Quote #13803
An average guy makes a date with a girl. It costs him $100, $200. I make a date with a girl, it costs me nothing. I come up to her house. She wants to go out. I let her go! What's my business? I have to follow her around?
Jackie Mason
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Interpretation
In this bit, Mason uses exaggerated arithmetic and mock-logic to lampoon conventional dating expectations—especially the assumption that a man must spend money and provide entertainment to “earn” a date. He flips the script by presenting himself as a comically stingy, literal-minded suitor: if the woman wants to go out, he simply “lets her go,” treating her desire for an evening out as her own project rather than his responsibility. The humor comes from the collision between social norms (courtship as planned, paid-for pursuit) and his feigned misunderstanding (courtship as passive permission). It also showcases Mason’s persona: argumentative, penny-conscious, and delighting in contrarian reasoning.




