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Jackie Mason, One of the Last Borscht Belt Comedians, Dies at 93
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| Carmel Dagan
Posted on 07/24/2021 6:54:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Main Street
I believe what soured Jackie Mason and Ed Sullivan was there was a tradgedy and Sullivan wanted to announce it. He motioned for Mason to cut his act short. Mason started mimicking Sullivan. People around 40 years old should have some idea of the Borscht Belt. The movie “Dirty Dancing” was set in the Borscht Belt.. May Jackie Mason Rest In Peace.
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posted on
07/25/2021 2:48:22 AM PDT
by
carcraft
(Pray for our County )
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
07/25/2021 2:51:33 AM PDT
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wardaddy
(Girls...in the end ....it's about them )
To: SpaceBar; dynachrome
Thanks for the note..!!!
I hope all is well… did you all hear President Trump on the Savage podcast a few days ago?
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posted on
07/25/2021 9:11:26 AM PDT
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fishtank
To: nickcarraway
Loved Jackie. A funny, funny man. A patina of humor over top of considerable intelligence. RIP
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posted on
07/25/2021 11:54:39 AM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
To: alexander_busek
The Borscht Belt. Aka the Jewish Alps or the Hebrew Himalayans😉🙂
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posted on
07/25/2021 12:10:51 PM PDT
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Impala64ssa
(Virtue signalling is no virtue)
To: Jewbacca
It’s pretty much the birthplace of truly American modern humor.Other than Mark Twain and Will Rogers, that is. Although I do agree, the confluence of the Borscht Belt with the rise of television certainly revolutionized American pop comedy for nearly a century.
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posted on
07/25/2021 12:14:41 PM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
To: nickcarraway
I disagree that Carl Reiner's start was fueled by the Borscht Belt. He pretty much went straight into television after serving in WW2. For his humor he rarely catered to a strictly Jewish audience or relied upon jokes about Jewishness; his material was mainstream. One of his closest lifelong friends was an Irish Catholic guy from Philadelphia who had been his WW2 Army buddy, Joe Coogan, who wrote a comedic novel based on their army days called
To the Rear March. Reiner even used Joe's name in some of his Sid Caesar sketches.
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posted on
07/25/2021 12:25:54 PM PDT
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Albion Wilde
("Let us not talk falsely now, the hour is getting late." —Bob Dylan)
To: dfwgator
“I even forgave him for Caddyshack 2.”
That’s BIG of you, really.
We’ll pour out a little brat tonight. Condolences.
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posted on
07/25/2021 12:37:01 PM PDT
by
PfromHoGro
(Orwell was optimistic.)
To: nickcarraway
I am deeply saddened by the passing of my friend and patriot Jackie Mason
Posted on July 25, 2021Posted on July 25, 2021
I am deeply saddened by the passing of my friend and patriot Jackie Mason, and my sympathies to his wonderful Jill. Jackie was one of a kind and a trailblazer in so many ways. He loved his country passionately. And his tremendous wit and humor will be missed by millions. I’ll talk more about Jackie on radio this Monday. But may he Rest In Peace.
Mark Levin
To: Albion Wilde
Key word being “modern”.
By which I meant a lone comedian on a stage with a stool and a microphone.
Twain is fantastic; literally my favorite English author.
But not what I was imperfectly referring to.
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posted on
07/25/2021 6:44:10 PM PDT
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Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Albion Wilde
Key word being “modern”.
By which I meant a lone comedian on a stage with a stool and a microphone.
Twain is fantastic; literally my favorite English author.
But not what I was imperfectly referring to.
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posted on
07/25/2021 6:44:12 PM PDT
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Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem)
To: Ge0ffrey
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