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{{short description|American businessman and comedian (born 1954)}}
{{Infobox comedian
| name = Jamie Masada
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| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1954|}}
| birth_place = [[Iran]]
| medium = [[Comedy club]] owner, [[television producer]]
| active = 1979–present
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'''Jamie Masada''' ({{lang-fa|جمی ماسادا }}
==Early years==
Masada is a [[Persian Jewish]] immigrant from Iran who had arrived in America as a teenager. Despite the fact that he was living in a garage and barely spoke English, he combined [[Persian language|Persian]] and [[Hebrew]] and soon was working with professional [[comedians]] like [[Richard Pryor]], [[Jay Leno]], [[David Letterman]] and [[Redd Foxx]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/Features-Aug-2007/The_Laugh_Factory_and_Jamie_Masada_No_Laughing_Matter_printer.php |title=The Laugh Factory And Jamie Masada, No Laughing Matter |date=8 March 2009 |access-date=31 March 2016 |author=Tommy Garrett |publisher=Canyon News |url-status=dead |
==Career==
===Laugh Factory===
In 1979, Masada used a loan from [[Neal Israel]] to open the Laugh Factory on Sunset Boulevard.<ref>{{cite web|title=A Drink With Jamie Masada|url=http://adrinkwith.com/jamie-masada/|publisher=A Drink With|
===''The Laugh Factory Presents''===
''The Laugh Factory Presents'' is an online [[stand-up comedy]] series, which Masada created for up-and-coming comedians to spread their material to a wider audience via YouTube and Amazon.com. Masada's plan is to film comedians' shows on the Laugh Factory stage and allow them to keep 80% of the profits made from the specials. With the help of Laugh Factory New Media, Masada produced two [[Laugh Factory#The Laugh Factory Presents Comedy Specials|The Laugh Factory Presents]] specials, ''The Laugh Factory Presents Tim Gaither Live from Las Vegas''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3575528/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1|title=Laugh Factory Presents Tim Gaither Live from Las Vegas (Video 2014)|date=17 February 2014|work=IMDb|
==Honors and awards==
In recognition of all his hard work, Masada is the recipient of the [[Ellis Island Medal of Honor]], the [[ACLU]] Freedom of Speech Award and the [[NAACP]] Freedom Award.<ref>{{cite web|title=Our Leadership|url=http://www.laughfactory.com/leadership|publisher=Laugh Factory|
==Philanthropy==
[[File:Laugh_Factory_Christmas_marquee_2015.JPG|thumb|Marquee at the Laugh Factory]]
In an effort to support under-privileged children, Masada created the [[Laugh Factory#Comedy Camp|Laugh Factory's Comedy Camp]] for children in 1985. Through this camp, he has worked with over a thousand children, using comedy as a way to build their self confidence.<ref>{{cite web|last=Banks|first=Sandy|title=Comedy Camp participants learn to 'wring laughs from my tears'|url=
Since 1979, Masada has hosted free Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners at The Laugh Factory for the homeless, the poor, or anyone who doesn't want to be alone for the holidays, with over 5000 attending in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|last=Olivarez-Giles|first=Nathan|title=Laugh Factory owner is serious about comedy|url=
The Laugh Factory also hosts free services during the [[High Holy Days]] of [[Judaism]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Free High Holiday Services 2012|url=http://www.jewishjournal.com/high_holy_days/article/free_high_holiday_services_2012_20120824/| work=[[The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles]] |
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==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web|url=
* {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/voices/columns/laugh-factory-jamie-masada-funniest-person-competition-1201330070/|title=Laugh
* {{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2014/scene/lifestyle/jamie-masada-continues-delivering-thanksgiving-alms-at-the-laugh-factory-1201362300/|title=Jamie Masada Continues Delivering Thanksgiving Alms at the Laugh Factory|author=Kevin Noonan|work=Variety|date=25 November 2014 }}
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=Gi2gZQ7XygwC&pg=PA46 ''Variety's "The Movie That Changed My Life"'']. pp. 46–48.
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=1XQ6xt25aREC&pg=PA296 ''Vintage Tomorrows'']. pp. 296–. {{
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=KKqk3l2N6ZQC&q=%22Jamie+Masada%22
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160503143253/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-161022244.html "Masada goes into spin tale"]. ''Variety''. {{
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160503141146/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-158152748.html "Jamie Masada"]. ''Variety''. {{
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160504191831/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-388827370.html "Stand-Up Guy"]. ''[[Los Angeles Magazine]]''. {{
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160505103825/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-37047366.html "Laugh Factory Founder Hopes to Unite Countries through Search for 'Funniest Person in the World'"]. ''[[Los Angeles Daily News]]''. {{
* {{cite web | last=Engelberg | first=Keren | title=Profile: Jamie Masada | website=Hadassah Magazine | date=June 11, 2006 | url=http://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2006/06/11/profile-jamie-masada/ |
==External links==
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