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Jackie Mason: compellingly blunt joke-teller who was part of standup history by Brian Logan

Though in later years he fell from fashion, his rabbinical style in early routines felt very much like live comedy's native tongue If Jackie Mason could speak to us now, he'd surely be reporting back on the amusing ways in which Jews do the afterlife. But if we'll never get to hear that particular hot take ("If it's in the news," he used to say, "it's in the show"), in his long career in comedy Mason made sure to cov…

SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:54AM on July 27, 2021

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