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Birth Date/Group Start: June 9, 1934
JACKIE MASON
BIOGRAPHY
Mason was born Jacob Maza on June 9, 1934 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. The son of a rabbi, he and his family soon moved to New York's Lower East Side, where he spent his formative years studying to follow in his father's footsteps. After his ordainment, Mason spent three years as a rabbi in Latrobe, Pennsylvania; after earning a warm reception for the Saturday morning sermons which he sprinkled with a variety of jokes and humorous asides, he decided to pursue a career as a professional comedian, adopting his stage name after an appearance on the old Barry Gray radio show.
After finding success on the club circuit, Mason graduated to a string of television performances, ignoring advice from the William Morris Agency to take elocution lessons in order to lose his heavy Jewish accent; he was a particular favorite of Ed Sullivan, and appeared on his variety show countless times. In 1962 Mason issued his debut LP I'm the Greatest Comedian in the World, Only Nobody Knows It Yet, quickly followed by I Want to Leave You With the Words of a Great Comedian. Many found his broad cultural examinations controversial, while even other Jews felt his self-effacing style bordered on anti-Semitism; combined with his difficult, raucous offstage behavior, Mason saw support for his act dwindle, and spent the next twenty-odd years effectively ostracized, his career restricted to tiny clubs and small film performances.
Against all odds, in 1987 Mason found backing for a planned one-man show; soon The World According to Me! debuted on Broadway to great acclaim -- critics applauded him as a savage satirist, and his performance ultimately won an Tony. His career resurrected, Mason went on to star in the short-lived sitcom Chicken Soup before returning to Broadway in 1991 with Brand New. Subsequent stage shows included Politically Incorrect and Love Thy Neighbor.
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