Masada wasis 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 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304024327/http://www.canyon-news.com/artman2/publish/Features-Aug-2007/The_Laugh_Factory_and_Jamie_Masada_No_Laughing_Matter_printer.php |archive-date=4 March 2016 }}</ref>
