"Growing up, Ross worked at the catering hall parking cars, manning coat check, rolling meatballs, making fruit cups, doing whatever was needed. 'I played high school football but I had red fingernails from the [maraschino] cherries that I put on the fruit cups,' he says."
"'The servers were all Scottish and Irish. There were Haitian people, there were Hungarian people, there were French people who worked there. So I got a real mix of ethnic humor and different senses of humor. It was a very enriching time.'"
"'My health is 100%. I just had my chemo port removed. It's really important for people to know that I'm doing OK. I'm doing better than OK. ... To the people listening who are going through chemo: You can do it.'"
Jeff Ross, known as the 'Roastmaster General,' grew up in a Jewish family in New Jersey and worked at his great-grandmother's catering hall. His experiences there exposed him to diverse cultures and humor. In his Netflix special, 'Take a Banana for the Ride,' Ross reflects on his childhood, the loss of his parents, and his health challenges, including alopecia and stage-three colon cancer. He reassures audiences about his recovery, emphasizing the importance of resilience during tough times.
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