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.
Got to see “Jackie Mason, Freshly Squeezed” in a NYC theater for my 53rd birthday in 2005. We were front row dead center, and I was the target of a couple of gentile jokes. It was great fun.