Jeff Ross
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And I was, like, loved living with him.
It didn't feel like a burden until sometimes it just was, you know?
He'd hallucinate, and I would take him to his doctor appointments every day.
And then at night, I would try to go into New York.
I would take the bus or drive into New York and try to get on stage.
And he would always give me a few dollars for the bus and a banana.
Take a banana for the ride.
That's where the title, the inspiration for the show comes.
To him, it was like a tough guy's way of saying, I love you.
I can't go with you, but I'm on this journey with you no matter what.
And the one I remember is my dad's Shiva was it was so absurd that this guy was dead.
He was such like a big shot.
He ran this very popular catering hall.
He would go down to Atlantic City and gamble and everywhere we went, people knew him.
because they'd shared their, you know, parties with him.