Jackie Mason
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Biography
Jackie Mason was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. In 1996, he wrote and starred in the comedy special "Jackie Mason at the London Palladium" (BBC). In 1988, he wrote and starred in the comedy special "The World According to Me." In 1962, he released his debut comedy album "I'm the Greatest Comedian in the World, Only Nobody Knows it Yet!." In 2003, he released the album "All New! Much Ado About Everything." In 2008, he starred in the one-man show "Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew." Mason started off his acting career mostly in film roles, appearing in "The Stoolie" (1972), "The Jerk" (1979) with Steve Martin and "History of the World Part I" (1981) starring Mel Brooks. He also appeared in the Naura Hayden comedy "The Perils of P.K." (1986) and "Caddyshack II" (1988). He had an early role on the television special "The Best of Times" (ABC, 1980-81). He also appeared in the TV special "The Comedy Club Special" (ABC, 1988-89). He also worked in television around this time, including a part on "Chicken Soup" (ABC, 1989-1990). Additionally, he could be seen on a variety of television specials like "Steve Allen" (1993-94), "Meyer Lansky: Mob Tycoon" (1995-96) and "Jackie Mason: An Equal Opportunity Offender" (1996-97). He also appeared in "Empire of Crime: A Century of the New York Mob" (1996-97) and "Jackie Mason: Look Who's Laughing" (PBS, 1996-97). Most recently, Mason appeared on "When Comedy Went To School" (2013) with Jerry Stiller. Mason was married to Jyll Rosenfeld.
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Life Events
1960
Regularly appeared on "The Garry Moore Show" (CBS)
1962
Released his debut comedy album "I'm the Greatest Comedian in the World, Only Nobody Knows it Yet!"
1964
During an appearance on "The Ed Sullivan Show" (CBS), allegedly gave host Sullivan the middle finger on air
1972
Made his feature film debut in "The Stoolie"
1979
Cast as Harry Hartounian opposite Steve Martin in "The Jerk"
1984
Feature writing debut, "A Stroke of Genius"; also produced and appeared in film
1988
Starred in "Caddyshack II"
1988
Wrote and starred in the comedy special "The World According to Me"
1989
Starred in the short-lived ABC-TV sitcom "Chicken Soup"
1991
Cast to voice the character Rabbi Hyman Krustofski on Fox's animated series "The Simpsons"
1992
Hosted the locally produced public affairs talk show "The Jackie Mason Show" for WWOR in NYC
2003
Released the album "All New! Much Ado About Everything"
2008
Starred in the one-man show "Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew"
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