Mason lived wholly for his work; the joke was everything for him. He would simply shrug and say, “I’m an equal opportunity abuser.”
In 1991 he married Jyll Rosenfeld, his manager. She survives him, along with a daughter, Sheba, from an earlier relationship, with Ginger Reiter.
Jackie Mason (Yacov Moshe Maza), comedian, born 9 June 1928; died 24 July 2021
Nice, long write up of one of my favorite comedians.
If he died in July 2021, why is this article being posted now? Or is the error in your comment, but the article is current?
I remember when he got married in 1991. He was on WABC constantly in those days. He told the audience that there was a pre-nup, and that if Dinkins got re-elected they would have to move 1,000 miles away.
Lucky for him Giuliani won the next election. I can’t think of Jackie Mason not calling NYC home.
It wasn't published on June 25 2022.
It was published on July 25, 2021.
-PJ
Jackie Mason was the funniest comedian. No one else evoked in the listeners in every one of his performances such uncontrollable laughter in so many people across the English speaking world. Check out on YouTube his performances in England, for instance. Laughter just as much as in NYC and beyond. Silliness, truth, impersonations, punch lines exquisitely timed in a unique, endearing staccato.
Saw him perform many years ago in a night club environment. Funniest performance I have ever attended. He brought truth to the term, ‘side splitting humor’. Rip Jackie.
Believe it or not Jackie Masom posted here sporadically for about a year. It might have been 2004 or so.
I had a roommate in the Marine Corps who was black and once we learned we could be ourselves with each other, we got along just great and were always joking around about each other in a way that would horrify most today. But we learned to appreciate each other and for example, I got him listening to country music like Waylon Jennings, Emmylou Harris and Hank Jr and he got me into Marvin Gaye, Isaac Hayes and Earth, Wind & Fire (this was well before rap).
What the Left is trying to do is divide us and make it so we have to walk on eggshells all the time out of a fear of "offending" somebody while at the same time being forced to accept what used to be considered deviant and immoral behavior. If allowed to continue, this will not end well for our society.
He was great, I loved his character in ‘The Jerk’ RIP