Arts 16 Entertainment

A Taste Of 'Danish'

Comic Jackie Mason returns to the Motor City with
a brand-new version of his one-man show.

Saddam Hussein, the cultural revolu-
tion in this country, and the vulgarity
in the movies and on Broadway.
JN: Are you a Democrat or a
acov Moshe Maza of
Sheboygan, Wis., will appear Republican?
JM: I have no party affiliation, but I
at the Second City Theatre
liked Harry Truman.
in Detroit July 28-Aug. 10.
JN: Do you think Sen. Joe Lieberman
Who?
has a chance to become the first
How about Jackie Mason of
Jewish president?
Manhattan? Born in Sheboygan, the son
JM: No, because he's not even
of a rabbi, he went on to become a
accepted by most of the Jews.
rabbi himself. At age 25, he found
JN: How do you rate
himself working at a synagogue
President Bush?
in Latrobe, Pa., where he stayed
JM: Very effective. It just so
for a few years, then changed his
happens English is not his field.
name and entered show business,
But Jewish people are so
going on to become one of
fixed in their liberalism,
the top stand-up comedi-
that if the GOP gave a
ans in the business.
Jew a free car, a house,
Mason will return to
a million dollars and a
Second City for an all-
beautiful blond, he
new, one-man show
still wouldn't vote for
titled Prune Danish.
Bush.
He earned his repu-
JN: Will there be
tation as an "equal
peace in the Middle
opportunity offender"
East?
with four hit Broadway
JM: Up to now, Israel
shows through the 1990s.
The always irreverent
has been going through
The Jewish News caught
Jackie Mason
a slow Holocaust
up with him by telephone
because of the suicide
on a recent morning at
bombers, and they've been afraid to
his Manhattan residence.
defy America. But it looks like the
JN: Why are you awake so early?
Road Map is finally working and Bush
Don't show business people stay up
is supporting Sharon more. The
all night and sleep all day?
JM: I got up early to talk to you. I want Palestinians seem to be stopping
Hamas, and Israel is pulling back.
to see my name in the Jewish News.
JN: What's your opinion of Hillary
JN: Why did your family settle in
Clinton?
Sheboygan?
JM: A complete phony. Why buy her
JM: When my father came to New
book when we read everything about
York from Russia, there was a rabbi
practically on every corner. Rabbis go her in newspapers for eight years?
way back in my family, and my three JN: What do you think of today's
young comedians?
brothers are rabbis.
JM: Most of them are very good and
[So] my father got a congregation
have clever material, but too many are
with seven families in Sheboygan. But
vulgar and don't know how to tell a joke.
we moved to New York when I was 5
JN: What's your favorite New York deli?
because he wanted us to grow up in a
JM: Art's Delicatessen at Broadway and
real Jewish culture.
82nd Street. And I'm not even a partner. II
JN: What's new in Prune Danish
compared to your previous shows?
Jackie Mason performs 8 p.m.
JM: Everything's new. Unlike some
Mondays-Saturdays and 7 p.m.
other comedians who haven't changed
Sundays, July 28-Aug. 10, at the
their act in 50 years, my shows are
Second City Theatre in the
totally different. That's how I've sur-
Hockeytown Cafe in downtown
vived on Broadway.
Detroit. $49.50 plus $1.50 restoration
I talk about airport security,
fee; call (248) 645-6666. For more
President Bush, the Iraq War, the
information, call (313) 983-6611.
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