US Comedian Jackie Mason is dead to me!

He was still alive?

He was a Trumper piece of shit so no loss.

r2 That I did not know.

I trust he’s giving Ed Sullivan the finger.

Wow I thought he died in the 2000s.

He also made slick comments about gays.

I saw him a bit ago with his nurse in front of Zabars. I knew he was at the finish line.

R6, that stupid line about gangs of gays attacking straight people in the street was the only funny thing he ever said

Zabars? r7

He was a comic genius. Comedy is supposed to be controversial.

[quote] I knew he was at the finish line.

I thought he was Jewish?

R10, yeah, saying gays are going around attacking straights in the streets is pretty damn funny. Gotta watch out for those gay gangs *rolls eyes*

Jesus Christ. This is somehow comforting considering that I thought he kicked it in 1995 or so?

I feel 20 at the age of 44! Love ya, JACKIE!!!!!!!!

Oy vey ist mir

R12, humorless Mary

I am plotzing over here with the news!

The world lost another genius Jewish comedian. At least we have about 776 jewish comedians left.

It is so hard to believe he hadn't died years ago--he seemed elderly in the 1960s.

I could never stand him. He was obnoxious, ugly, and unfunny, and he thought he was God's gift to comedy.

R15 = humorless Republican. There's a reason why there are hardly any Republicans in comedy or satire

R17 is Jerry Seinfeld.

He's a gay you know.

Never found Mason funny. Same with Don Rickles. Rickles was just a nasty fucking boisterous prick. On the other hand, the self depreciating humor of Phyllis Diller, Rodney Dangerfield, Toti Fields, and Joan Rivers were a scream.

Hi my name is John Smith and I’m a gentile comedian who worked his way to the top without nepotism..

Saw him on Broadway. I had never laughed once at anything he did but his Broadway show was hilarious. People were literally falling out of their seats laughing. But he was only funny in person.

Zabars Deli, lots of cheese. Wonderful splurge for me.

A wise career move......

Jackie Mason (born Yacov Moshe Maza; June 9, 1928 - July 24, 2021), 93, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, was an American stand-up comedian and film and television actor. He is ranked No. 63 on Comedy Central's 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all-time.

Variety: Jackie Mason, One of the Last Borscht Belt Comedians, Dies at 93

This clip remains one of my favorite bits of stand up. Not sure if non Jews would find it funny though.

Even though it is a pity he became a Trumper later in life, I like that he was unapologetically Jewish.

Thanks for cheering me up. I never liked him.

Good riddance to the racist pos.

From Wikipedia: Previously a Democrat, Mason is a registered Republican. He has spoken out in defense of Donald Trump.

Mason was an admirer of Rabbi Meir Kahane. He openly endorsed Kahane's plan to pay Israeli Arabs unwilling to accept Israeli sovereignty to emigrate. He also served as the honored speaker at a fundraising event for a yeshiva founded by Kahane.

Mason was a piece of shit for these viewpoints.

He walked off the set of "Hollywood Squares", telling the producers the show was beneath him.

I’m shocked this isn’t a 2015 thread getting bumped

Couldn’t stand him.

He had that gross spit filled mouth way of talking, yuck.

His estranged daughter.

[quote]Mason was an admirer of Rabbi Meir Kahane.

Hope he's now burning in hell with KKKahane. People like them put the "nazi" in Ashkenazi.

He also referred to Obama as a "Schwartza" and I'm fucking sick of certain Jewish people trying to pretend it isn't racist because it fucking is, esp., coming from a hideously ugly fucking, Miracle Max looking shit like Mason who was clearly a fucking racist.

He was great on "The Simpsons" as Krusty's father, Rabbi Krustovsky.

[quote]Jackie Mason was born Yacov Moshe Maza on June 9, 1928 (according to 1940 NYC census),[7] in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Sheboygan? Oy. His brother was my friend's Rabbi on Long Island growing up.

I guess his family left Sheboygan for the Lower East Side when Jackie was five. Sheboygan sounds Yiddish to me, but it is actually Chippewa.

He had a hot ass but he wasn't going to live forever.

Adios asshole!

Jewish humor is definitely the best humor but certain Jewish comedians like Jackie Mason I’ve never found one bit funny. Maybe they just skew too “old fashioned Borsch belt” for my taste.

I also saw him UWS - right before the pandemic. I recognized his voice first. He did look frail but being in his 90s I didn’t necessarily take that to mean on his last legs - he could have lived another 10 years like that.

Roseanne must be heart broken over this.

Henny Youngman died years ago, so at least we won't have any surprises there.

Pain in the ass Heeb.

He was right wing before Trump.

I remember him trashing left wingers back in the early 90s.

[quote]Jewish humor is definitely the best humor

Yeah because Jerry Seinfeld and Chelsea Handler are SO hilarious.

He was a racist pos. He called Obama a schvartze.

Comedian Jackie Mason said gay people are “persecuting more people now that anybody who ever picked on them.”

Mr Mason said: “Before, you couldn’t pick on homosexuals because it was bad taste, because homosexuals were a persecuted minority. Now, it’s exactly the opposite.

“Homosexuals can attack you and abuse you. And people who are in favour of same-sex marriage could abuse you, but you can’t say a word against same-sex marriage.

“The homosexuals are now in charge and if they find out you’re a heterosexual you’re afraid to walk in the street already.

“They are persecuting more people now that anybody who ever picked on them.”

He has previously been criticised for using “schvartze” – a Yiddish word considered to be a racial slur – most recently to refer to President Barack Obama.

In the interview, he went to say: “If you say any one word against a black person you are wiped out in a second. If you talk about a black person you have to be so careful.

He won’t be missed. He was as funny as a brain tumor.

Old ugly racist, homophobic piece of shit.

[quote] Comedy is supposed to be controversial.

Comedy is supposed to be funny. He and Jerry Lewis can rot in hell. Homophobic pricks.

I couldn't stand him. Not taking any joy in his passing but can't pretend I was a fan because I most certainly was not.

An embarrassment to Jews everywhere. Also, where the hell did that accent and intonation come from? He sounded like someone who grew up in the lower East Side in 1885.

[quote] He sounded like someone who grew up in the lower East Side in 1885.

He did.

Lynn Redgrave had to kiss him on that disastrous sitcom.

And it killed her.

I guess Bernie Sanders is going to have to voice the Aardvark now.

I hope Lucifer is giggling right about now as Cerberus is sodomizing Jackie.

Rip.! He had a long life

I thought he died in like 1996

I was in Aquavit with my parents in the late ‘80s and he was at a nearby table with two “nieces” who looked to be in their mid-20s.

[quote] He also referred to Obama as a "Schwartza"

So?

Google Translate tells that 'black' in German is 'Schwarz'.

[quote] I guess Bernie Sanders is going to have to voice the Aardvark now.

Amazingly, it was never actually Mason who voiced the Aardvark.

It was John Byner doing a superb imitation of Jackie Mason (and the Ant was John Byner imitating Dean Martin).

Jackie Mason didn't know German. He spoke Yiddish, and the term is derogatory in Yiddish for people of African descent.

Similar experience in Chicago with Mason and very young escort.

[quote]Jackie Mason was born Yacov Moshe Maza on June 9, 1928 (according to 1940 NYC census),[7] in Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Did he attend the Sheboygan Conservatory of Music?

[quote] Jackie Mason didn't know German.

How would you know that?

He also called David Dinkins "a fancy schvartze with a moustache" and later apologized for it. So it's not likehe could pretend he didn't know it was an offensive term when he referred to Obama that way.

[quote] Roseanne must be heart broken

Oy vey.

He was a complete asshole to his daughter and had to be sued to pay child support

[quote] Complete asshole …obnoxious, ugly, gross, humorless… Old ugly… hideously ugly, unfunny, stupid …piece of shit…Republican …racist pos… and an embarrassment to Jews.

Yes, but the worse thing about this Mazza person is that he had the audacity to steal my good name.

The interesting thing about that YouTube stand up (above) is that it was somewhat true regarding Jews Vs Gentiles 30-40 years ago, but now everyone is high maintenance and food-obsessed and overly particular about everything.

It’s always the young pretty ones. Why God??

Do younger Jews find the humor in that YouTube funny? Or is that stuff something onky Jewish boomers and their parents can identify with? Also second on the accent, is that real or an affectation? He sounds like he's from the Lower East Side circa 1910.

I witnessed the mishigas between him and Sullivan the night it happened. I remember my mother gasping and saying "oh my, Ed is not happy with him". Such a strained punim Ed had that night.

Can we have some of his jokes? I need to laugh in his memory.

R77 I am the one who posted that Jews in Restaurants clip. I am 30, so not a boomer. I find that is still very true. However, I am also from a smaller Jewish community, and smaller communities in general tend to persevere more traits. Some NY living secular barely even reform Jew may not be able to appreciate it as much.

Too soon!

R80, but it's cultural traits not religious ones he's mocking, right? Some type of Eastern European Jewish culture that adapted to the US beginning at the turn of the 20th century. J guess more Orthodox ones would maintain insular cultural traits. I wonder if Syrian Jews from Great Neck would find that funny.

R80 I see what you mean. Yes, instead of secular I should say assimilated. Usually, not not always, the more secular you are, the more assimilated you are.

[quote]I wonder if Syrian Jews from Great Neck would find that funny.

No, they wouldn't find it funny. They would find it insulting stereotypes of European ghetto Jews.

He had one hit his whole career, a one man Broadway show. Then he would drag the show's carcass back every couple of years for a few weeks. He was awarded a special Tony because they would give them out for shows that didn't fit into musical or play definition. They dropped the award just in time to not award Carrie Fisher for her fabulous show.

[quote]He had one hit his whole career, a one man Broadway show.

Yeah, I guess his sitcom, "Chicken Soup," which ran for less than two months and co-starred Lynn Redgrave, didn't exactly burn up the ratings.

Are we supposed to feel bad also when Rob Becker dies? His one-man unfunny comedy show ran on Broadway even longer.

White, heterosexual male privilege at its worst. “You won’t allow me to define and disrespect who want to, when they’re not like me!”.

You’re free to say whatever you want but be prepared for the consequences.