Wood Jr., Roy

Comedian Roy Wood Jr speaks into a mic on stage

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April 28, 2023

34:31

Comic Roy Wood Jr. taps into America's psyche on 'The Daily Show'

Wood Jr. will host the White House Correspondents' dinner April 29. In 2018, he explained how the years he spent performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest prepared him for The Daily Show.

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March 21, 2018

50:30

Comic Roy Wood Jr. Taps Into America's Psyche On 'The Daily Show'

Comic Roy Wood Jr. is now a correspondent for The Daily Show, but he got his start performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest — sometimes in places where he felt unsafe as a black man.

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Roy Wood Jr.

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Comic Roy Wood Jr. taps into America's psyche on 'The Daily Show'

Comic Roy Wood Jr. Taps Into America's Psyche On 'The Daily Show'

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