It's irnonic that an extraordinary comedian as himself could not understand
sarcasm!
----- Original Message -----
>From: Harvey Tobkes
To: harveyT@prodigy.net
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 10:03 PM
Subject: Jackie Mason
On my daily exercise walk, I pass by Angelo’s restaurant on the beach .
Today, in Hollywood, I was surprised to see Jackie Mason talking to about 8
people who were seated at one of the outdoor tables on the Boardwalk and
they were all hysterical with laughter.
I walked up to Jackie and shook his hand and told him I thought the articles
he put out on the Internet were brilliant. I also said I thought the show he
did from London was one his best and I mentioned that although the English
have a slightly different sense of humor and a slightly different culture he
seemed to have really reached that audience and they absolutely loved him.
Like all comedians who you meet off stage, they are never really off but
rather are always “on” and he was no different. He looked down at the Sony
CD Walkman I had on my belt and he said, “You are recording this?”
One of the couples at the table was an Italian man married to a Jewish woman
and he started a whole routine about inter-marriage. I asked him what he
thought about democrat candidate Dr. Howard Dean and his Jewish wife Dr.
Judith Steinberg and he said, “you know they are never seen together, in
fact, they haven’t been seen together for 30 years. Maybe that’s why they
have such a happy marriage.”
He had some notes written on a piece of paper in his hand and he kept
looking at them while talking, so I said, “when you are stage you do a 2
hour show without notes; here you have to read from a piece of paper?”
That’s when he told me to take a walk, so I did. I was doing that anyway!
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