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This Lively Sandwich-Maker
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DANNY RASKIN

Local Columnist

ou could have told Ida
Olson that she'd just
won the lottery . . . or
perhaps a gushing oil well in
Texas . . . Sure, Ida would
have been tickled pink, but
not as much as winning The
Jewish News contest to name
a Jackie Mason sandwich.
You see, Ida is just a simple
gal . . . no flim flam about her
. . . She's had her days in the
sun . . . and celebrated birth-
day number 80 on Memorial
Day.
No big prizes, no Rolls
Royce or round-the-world
cruise, but Ida did get to sit in
the front row for comic Jackie
Mason's recent appearance at
the Palace with 86-year-old
Nathan Williams whom she'd
met through an ad in the Peo-
ple Connector section of The
Jewish News . . . And Ida did
get to go backstage to per-
sonally give Jackie her sand-
wich named after him that
will be on Plaza Deli's menu.
Give Ida Olson paper and
pencil or pen and she'll write
you a poem, too . . . Like this
one that accompanied her
winning sandwich at the con-
test judged by Chef Remy
Berdy, Star of Detroit; Chef
Peter Loren, Opus One; Larry
Snider, VHWS Food Brokers;
and me:
"Jackie Mason is a wit as
he turns thought to humor,
a sandwich with his name,
inscribed, would have to be
`A Boomer.' Starting off
with a loaf of bread, the
two-tone rye and pumper-
nickel, it blends with his
circulating personality, of
his jokes you want 'A
shtickel.'
"The filling of this sand-
wich must be a tinge
unusual, to match the
essence of his delivery and
strain one's palate from
refusal. Idea, here, is on
the line, striving toward
satisfaction, to give our
favorite comedian the urge
for his favorite action.
"What goes between two
twirly slices of bread that
tantalize? It's got to be
much better than we can
realize. The filling must
have substance, and be
easy to digest, seasoned
with that proper touch, it
sure will pass the test.
"Let's go for some varie-
ty, Jackie Mason always
does, it makes you want for
more — we love it, 'just

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FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 1989

because.' I'm warming up
and thinking loud of our
favorite 'Jackie Mason'
who creates good humor in
his style, while
unpleasantly, he's chasin'.
"Coming down to the nit-
ty gritty, of what we're
aiming for, a relly 'Super
Sandwich is what we wish
to store. The goodies that
will go between must be a
rare delight, to match his,
each performance, and
form a luscious bite.
"If you're wondering
what the filling be, I'll tell
you here and now, my mind
is turning somersaults, for
it's got to be A Wow! Black
olives, sliced, they will be
hiding, in scrambled eggs,
you see, secured on either
side with corned beef, like
it was free.
"The finest of sliced
tomatoes will be bedded
next in line, and absorbing
this temptation, pickled
tongue will do so fine.
"With crispy nice green
lettuce, to embrace this
yummy filling, a Jackie
Mason sandwich will be
enjoyably thrilling."

Was a fine evening . . .
prefaced in the Palace Club,
where the bevy of food at its
buffet was overwhelming .. .
and each bite a very satisfy-
ing one . . . Folks with reser-
vations for the Palace Grille
were equally happy with the
combination of good food,
good service and high-quality
atmosphere . . . John Wood,
one of the Machus heads with
Bob Machus and Martin
Kreger, runs the Palace food
operations with very satisfy-
ing results.
The Jackie Mason perfor-
mance revealed another facet
of The Jewish News associate
publisher Arthur Horwitz,
who welcomed the crowd, told
of coming Palace events and
introduced the warmpup act
and Mason . . . Art's birthday
was next day, and like Ida
Olson, he too celebrated it
with a victory that wife Gina
wasn't certain would be .. .
He won the crowd with his
impressive microphone poise
and presentation in a class
befitting his role as head of
The Jewish News.
Bill Wolf of Newton Fur-
niture, with his bride-to-be
this Sunday, Eleanor Thal;
Marty Feldman of the auto
dealership bearing his name,
as usual very sharply dressed,
with wife Marsha and leasing
manager daughter Marla;
Jerry Imlay; Bill Davidson,

Detroit Pistons owner,
laughing a lot; Sam Press,
too; Bluma and Leonard
Siegal (Boardwalk, Ap-
plegate, Sugar Tree) shifting
seats; Rob Jackier, Plaza Deli,
and Sid Neuman, Star Deli,
sitting near each other and
probably wondering which
deli in New York Jackie
Mason likes the best.
Bernie Moray, Gorman's
Furniture bossman, seeing
Jackie for the third time and
saying each performance is
better than the other; Jane
Kasapis as sweet as ever as
Ram's Horn franchiser Gus
Kasapis enjoyed relaxation of
sitting down . . . John Inch
and Albert Gladner, First
Security Savings; like a
jewelry convention with Myr-
na and Carl Gornbein of

Ida Olson went
backstage to
deliver her winning
creation.

Gornbein Jewelers, Steve Tap-
per of Tapper's Jewelers and
Morris Bednarsh of MB
Jewelers; Azar Alizadeh of
Azar's Oriental Rugs; David
"Glad ta' see ya'!" Hermelin
and wife Doreen, Editor Gary
Rosenblatt in town from
Baltimore Jewish Times desk,
Sy Finkelstein of Sy's
Unlimited . . . and the list
goes on and on.
A lot of winners . . . those
who came to see Jackie
Mason and listen to him
tickle their funnybones .. .
But 80-year-old Ida Olson the
biggest winner of all . . . She
won happiness to be cherish-
ed for a lifetime . . . no deny-
ing that radiant smile of hers,
COULDN'T BE there, but
hear tell that raves were
hearty for the canelloni
stuffed with duck, wild
mushrooms and ricotta, sal-
mon Kalubiaki, lamb chops
in champagne rosemary
sauce and Chinese Beluga
caviar among the items
served at fourth annual
Music Hall Center Grand
Prix Ball patron party hosted
by the newly refurbished Lon-
don Chop House.
Richard Pearl of The Jewish
News staff reports that CPA
Jerry Helfman couldn't help
needling Saturn relocation
specialist Judy Korby, who
preferred the sweet potato
pecan pie to the chocolate
mini constatina cake: "You,
who has the bumper sticker,
`I Brake For Chocolate' on
your car?" . . . Jerry, a patrons

