon strips are read throughout the program with Jamie Gilson.

  • Mort Sahl

    Mort Sahl discusses his career in comedy and paranoia in politics

    Aug. 11, 1983

    Humorist and commentator Mort Sahl talks with Studs Terkel on the roof of Sahl’s Chicago hotel. The two briefly discuss Lenny Bruce’s legacy, but Sahl is quick to discuss a topic he brings up frequently in this interview: American’s criticism of “paranoia” and the U.S. government’s power to persuade. Sahl criticizes his young audiences for being uneducated and discuss the United State’s involvement in the Vietnam War. He also speaks briefly on liberals in Chicago, calling them weak for supporting Daley.

  • Art Buchwald

    Discussing the book "Layed back in Washington" and interviewing Art Buchwald

    Feb. 1982

    Discussing the book "Layed back in Washington" and interviewing Art Buchwald.

  • Del Close discusses hipsters and comedy

    May. 15, 1970

    Del Close discusses hipsters, what is hip, and comedy. Includes a clip of Del Close and his colleague John Brent from the beatnik satire "How to Speak Hip".

  • Art Buchwald

    Interview with Art Buchwald

    Oct. 10, 1983

    Discussing the book "While Reagan Slept" (published by Putnam) with the author, satirist Art Buchwald.

  • Paul Krassner

    Paul Krassner discusses his book "Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture"

    Oct. 19, 1993

    Author, comedian and satirist Paul Krassner joins Studs Terkel in a “mosaic” of an interview, as Krassner calls it, to discuss his book, “Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture.” The conversation begins with two clips from Abbie Hoffman and Lenny Bruce, friends of Krassner’s and fellow key figures in the counterculture movement of the 1960s. Krassner speaks on his friends’ legacies, and then begins telling his story, reading a passage from his book about when he first started questioning society.

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