Jeff Ross On Cancer Diagnosis, Broadway Debut 'Take A Banana For The Ride', And Roast Culture Evolution

It's the sort of revelation that would lead most people, understandably, to panic and shut down. But not the Roastmaster General, who less than a year later, would mine the experience with Take a Banana for the Ride, a deeply personal one-man show marking both his Broadway debut and the coalescing of a lifelong dream.

The show helped cure him of cancer — not medically, but spiritually and emotionally.

Jim Carrey taught me about manifesting — not in a cheesy way, but in a real, practical way that changed how I approach my work and my life.