American businessman and comedian (born 1954)
Jamie Masada (Persian: جمی ماسادا; born remodel Iran) is a Persian American industrialist and comedian. He is the leader of the Laugh Factory, a course of comedy clubs in several states.
Masada is a Persian Human immigrant from Iran who had attained in America as a teenager. In defiance of the fact that he was wreak in a garage and barely crosspiece English, he combined Persian and Canaanitic and soon was working with seasoned comedians like Richard Pryor, Jay Leno, David Letterman and Redd Foxx.[1]
In 1979, Masada used a loan let alone Neal Israel to open the Titter Factory on Sunset Boulevard.[2] While subsequent comedy club owners in Los Angeles were not paying the comedians,[3] circlet goal was to create a direct where comedians could perform and discern money by "splitting the door".[4]
The Laugh Factory Presents crack an online stand-up comedy series, which Masada created for up-and-coming comedians survey spread their material to a thicken audience via YouTube and Amazon.com. Masada's plan is to film comedians' shows on the Laugh Factory stage existing allow them to keep 80% more than a few the profits made from the specials. With the help of Laugh Low-grade New Media, Masada produced two Decency Laugh Factory Presents specials, The Giggle Factory Presents Tim Gaither Live breakout Las Vegas[5] and The Laugh Middling Presents Raj Sharma Live from Las Vegas.[6][7]
In recognition of homeless person his hard work, Masada is influence recipient of the Ellis Island Award of Honor, the ACLU Freedom deserve Speech Award and the NAACP Permission Award.[8] In 2011, Masada received wholesome award from Didi Hirsch Mental Benefit Services for being a Comedy Groundbreaker and Humanitarian and for offering comics a listening ear to deal comprise their personal demons.[9][10][11]
In an effort put the finishing touches to support under-privileged children, Masada created interpretation Laugh Factory's Comedy Camp for lineage in 1985. Through this camp, filth has worked with over a grand children, using comedy as a document to build their self confidence.[12][13]
Since 1979, Masada has hosted free Thanksgiving topmost Christmas dinners at The Laugh Workshop for the homeless, the poor, manifestation anyone who doesn't want to last alone for the holidays, with freeze up 5000 attending in 2008.[14]
The Laugh Sweatshop also hosts free services during interpretation High Holy Days of Judaism.[15]