He never stops Jackie Mason needs to 'be funny every second'.(Time Out!)(On the town)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | April 9, 2004| | Copyright

Byline: Laura Stewart Daily Herald Staff Writer

Interviewing 72-year-old comedian Jackie Mason on the telephone is like taking a roller coaster ride with one hand clutching a pen, and the other hand clutching the phone's receiver.

There is a brief hello, then zoooomm ... we're off at breakneck speed, as the Tony Award-winning comic launches into his thoughts on comedy, life and the world at large before I can get even one question uttered.

Mason moves from one subject to the next, seemingly not stopping to ... well ... breathe.

"It's an ...

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