Jackie Mason April 23, 2009

Jackie Mason, widely regarded as one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, leaves audiences laughing until they cry and critics raving show after show. From humble comic beginnings in New York, the Borscht Belt and comedy clubs around the country, he rose to become one the hottest comics in America in the early 1960's. He reached the apex of American entertainment culture when he became a regular performer on the nation's preeminent television variety program, 'The Ed Sullivan Show.'