Jackie Mason, legendary comedian, dies at 93 | CNN
Comedian Jackie Mason, known for his rapid-fire befuddled observations in a decades-long standup career, died at a New York hospital at the age of 93.
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One of the last of the vaudeville-style comics, delivering quick self-depreciating 1 liners. I remember his parts in Caddyshack II and The Jerk. I always thought he voiced the aardvark in "The Ant and the Aardvark" as well, but that was actually John Byner imitating Mason.
There was a story at one time about Mason making some derogatory remarks about Frank Sinatra while on stage. He was supposedly warned to stop, but he persisted. Shortly thereafter he was in a taxi, and upon reaching his destination, the taxi driver reached into the back seat, punched Mason and broke his jaw.
There was a story at one time about Mason making some derogatory remarks about Frank Sinatra while on stage. He was supposedly warned to stop, but he persisted. Shortly thereafter he was in a taxi, and upon reaching his destination, the taxi driver reached into the back seat, punched Mason and broke his jaw.
He was a wonderful comedian. RIP!
There was the famous incident where he had just started his monologue on the Ed Sullivan Show, when CBS was about to break away for an address by LBJ. Detailed here: 'The Ed Sullivan Show': Jackie Mason Sued Ed Sullivan Following the Finger Incident
RIP Jackie. Years ago I found a VHS tape that had among other things recorded on it, the September 1989 pilot of his short-lived ABC sitcom 'Chicken Soup.' It didn't last long, but it was about a Jewish man (him) and a Catholic woman (Lynn Redgrave). His political remarks cost him the show 8 weeks later, but it seemed like an interesting show, a little offbeat for ABC's sitcom lineup.
i'm on the younger side of the members of the site, and pretty much, grew up watching The Simpsons where he played Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky, the father of Herschel Krustofsky better known as Krusty The Clown. RIP Jackie
At the end of a random episode that had nothing to do with this, they showed a picture of father and son and "In loving memory".
it seems when a major celebrity death happens and they contribute to the Simpson, they would quickly find a way to dedicate the episode of that person's passing in their memory, even if it's a rerun of a previously aired episode that they quickly can edit into that episode's reairing.
They could have found an episode he appeared in and aired that in place of the rerun that actually aired. I hadn't seen whatever episode it was they showed so I watched it. I think I recorded it and just haven't gotten around to it.
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