Tonya Mosley

It required surgery and several months of chemo.

His new Netflix comedy special is a filmed version of that show, which is called Take a Banana for the Ride.

The special begins with clips of him from a couple of roasts, including the now famous or infamous 2024 roast of Tom Brady, which Ross produced and co-hosted.

Here's Jeff Ross.

Jeff Ross, it's great to have you back on the show.

And that stuff is so funny.

Oh, it's great to have you.

So to the extent that you're comfortable talking about it, how is your health now?

Oh, that's such great news.

Oh, great, because you still had it on when you were filming the show, the Broadway show.

I want to talk now about how you became you.

So let's start with the catering business.

My parents were such veterans of catered affairs, weddings and bar mitzvahs at various catering halls around like Queens and Brooklyn.

Yeah.

So let's start with your grandmother.

She founded this successful catering hall in Newark, New Jersey, and then you moved, like the business and your family moved to which part of New Jersey after that?

I want you to describe what the typical bar mitzvah was like when you were working in the kitchen.

Oh, maraschino cherries.

I just have to briefly ask you about the food.

Like my parents grew up during the Depression.