Comedian Jackie Mason is shown in Los Angeles in this Jan. 18, 1995 photo. Mason savaged Mayor Rudolph Giuliani on stage as usual this week. One night the mayor was in the audience of Mason's one-man show "Much Ado About Everything". Giuliani was applauded as he arrived for Tuesday, July18, 2000 performance, in New York City, but Mason was backstage and didn't see what was going on. Mason said, "I thought, 'I'm such a hit, they're applauding me even before I show up." (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes,)