Today we're sharing one of Jackie Mason's early standup comedy routines, recorded in 1961. Let's turn the clock back 65 years and enjoy Jackie in his prime.
From humble comic beginnings in New York, the Borscht Belt, and comedy clubs around the country, Jackie Mason rose to be one the hottest comics in America in the early 1960's.
Born
in Sheboygan, Wisconsin as Yacov Moshe Maza, Jackie Mason was raised on
the Lower East Side of Manhattan surrounded by rabbis.
His
father, grandfather, great grandfather, and great, great-grandfather
were all rabbis, as are his three brothers. No surprise that at age 25,
Jackie Mason was ordained a rabbi.
Three years later, he quit his job in a synagogue to become a comedian
because, as he says, "Somebody in the family had to make a living."
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