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Jackie Mason (1928–2021), legendary stand-up comedian

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Jackie Mason was a legendary stand-up comedian known for his outrageous ethnic-based humor.Mason was ordained as a rabbi, just like his father, before beginning to do comedy sets at the resorts in the Catskills during the summers.

After his father’s death, Mason devoted himself to comedy full time, struggling for years before a 1960 appearance on “The Steve Allen Show” gave him his big break.

Mason became known for his Jewish humor, based on amazed and annoyed observations of the world around him. His career was at its height in the early 1960s before slumping later in the decade.

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