Comedian Jackie Mason is to make his last ever live tour of the UK in 2012.
Jackie Mason first appeared in the JC in 1963 when he did a charity gig for the Manchester Jewish Benevolent Society with Helen Shapiro.
(Ironically so, since Shapiro became a Messianic Jew, while Mason once sued Jews for Jesus for using his image in an ad campaign, having protested that he was "as Jewish as a matzah ball".)
Since then the New York stand-up has gone on to greater things, notching up eight Royal Command performances here, more than any other American entertainer.
