RIP Kackie Mason. He made me laugh. And what more can you ask for?!
Posted on 07/25/2021 9:27:09 AM PDT by Rummyfan
Comedian Jackie Mason passed away yesterday on July 24th. He made me laugh like no other comedian ever did, perhaps because he was a visible Jew, but unlike some other Jewish comedians, he never apologized for his Jewishness; he bragged about it.
Born Yacov Moshe Hakohen Maza, Mason came from a long line of rabbis that included his father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great-great-grandfather. His three older brothers were also rabbis. After being ordained as a rabbi, he led congregations in Pennsylvania and North Carolina but, after a few years, quit the rabbinate to answer his true calling, making people laugh. But he never forgot his rabbinical learning, “Every time I see a contradiction or hypocrisy in somebody’s behavior,” he once quipped, “I think of the Talmud and build the joke from there.”
In the short time since his death was announced, celebrities and other notable figures mourned Mason’s death. Gilbert Gottfried called him “one of the best. Sean Hannity remarked that he was “irreverent, iconoclastic, funny, smart and a great American patriot. His life was even celebrated by “The Fonz.”
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RIP Kackie Mason. He made me laugh. And what more can you ask for?!
When comedians were funny, and not mean, vicious, hateful partisan attack dogs.
Jackie will be sorely missed.
He was VERY conservative, so you probably won’t hear many Hollywood types mourning his death.
Jackie was a talented man and a loyal Zionist.
Took the train to NYC for my birthday in 2005 and we saw “Jackie Mason - Freshly Squeezed”. Got a pair of seats front row dead-center and I was his gentile foil for several jokes. Best birthday ever!
Are there any left from that great era of comedy?
Sad to hear this. We needed him now more than ever.
> Are there any left from that great era of comedy? <
Bob Newhart is still with us. But he’s the only one I can think of.
Comedic giant. His fast talking humor was brilliant.
So it is with all gun crime. Thanks, Jackie.
I think Mel Brooks is still with us.
RIP. He will be greatly missed.
May he Rest In Peace , and may his family be comforted by all of the good he did and the joy that he brought to this world.
“The ballet season is a week and a half every nine years.”
R.I.P., Rabbi, thank you for making me laugh, and, making me think,too!!
Ye shall be missed. AVE’!
RIP, you never were funny.
Humor is an odd thing, some humor is incomprehensible to some folks. and “If I was Jewish I’d talk like this.”
Conservative, patriotic, fearless and all the whole quite funny. God bless, Jackie, and thank you.
Gosh, he was funny! RIP my friend.
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