Jeff Ross

It's like, you know, you start to go, did this happen?

Did I dream this?

Did I exaggerate this 20 years ago?

And then when you find...

You know, I kept digging and I found a letter that my dad wrote to me when I graduated high school.

It's the only letter he ever wrote to me.

And I read that in the show.

And...

There was some debate in my head whether it belonged in the show or not because we'd kind of moved on from my dad after he kind of dies in my life story.

He dies from cocaine, from having too much fun.

And so I read the letter and you really get to – it gives a chance for redemption for my dad for some of the stuff he missed.

He apologizes to me if he was out drinking.

partying too much or if we didn't talk about my mom much after she died.

And I want to inspire dads to be

communicative with their kids.

And there were a lot of dads with their kids there at the Broadway show this summer.

So I'm glad I'm reading these letters.

There's a part of me that goes, should I be talking about my parents like this when they're not around to laugh along with it?

But I do think the greater mission is to inspire people and give people hope about whatever's going on in their life.

Not in my family.