See The Controversial and Hysterical Comedian Jackie Mason Live at bergenPAC Saturday May 9th

Controversy Lands Jackie Mason A New Web Gig
The ever hysterical who is one of the funniest comedians will perform live at bergenPAC on Saturday May 9, 2009. berenPAC is located at 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood New Jersey. Recently comedian Jackie Mason was embroiled in controversy after he called President Obama a “schwartza” has turned controversy into employment. Mason will now be a regular video commentator on WorldNetDaily.com According to an exclusive report on TMZ.com comedian Jackie Mason used what some say is a racial epithet in describing President Barack Obama during his act Thursday night, infuriating at least several people in the crowd.
When asked to respond to the controversy Mason told TMZ.com that, "If it's a racist society, the white people are the ones being persecuted because they have to defend themselves."

In a recent column defending Mason over a remark he made about President Obama, WND Editor Joseph Farah wrote: "Jackie Mason is a funny man – someone whose humor relies on spontaneity. Once we eliminate humor from the American culture, we eliminate freedom of expression. Do we really want to live in a country where we all have to watch what we say? Do we want to live in a country where even comedians have to be on guard? Do we want to be a nation that has lost its sense of humor? Do we want to be a nation where political correctness stifles personal freedom?"

Adds Farah: "The man doesn't have a hateful bone in his body. …"I stand with Jackie Mason. Who will stand with me?"

About Jackie Mason:

Born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Jackie Mason was raised on the Lower East Side of Manhattan surrounded by rabbis. His father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and great, great-grandfather were all rabbis, as are his three brothers. No surprise that at age 25, Jackie Mason was ordained a rabbi. Three years later, he quit his job in a synagogue to become a comedian because, as he says, "Somebody in the family had to make a living."

From humble comic beginnings in New York, the Borscht Belt, and comedy clubs around the country, Jackie Mason rose to be one the hottest comics in America in the early 1960's. He reached the apex of American entertainment culture when he became a regular performer on the nation's preeminent television variety program, "The Ed Sullivan Show," only to fall into Sullivan's disfavor over the interpretation of a now legendary hand gesture during a live performance in 1962, an incident which cast a shadow over Mason's career for more than a decade.

Mr. Mason first emerged from that shadow in Los Angeles, where his one-man show, "The World According to Me" originated in 1984 to wide acclaim. Yet the great triumph was his return to New York and his extraordinary success as a one-man show on the Great White Way.

"The World According to Me" began its unprecedented two and a half year run on Broadway began in December 1986 winning triumphant reviews and reestablishing Mason as one of the nation's premier comics. The show earned Jackie Mason a Tony Award, an Outer Critics Circle Award, an Ace Award, an Emmy Award, and a Grammy nomination, and it toured successfully in America and Europe for two years.

Mason returned to Broadway in 1990 with "Jackie Mason: Brand New"; in 1994 with "Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect"; in 1996 with "Love Thy Neighbor"; in 1999 with "Much Ado about Everything"; and in 2002 with "Prune Danish." He garnered consistent commercial success and collected an impressive array of nominations and awards including an Emmy and an Ace award for the HBO special, "Jackie Mason on Broadway" and his latest show "Freshly Squeezed" which opened in 2005 is still touring the world.

Saturday May. 9 - 8:00 PM

Tickets: $115, $74, $59, $39, $29

bergenPAC, 30 North Van Brunt Street, Englewood, NJ 07631
http://www.bergenpac.org

To Purchase Tickets: 201 227-1030 or log on to www.bergenpac.org

About Bergen Performing Arts Center: Known as The John Harms Center for 27 years, this cultural hub in Englewood, has been reborn as Bergen Performing Arts Center or bergenPAC. This 1367- seat theater is a landmark, and in its fifth season as bergenPAC it remains one of the finest acoustic halls in the United States. The legendary Tony Bennett and Canadian crooner k.d. lang recorded their 2003 Grammy award-winning CD live on bergenPAC’s own stage through a broadband fiber-optic connection with Bennett Studios. bergenPAC is the home of a media production system that is unparalleled, upholding its reputation as a venue for outstanding music, dance and theater. As a non-profit corporation, bergenPAC has thrived thanks to the aid and generosity of sponsors, donors and patrons.