{"id":157444,"date":"2025-08-19T03:58:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:58:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/157444\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T03:58:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T03:58:21","slug":"jeff-ross-brings-the-funny-to-broadway-with-take-a-banana-for-the-ride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/157444\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Ross brings the funny to Broadway with ‘Take a Banana for the Ride’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roastmaster heats up B\u2019way<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite Broadway\u2019s aging retreads comes the\u00a0Nederlander Theatre\u2019s newie \u201cTake a Banana for the Ride.\u201d<\/a>\u00a0Co-producer\u00a0Marc Cornstein\u00a0took me to see it. Just opened and every seat had a behind in it.<\/p>\n

No gigantic cast. Just one dude \u2014 written and performed by comedian\u00a0Jeff Ross<\/a>. Lasts 75ish minutes \u2014 just enough to lead the conga line to the ladies\u2019 room.<\/p>\n

Funny, a pro, Ross knows how to throw a joke<\/a>. He wore a custom suit. Bright yellow. Not what you\u2019d probably find in\u00a0Putin\u2019s closet. Trotting up and down the stage like a caged lion, his props are framed wall paintings to whom he talks \u2014 and who talk back.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re a foreigner \u2014 or worse, an out-of-towner like from Jersey \u2014 and maybe don\u2019t know him, Jeff started writing this show 30 years ago, hadn\u2019t the gizzard to go forward with it \u201cbut events in my life gave me the push to bring it back.\u201d<\/p>\n

He\u2019s good. I was married to a comedian for centuries, so I can finish a joke before it leaves someone\u2019s throat. He says, \u201cIf you like your comedy watered down, now\u2019s your chance to sneak out and give your ticket to a homeless person who needs air conditioning.\u201d<\/p>\n

I saw the show before it opened. Marc Cornstein\u2019s father is USA\u2019s former ambassador to Hungary, and my longtime friend,\u00a0David Cornstein.<\/p>\n

Go. You\u2019ll love it. If you pay for the ticket, I\u2019ll go again.<\/p>\n

Professional perk<\/strong><\/p>\n

I just heard an old story. In high-school,\u00a0Sandra Bullock\u00a0was voted \u201cMost Likely to Brighten Up Your Day.\u201d She then discovered she\u2019s allergic to horses. Disadvantage. Why? She was up for the lead in 1999\u2019s \u201cRunaway Bride\u201d but one key scene required her to flee a wedding on horseback. They used\u00a0Julia Roberts\u00a0instead and the thing turned out to be a smash. Also, Sandra, as a kid, got her nose broken when her younger sister,\u00a0Gesine, opened a garage door quickly and smacked her in the face with it. Maybe this is to show how we all overcome life\u2019s difficulties. Maybe.<\/p>\n

Protection details revealed<\/strong><\/p>\n

Michael Matranga: \u201cWe become criminal investigators through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center.\u201d It\u2019s weeks and weeks of training.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s defensive tactics, both standing or on the ground. We shoot multiple weapons \u2014pistol, shotgun, rifle. How to deploy from your vehicle, how to operate outdoors, indoors and, most difficult, how to advance. That\u2019s the bread and butter of protective work.<\/p>\n

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\u201cDifficult working with foreign heads of state. Their customs are not same as ours.\u201d<\/p>\n

Additional trouble comes if there\u2019s an issue of drugs \u2014 but this we don\u2019t even mention.<\/p>\n

Stiff competition<\/strong><\/p>\n

So, meanwhile, I interviewed a regular \u2014 a regular regular \u2014 at a nudist camp. It was their annual masquerade ball. Meanwhile, even though the guys wore masks, I was told that \u201cSomehow these gals were still able to identify them.\u201d<\/p>\n

New York. One of the busiest cities in the world. Where something is always happening. And most of it goes unsolved.<\/p>\n

Only in New York, kids only in New York.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roastmaster heats up B\u2019way Despite Broadway\u2019s aging retreads comes the\u00a0Nederlander Theatre\u2019s newie \u201cTake a Banana for the Ride.\u201d\u00a0Co-producer\u00a0Marc…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":157445,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[5229,19607,7882,91525,405,403,5226,5225,5228,5227,1269,17345,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-157444","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-broadway","10":"tag-comedians","11":"tag-jeff-ross","12":"tag-new-york","13":"tag-new-york-city","14":"tag-newyork","15":"tag-newyorkcity","16":"tag-ny","17":"tag-nyc","18":"tag-opinion","19":"tag-sandra-bullock","20":"tag-united-states","21":"tag-united-states-of-america","22":"tag-unitedstates","23":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","24":"tag-us","25":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115053429028355013","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157444"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157444\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157445"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}