Jackie Mason, One of the Last Borscht Belt Comedians, Dies at 93

Variety ^ | Carmel Dagan

[Billthedrill]

RIP. Mason was an original.

[Jvette]

Good guy. Conservative and fan of President Trump.

God rest his soul

[SaveFerris]

Gonna miss Jackie

[P.O.E.]

RIP.

[ConservativeMind]

I enjoyed listening to him.

[al baby]

Damit

[kiryandil]

Godspeed, Jackie.

[llevrok]

I loved that he took great exception to over priced Starbucks style coffee. True NY style!

Last of a breed!

[fishtank]

I heard him often on Michael Savage’s show….

[ocrp1982]

R.I.P. May God Almighty rest his soul.

[frank ballenger]

Good guy. Conservative and fan of President Trump. God rest his soul

Amen

[MrHead]

Last of a dying breed.

[Rebelbase]

The Borscht Belt resorts lay in ruins now.

[SpaceBar]

Same here.

[Steely Tom]

I heard him once on a live call-in show in NYC, he was very smart and analytical. A young woman called in with a sort of snarky, challenging question, and he handled her with a mixture of kindness and razor-sharp thinking. He took apart her argument piece by piece, showing where she had gone off the rails while also saying what she was right about. I was very impressed by how he kept his cool and his sense of humor, with terrific command of the facts and a powerful mind.

One specific thing I remember was that he very carefully separated the elements of her argument into a “fact” pile, an “opinion” pile, and an “emotion” pile. There was no question that he had understood every thing she said.

This was maybe twenty-five years ago. It was the first time I ever heard him in a live performance, although I had heard that he was a conservative.

[stylecouncilor]

Ping

[McGavin999]

Thank you God for lending this truly funny man to us.

[BradyLS]

He showed us how it could be done.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Oh, wow! RIP and bless his soul!