You’re probably familiar with the sight of Jeff Ross in an outlandish outfit cracking even more outlandish jokes at the expense of a celebrity for the Friarts Club, Comedy Central, or Netflix. Seeing Ross in a bright yellow suit in a solo show on Broadway explaining how he became an orphan in his teens, and lamenting the losses of comedy greats he considered dear friends, might surprise you.
The Gist: A highlight reel of Ross performing in various Comedy Central roasts, as well as Netflix’s 2024 Roast of Tom Brady, plays onstage before Ross even enters the picture himself, just to remind both the Broadway audience at you viewing this on Netflix of Ross’s stature as the self-proclaimed Roastmaster General.
What follows is, as Ross describes it, his “origin story” as a comedian, growing up in New Jersey in a family that owned and operated a well-known catering hall. His
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