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The Comedian Who Found Success Insulting Celebrities Made a Surprisingly Emotional One-Man Show — But More Roasts Are Coming, Too

The Comedian Who Found Success Insulting Celebrities Made a Surprisingly Emotional One-Man Show — But More Roasts Are Coming, Too

If you’re not familiar with Jeff Ross, he is best known as the “Roastmaster General” — a three-decade master of the savage comic sport introduced by the Friars Club in the 1950s, in which a procession of comedians and wannabe smart-asses barrage a roastee with decidedly no-holds-barred insults crafted to evoke laughter and gasps. Ross is also executive producer of …

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