Jeff Ross Says Milton Berle Tried to Trip Him up at First Roast for Getting Too Many Laughs

Jeff Ross says Milton Berle tried to trip him up at first roast for getting too many laughs

Berle died in 2002 at 93.Jesse Grant/Getty; Archive Photos/Getty  Jeff Ross recalls being razzed by the late Milton BerleRoastmaster General Jeff Ross remembers a close encounter with late comedy legend Milton Berle, who wasn't all that supportive of his colleague.As Ross recalled it on Wednesday's episode of The Howard Stern Show, when he first worked with Berle, who died in March 2002, on a roast, the kind of comedy which Ross would go on to b…

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