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The master of the roast, Jeff Ross, remembers a close meeting with the legend of the late comedy Milton Berle, who was not so favorable to his colleague.
As Ross recalled it in the episode of Wednesday of The Howard Stern showWhen he worked for the first time with Berle, who died in March 2002, on a roast, the kind of comedy for which Ross was going to become known, Berle was not a fan.
“Milton had giant hands and each time I laughed from behind the podium, Howard, he pushed me in the ribs, and I would jump,” said Ross. “And then I continue, and I hit, I always make you laugh and, in the end, he interrupts me. I kill, and he interrupts me.”
Ross took him for a long time as he could.
“Finally I’m going ‘Milton, I didn’t see you in an antiquity shop this morning [for] 800 dollars? “” Said Ross. “And Milton rises and starts to make a program of two men, and I try to follow him. Then, you know, there were all these celebrities, like plane wings, on the platform.”
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It was The man of music Star Buddy Hackett, who died in 2003, who came to the defense of Ross.
“Buddy Hackett just blew,” Hey Milton, let the kid work. Remember when you used to “” said Ross. “Milton short, kisses Buddy Hackett on the lips. The place explodes. And I am going:” Oh, that’s it, Milton and Buddy, more than 80 years of homosexual experience. “And the place is unleashed, and I felt like I found my Yankee stadium at that time.”
Ross was mystified to explain why Berle would act like him.
“I went back to the Friars Club afterwards, and I said to Buddy Hackett” why would Milton do that? “”, Ross remembers. “He says’ he doesn’t like it when other people have a lot of laughter. He was trying to make you stumble.” “”
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Ross decided to ask the former Talk-show host himself.
“I went and I had a cigar with him and I said,” Milton, why would you sting me like that? “”, Ross remembers. “He just said,” Remember, they only remember Homeruns. It means that I had too many jokes and I just modified the home runs. And even if he was trying to interrupt me and f — me a little, I said to myself: “It’s really good advice.” And Milton and I have become very good friends.
