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The comic received a 1987 special Tony Award for his highly successful solo effort 'Jackie Mason's The World According to Me!,' which ran for 573 performances. (He received an Emmy for writing the show after it aired on television in 1988).
Jackie Mason voiced Rabbi Hyman Krustofsky in The Simpsons.
The one-man Broadway outings that followed included 'Jackie Mason: Brand New' in 1990-91, 'Jackie Mason: Politically Incorrect' in 1994-95, 'Love Thy Neighbor' in 1996-97, 'Much Ado About Everything' in 1999-2000 and 'Jackie Mason: Freshly Squeezed' in 2005. His final one-man show, 'Jackie Mason: The Ultimate Jew,' skipped Broadway.
Variety wrote of 'The Ultimate Jew': "The show is one long jab at the world's hypocrisy, dusted with one-liners from the 'take my wife, please' vaults. Mason can be painfully old-fashioned, like when he tells the millionth joke about expensive restaurants serving small portions, but he doesn't seem to care. For an ageing crowd often ignored by the entertainment industry, the comedian's refusal to be modern — and his mockery of modern ways — may be a comforting show of solidarity."