Marty Ross walked onto the America’s Got Talent stage and was greeted as a young man. He was from Santa Clarita, California, and when the judges asked what he did for a living, he joked back, what did I do?
For almost 50 years he had been a salesman in the clothing industry. Now he wanted to do stand-up comedy. Asked why he had not started earlier, he said he simply never knew he could stand in front of so many people and do what he does.
When they asked if he was married, Marty said he had three ex-wives, so he needed the million dollars as soon as possible 😄. Then came the big reveal. He was 80 years old, and he said that being able to do the show with so many talented people was a dream come true.
His set was all about getting older. He said that since turning 80, people keep telling him he is almost dead, but he is not afraid. His mother made it to 101, and the family secret is that they do not die, they just keep shrinking until they disappear.
He joked that when he visits his mother in the nursing home, the staff will not let him leave, so he needed a night pass from the front desk just to be at the show. The audience laughed all the way through, and Marty proved it is never too late to chase a dream 🎤.
