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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism by NPR

Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

from Fresh Air

by NPR

Published: Mon Jan 13 2025

Show Notes

A good comedian has to "know what regular people are going through," Roy Wood Jr. says. In his new Hulu special, Lonely Flowers, Wood riffs on how isolation has sent society spiraling. He spoke with Tonya Mosley about leaving The Daily Show, learning from other comics, and how an arrest pushed him to pursue stand-up.

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