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1. Jeff Ross arriving at premiere
2. Jeff Ross posing for photos
3. Robyn Stahl and Jeff Ross posing for photos
4. Craig Robinson posing for photos
5. BJ Novek posing for photos
6. Jeff Ross posing for photos
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Ross, comedian:
"It took a lot of life experience, joke by joke, gig by gig, took some losses, took some hits in my personal life, and that made me funnier. And I always wanted to do a show like this that’s cathartic and helps other people. I want people to see their lives in my stories, in my family, and maybe it’s something that they can use down the road."
8. David Schwimmer posing for photos
9. SOUNDBITE (English) Jeff Ross, comedian:
"It’s not just a great title, it’s good life advice. You never know if you’re gonna get stuck in traffic, you get low blood sugar, and in a pinch, you can turn that banana sideways. It’ll remind you to smile. So it’s a good advice from my Pop Jack. It’s also like a tough guy’s way of saying, I love you."
10. Jeff Ross posing for photos with guests
11. Jeff Ross posing for photos with Felix Herbst, Dara Woo and Asher Denburg
12. Modi Rosenfeld, Jeff Ross, Lisa Lampanelli, Rachel Feinstein and Matt Friend posing for photos
13. SOUNDBITE (English) Lisa Lampanelli, comedian:
"I don’t think there’s ever too much behind the curtain, the more you expose about yourself the better because I think Alan King, a legendary comic in the old days said, the only problem with comics is you play a part with the same name. So people think you’re only a comic. So Jeff, me, everyone, Howard Stern, Don Rickles has so much more inside them and are fuller humans. And we got to show it. I think it’s really beautiful. I love that vulnerability."
(Reporter: Is it harder to be funny today?)
"I don’t know, thank God I’m retired. So I canceled myself before I could get canceled. It’s probably pretty hard to be funny, but I think if you got it, you got and, God bless the ones who are still doing it."
14. SOUNDBITE (English) John Stamos, actor – on tribute to Bob Saget in show:
"Yeah, that’s gonna probably get me. But the whole show is so emotional, I’m so proud of him. I remember seeing it going like, he better go deep on the show, he better get deep in like five minutes then I’m bawling my head off."
15. John Stamos and Caitlin McHugh posing for photos
16. SOUNDBITE (English) John Stamos, actor:
"I think some of the greatest, funniest people in the world are the most, can get most emotional. I mean, they have, you know, a lot of the comedy comes from, you now, darker lives, a lot them. And you know you look at Robin Williams, brilliant at drama. But yeah, right off the bat, he gets into some serious stuff and it’s emotional."
17. Flavor Flav and Jeff Ross talking
18. SOUNDBITE (English) Flavor Flav, recording artist:
"First of all, I just wanna say, he’s one of the most nicest human beings, man. One of the more humblest human beings. One of most funniest human beings on this planet. You know what I’m saying? I got to connect with Jeff Ross when we did my roast, the Flavor Flav roast. And that man roasted the hell out of me, you hear me? So there’s no way I could not be out here and not support my boy for his first Broadway play, man. I’m so proud of him right now, I’m proud. And I hope that this show stays here for a bunch of years, man!"
19. SOUNDBITE (English) Carson Daly, TV host/personality:
20. John Mayer posing for photos
21. SOUNDBITE (English) John Mayer, recording artist:
22. John Mayer and Jeff Ross posing for photos
24. Dana Delany posing for photos
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