My mom got this for me for Christmas due to my interest in Frank Sinatra (Jackie Mason was nearly killed due to his jokes about Frank Sinatra, and he was beaten up in a separate incident for the same reason). Mason denies the jokes in this book and says there were a lot of comedians with the last name Mason at the time who could have made them, but I had trouble believing that and the tone of that section was strange. It felt like […]
“Perfect timing. Perfect delivery. Jackie was blessed with utter confidence in his own talent.”
Jackie, Oy! by Jackie Mason with Ken Gross