T0 His three brothers are rabbis, his father was a rabbi, his grandfather was a rabbi, and his great-grandfather was a rabbi. At 25, Jackie Mason detected a pattern and became a rabbi; 'somebody in the family had to make a living' he says. This was the start of a brilliant career in comedy which has seen him performing on Broadway seven nights a week, non-stop for fourteen years.
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