JEFF ROSS: TAKE A BANANA FOR THE RIDE Previews- Page 2

[Melissa25]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 5:38am

Nicki Glaser should have scored the Nederlander for a summer month or two. Then I’d be remotely interested.

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 1:14pm

Jonathan Cohen said: 
Big picture, Ross' career has two key problem. One is the credible accusation that he had an underage girlfriend, which is why I won't watch him anymore.

The other issue is just for years his identity was as the Comedy Central roast guy, and Comedy Central doesn't do anything but The Daily Show and South Park anymore. He's done a couple of things on Netflix, but like the Tom Brady Roast helpedNikki Glaser more than ithelped Ross."

He is easily ten years removed from the "height" of his fame which makes the timing of this even weirder

 

[RippedMan]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 2:03pm

Jonathan Cohen said: "Call_me_jorge said: "Jeff Ross probably doesn’t even have enough fans to sell out the comedy cellar."

I've actually seen him at a sold out show at the Cellar. It was the day before Trump first got elected, and he was taping a roast battle thing for Comedy Central. We nearly didn't make it because Madonna was performing unannouncedtwo blocks away inWashington Square Park, and I was for sure dropping everything to see that.

Big picture, Ross' career has two key problem. One is the credible accusation that he had an underage girlfriend, which is why I won't watch him anymore.

The other issue is just for years his identity was as the Comedy Central roast guy, and Comedy Central doesn't do anything but The Daily Show and South Park anymore. He's done a couple of things on Netflix, but like the Tom Brady Roast helpedNikki Glaser more than ithelped Ross."

Not trying to defend or deny, but what is a "credible accusation?" 

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 3:02pm

RippedMan said: 

Not trying to defend or deny, but what is a "credible accusation?""

https://www.vulture.com/2020/08/jeff-ross-jessica-radtke-alleged-sexual-relationship-at-15.html

[Crusty Bagel]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 3:55pm

It’s being PAPERED for tomorrow matinee

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 4:03pm

Crusty Bagel said: "It’s being PAPERED for tomorrow matinee"

for all of previews, why they are doing 3pm matinees for this show is also very strange, if anything this should be doing the "Oh, Mary" 5pm thing

[GoldenGirl4]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 10:20pm

BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Random scattered thoughts.

We got free bananas afterwards...which ok?"

Why the bananas? Does he talk about fruit in his show?

[matty159]

Posted: 8/6/25 at 10:41pm

GoldenGirl4 said: "BoringBoredBoard40 said: "Random scattered thoughts.

We got free bananas afterwards...which ok?"

Why the bananas? Does he talk about fruit in his show?"

I am guessing he is playing on the term “second banana”. I’m seeing it tomorrow night (yes, it is heavily papered).  Friends have seen it and really liked it, but I am dubious.  I like him, but still don’t understand how this got a Broadway house when most people don’t know who he is.  Frankly, I was like “Why?”  and why is this on Broadway when I found out about it a week ago.  Had no idea it was a thing.  

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 8/7/25 at 6:26pm

In my goal to always see every show each season, I dragged myself to the Nederlander this afternoon, thanking God it was only going to be 80 minutes. What I really didn’t expect was that 5 or so mins into the show, I was already really laughing. 

I know nothing about this man outside a couple roasts I’ve seen over the years, so I really didn’t know why this show exists and was put on Broadway. And maybe I still don’t but I do know I laughed a bunch, actually cried like 3-4 times and walked out feeling really good which was the biggest surprise. There’s a lot of Jewish humor all throughout the show, some of it pretty dark and (for me) very very funny.

As for the bananas, it’s kind of a touching tribute to something in his life. We didn’t all get them today, but Ross did hand out a few to audience members while very very gently “roasting” them. 

I have absolutely no idea if this thing will catch on or not but I’m not mad at spending the afternoon there today.  I have to imagine something like this will be filmed for Netflix or Comedy Central or something. But yeah, for something I had no excitement about going to, it exceeded my expectations.