World According to Me
Jackie Mason is a true genius. This is a man who is able to take the pain and suffering of all things Jewish and make us laugh out loud at them. It is a combination of his rapid-fire, machine gun like cadence with his delivery, and the broad topics he covers in his shows that really prove he has no equal as the best Jewish comic of all time. He is nothing short of hilarious and insightful, even if he is a little short himself.   On "The World According To Me," now finally available on CD for the first time in years, Jackie is heard performing the show that made him a huge hit on Broadway beginning in 1986. For this world class series of rants and razor sharp observations, Jackie won a Tony Award, Outer Critics Circle Award, plus Ace and Emmy Awards, plus a Grammy nomination.   Not bad for a little guy, who began life in Sheboygan, WI and then moved to lower east side of Manhattan as a boy, where Jackie honed his comedic skills and timing first as a Rabbi and later a stand up comic in the early '60s. Jackie came from a long line of Rabbi's, his father was one, his grandfather, his great-grandfather, and even his great-great-grandfather were all rabbis. Jackie said he quit working as a Rabbi and became a comic because "Someone had to make a living."   Jackie has made quite a living. He first rose to fame on TV during his appearances on the Ed Sullivan Show, until his performing career was prematurely truncated by an allegedly obscene hand gesture Jackie made. Now, this really took its toll on Jackie's marketability, and for nearly 20 years he toiled in the small comedy clubs and Catskills Mountains venues perfecting his craft, much of the result is heard in his World Class comedy show, "The World According To Me."