[2][3] Mason graduated from the Ottawa Township Highschool in 1974 and went on to attend the University of Illinois where he majored in agriculture and communication.
[5] While Mason was attending the University of Illinois, he suffered a knee injury during a football game.
[1][6] While working at "The Second City Touring Company", Mason also met his future wife Marisa.
[4] From 1986 to 1989, Mason performed comedy shows at the New York City's Catch a Rising Star.
He wrote his first book, A Complete Idiots Guide to Ventriloquism, while he was working at the Second City Touring Company.