285 - Roy Wood Jr, Live at SXSW
The Comedian's Comedian Podcast
Stuart Goldsmith
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2019
⏱️ 73 minutes
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Summary
Daily Show correspondent Roy Wood Jr is a socio-political powerhouse of a comedian, taking huge topics about race and community and making them hilarious and relatable. We go into detail on the development of some of his favourite routines, discover how he finds the funny in murderously serious topics, and examine the sense of responsibility that drives him.
Extras available only to members of the Insiders Club include details on Roy's extraordinary methodology regarding waveforms, facial expression and inflection, as well as a scathing critique of his dietary habits by fellow Daily Show correspondent Ronny Chieng. Join now at www.comedianscomedian.com/insiders
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19/04/2019 Bromsgrove – The Artix
9-11/05/2019 Soho Theatre, London
05/10/19 Edinburgh Stand (early show – 5pm)
11/10/19 Northampton Royal and Derngate
25/10/19 Teignmouth Pavillions
08/11/19 Bristol - The Comedy Box at the Hen and Chicken
04/12/19 Aldershot - The West End Centre
25/01/20 Corsham - The Pound Arts Centre
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| 0:37.0 | Some shows may have ads. And the Hello and welcome to the show I'm Stuart Goldsmith today I'm talking to Roy Wood |
| 1:00.7 | Jr live at South by Southwest in Austin Texas. You'll |
| 1:04.9 | know Roy as a daily show correspondent and also as a powerhouse of a comedian, |
| 1:10.0 | a socio-political comedian who is able to take the most enormous and weighty topics |
| 1:15.7 | and we will hear from him about one of the pieces he did on the daily show |
| 1:19.3 | about gang violence in Chicago and the people who are putting themselves in the way of that |
| 1:24.5 | violence and trying to convince people standing in front of them carrying weapons |
| 1:29.0 | not to go seeking revenge. It's he's an astonishing man. He's a very, very fine comedian and an incredibly detailed and |
| 1:39.0 | methodological comic. We're going to get a lot of that detail and more besides at the |
| 1:43.6 | insiders club at comedians comedian.com slash insiders in which we'll go into a bit |
| 1:47.8 | more detail on how he analyzes the waveforms of recordings of gigs. |
| 1:52.0 | So loads to enjoy there let's get stuck into it. This are you? Are there cameras because I don't want to give Coca-Cola free |
| 2:07.4 | advertising? There are no cameras but on the podcast you have just said that. |
| 2:11.4 | Okay, well that's fine. |
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