While his argument about contemporary comics - that they lack a deep political point of view - is worth serious consideration, I believe there's a certain amount of cross-generational misunderstanding and perhaps envy flavoring his critique.
Even so, I found his description of the comprehensive radicalism of his parents, a lovely mixture of activism and intellectual curiosity common in the pre-World War Two years, very compelling.
I believe his point is that this childhood environment energized his comedy with a fully formed political theory which, in his view, people like Michael Moore and Al Franken lack.
Considering Moore's work for example, which, up until *Bowling for Columbine* was long on *embarrasing the man* antics but short on analysis of systems - even in a comic form - I think there's weight to Sahl's opinion in this matter.
DRM