 Ross credits a particular joke that he made at the expense of attendees Bea Arthur and Sandra Bernhardt at the 1999 roast of Jerry Stiller for taking his roasting career to the next level.That same year Jimmy Kimmel hired Ross as a writer on "The Man Show" and Ross also wrote some of the punchlines for Billy Crystal's monologue at the Oscars in 2000.In 2003 Comedy Central began producing their own celebrity roasts.