6 Facts About Jackie Mason

1. On March 30, 2012, Jackie Mason said that a friend at the time, Kaoru Suzuki-McMullen, attacked him while leaving his apartment on West 57th Street in Manhattan.

2. In 2009, Jackie Mason referred to Barack Obama as a schvartze during one of his stand-up routines, which prompted members of the audience to walk out.

3. In 1991, Jackie Mason was criticized by African-American organizations such as the NAACP when he called New York City mayor David Dinkins "a fancy schvartze with a moustache".

4. In 1992, Jackie Mason won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Voice-Over Performance for his voice-over of Rabbi Hyman Krustofski in The Simpsons episode "Like Father, Like Clown", making him the first guest star to win an Emmy for his role.

5. In 1969, Jackie Mason made his Broadway theater debut as Jewish widower Nat Weiss in the comedy play A Teaspoon Every Four Hours, which he wrote with Mike Mortman.

6. At that time, Jackie Mason opened his monologue by saying, "It is a great thrill.