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• Free Party Consultation • Marc Conte or Rina Tonon
Why is Jackie Mason so
funny? Then again, why are
so many comedians Jewish?
Is it something in the seltzer?
In the gene pool?
"It has nothing to do with
Jewish genes," he says. "You
find the answer in history.
"Jewish peole have always
been persecuted; they need
something to help them bat-
tle back. Jews have always
been out of the mainstream."
Humor, adds Mason, has
helped them swim against
the tide.
Humor may also have
helped Mason overcome feel-
ings of his own inadequacy. "I
felt that I was left out of my
own family," he says. "I was
the fourth son after three
genius brothers. One, Ber-
nard, graduated from high
school at 2, then college at 4.
He didn't get 100 on his tests,
he got 200.
"I was the idiot of the fami-
ly," he says. "They considered
me the Dumbo of the family."
"Dumbo" can fly on his own
now. Indeed, Mason reported-
ly helped with the publication
of his brother Bernard's book,
With Fury Poured Out — A
Torah Perspective on the
Holocaust.
The Torah has taught
Jackie Mason a thing or two
about life; what it hasn't
taught him is how to deal
with Jews who feel threaten-
ed by the comic's Jewishness.
"I'm always hearing from
other Jews that I'm too
Jewish," he says, angry. "Fun-
ny, the gentiles think I'm
very funny, but my fellow
Jews think I'm too Jewish."
The Kibbitzer is not kid-
ding as he says this. Anti-
Semitism, acknowledges
Mason, sometimes begins at
home.
But tell Jackie Mason he
looks and sounds Jewish, and
he says, "God bless you!"
He is proud of the
characteristics that separate
Jew from gentile. "Every Jew
is an expert; every Jew loves
food," he says. "What do you
think Jews talk about for
breakfast? Where to eat
lunch. At lunch, where
should we have dinner. Din-
ner, where should we have cof-
fee?" -
And then there is the
ultimate dilemma: "Where
should we have cake?"
There is a chuckle in
Mason's voice, which seems
only appropriate. After the
pain of breaking from his
family's rabbinical tradition,
of weathering the Sullivan
controversy, of parrying over
Jews' barbs that he sounds
too Jewish, Jackie Mason has
arrived a hit on Broadway.
And now Jackie Mason is
having the last laugh. ❑
39715 W. 10 Mile Rd. • Farmington Hills •
474.3033
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•ASSORTED FRESH FRUIT PLATE
•TUNA, SALMON & SARDINE
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SANDWICHES INCLUDE
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•BBQ RIBS & CHICKEN
COMBINATION
•HOMEMADE FOOD NIGHTLY
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AT APPLEGATE SQUARE
Southfield
Northwestern Hwy. at Inkster Rd.
Dining and Cocktails
For Dinner Reservations: 353-2757
EARLY DINNER SPECIALS
MONDAYS THRU SATURDAYS 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
• Fresh White Fish
With Raspberry Buerre Blanc
• Chicken Primavera
With Fettucine Alfredo
•Petite Frog Legs, Roadhouse Style
With Homemade Tartar Sauce
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With Sauteed Onions
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We're uncorking an elegant
new brunch tradition.
It's Wellington's Champagne
Brunch. Every Sunday from 11 am
to 3 pm.
Come enjoy a bit of the
bubbly in Southfield's only atrium
garden restaurant, located in the
Embassy Suites Hotel. Our Brunch
will let you choose from a tempting
array of breakfast, lunch and din-
ner items, followed by a trip to our
sinfully sumptuous dessert table.
Accompanied by as much
champagne as you'd like. All
complimentary
So it's a date. Wellington's
Champagne Brunch this Sunday.
For the price, you'll get a real kick
out of it.
EMBASSY
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Wellington's Champagne Brunch
Sundays 11 am - 3 pm
Reservations recommended
513 .95 adults 55.95 12 and under
28100 Franklin Road • Southfield, Michigan • 350-2000
IN LA MIRAGE MALL
29555 Northwestern Hwy.
North of 12 Mile
352-3840
Quality Food
Since 1954
BREAKFAST SPECIALS MON.-SUN. TIL 11 a.m.
LOX, EGGS &
BROCCOLI & CHEESE
$198 ONIONS
OMELETTE
BAGEL, ROLL OR TOAST
$i 98
BAGEL, ROLL OR TOAST
DINNER SPECIALS OCT. 9 THRU OCT. 15
"STUFFED
CABBAGE
BROILED
TROUT
MADE WITH VEAL
INCLUDES: SOUP OR SALAD, POTATO,
DESSERT (RICE PUDDING OR JELLO) AND
BREAD BASKET.
INCLUDES SOUP OR SALAD, POT. OR VEG.,
DESSERT (RICE PUDDING OR JELLO) AND
BREAD BASKET
$ 4 98
$4 98
WE USE EMPIRE KOSHER
CHICKEN FOR TWO $
INCLUDES: COTTAGE FRIES, COLE SLAW & BREAD BASKET
50 ,
AM FOR TWO
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SPECIAL min. 10 People $ 4,1
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