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JACKIE MASON
Jackie Mason was The prototypical Borscht Belt comedian. Jackie Mason deftly blended self-deprecating humility with abrasive arrogance to acutely dissect the differences between Jewish and Gentile culture. After finding initial success in the 1960s as a frequent guest of The Ed Sullivan Show, Jackie Mason spent the next two decades in obscurity, blackballed by the showbiz powers-that-be, before re-emerging even more successful than before at the close of the 1980s.
Jackie Mason was born Jacob Maza on June 9, 1934 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The son of a rabbi, he and his family soon moved to New York's Lower East Side, where he spent his formative years studying to follow in his father's footsteps. After his ordainment, Mason spent three years as a rabbi in Latrobe, Pennsylvania; after earning a warm reception for the Saturday morning sermons which he sprinkled with a variety of jokes and humorous asides, he decided to pursue a career as a professional comedian, adopting his stage name after an appearance on the old Barry Gray radio show.
After finding success on the club circuit, Jackie Mason graduated to a string of television performances, ignoring advice from the William Morris Agency to take elocution lessons in order to lose his heavy Jewish accent; he was a particular favorite of Ed Sullivan, and appeared on his variety show countless times. In 1962 Jackie Mason issued his debut LP I'm the Greatest Comedian in the World, Only Nobody Knows It Yet, quickly followed by I Want to Leave You With the Words of a Great Comedian. Many found his broad cultural examinations controversial, while even other Jews felt his self-effacing style bordered on anti-Semitism; combined with his difficult, raucous offstage behavior, Jackie Mason saw support for his act dwindle, and spent the next twenty-odd years effectively ostracized, his career restricted to tiny clubs and small film performances.
Against all odds, in 1987 Jackie Mason found backing for a planned one-man show; soon The World According to Me! debuted on Broadway to great acclaim �" critics applauded him as a savage satirist, and his performance ultimately won an Tony. His career resurrected, Mason went on to star in the short-lived sitcom Chicken Soup before returning to Broadway in 1991 with Brand New. Subsequent stage shows included Politically Incorrect and Love Thy Neighbor.
Jackie Mason is continues to make folks plotz across the country with his brilliant humor.
Ijackie Mason voted comedian’s comedian. n a 2005 poll to find The Comedian's Comedian, he was voted amongst the top 50 comedy acts ever by fellow comedians and comedy insiders.
Jackie Mason had several one-man comedy stage shows over the years. One was called The World According to Me, which was well-received. Later he had a show called Politically Incorrect, which ran into copyright problems as it was around the time that Bill Maher's TV show of the same name was on the air. Mason eventually added his name to his show's title to settle the situation.
Jackie Mason, TV entrepeneur. In November of 2005, Jackie Mason started a daily talk show, "The Jackie Mason Show". The show can be seen nightly on the CN8 network on Comcast cable television.
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