Roy Wood Jr. Spends a Day with Chicago Anti-Violence Group CeaseFire on ‘The Daily Show’

The Daily Show kicked off its week of Chicago shows last night, and the episode featured the above segment starring correspondent Roy Wood Jr., who heads to the South Side to meet some of the ex-gang members who now work for CeaseFire, a program that mediates gang conflict and patrols dangerous neighborhoods with the goal […]

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Roy Wood Jr. Offers Some Helpful Advice for White Supremacists on ‘The Daily Show’

Here’s a clip from last night’s Daily Show, where Trevor Noah welcomes correspondent Roy Wood Jr. to react to the KKK rally in Charlottesville earlier this month and offer the so-called “master race” some advice. “Let me give you some advice — you, the genius ‘master race.’ Comes courtesy of Dr. Martin Luther King — […]

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Roy Wood Jr. Stops By The Jay Davis Show: Working At The Daily Show, New Kings Of Comedy List, And More

Comedian Roy Wood Jr. stopped by the Jay Davis Show to talk about his career in comedy and in television. The FAMU graduate talks about his humble beginnings in comedy, as well as what his early grind consisted of. This interview was filled with laughter and levity as Roy shared some of his experiences on […]

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Outside Lands fest announces killer comedy lineup with Nick Kroll, Jeff Goldblum, Henry Rollins, Wild Horses and much, much more

San Francisco’s Outside Lands always has one of the best lineups around, especially on its comedy stage, The Barbary — a… MORE

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On Second Thought with Roy Wood Jr.

Episode #5 of my exclusive Laughly podcast miniseries, On Second Thought, is out now with Roy Wood, Jr. On Second Thought asks: If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then comedy plus time equals what now? We all know and love Wood now as a star correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and he just hosted […]

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On Second Thought with Roy Wood Jr.

Episode #5 of my exclusive Laughly podcast miniseries, On Second Thought, is out now with Roy Wood, Jr. On Second Thought asks: If tragedy plus time equals comedy, then comedy plus time equals what now? We all know and love Wood now as a star correspondent on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, and he just hosted […]

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The funniest comedy specials of the year, vs. the best comedy, vs. the most award-worthy in 2017

The Internet’s relentless, rigorous demand for content, combined with show business’s relentless, rigorous desire for cash money, has combined in 2017 to bestow us with a bounty of stand-up comedy hours and variety specials, as well as a rash of rankings by amateur and professional armchair critics alike. My two cents? As you may already […]

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Comedy Central replaces “This Is Not Happening” host Ari Shaffir with Roy Wood Jr.

In an interesting shakeup, Comedy Central has chosen to replace This Is Not Happening host Ari Shaffir with Roy Wood… MORE

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Comedy Central replaces “This Is Not Happening” host Ari Shaffir with Roy Wood Jr.

In an interesting shakeup, Comedy Central has chosen to replace This Is Not Happening host Ari Shaffir with Roy Wood… MORE

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Roy Wood Jr. Is Taking Over as Host of Comedy Central’s ‘This Is Not Happening’

Changes are in the works on Comedy Central’s storytelling series This Is Not Happening. The network recently announced that the show, which was renewed for a fourth season last year, will debut this fall with a new host: Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr. Here’s the lineup for the upcoming season: The fourth season promises […]

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