Ep 257: Roy Wood Jr.

We Might Be Drunk

Sam Morril and Mark Normand

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.7 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 10 November 2025

⏱️ 100 minutes

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Summary

Roy Wood Jr. joins Mark and Sam for a killer episode packed with road stories, comedy history, and hard-earned wisdom. The guys swap tales about bombing on Star Search, opening for Ron White, taking a private jet with Adam Sandler, and what really happens when you accidentally use the headliner’s bathroom. Roy breaks down life after The Daily Show, the future of stand-up specials, and lessons learned from his dad, his peers, and decades in the game. Sponsored by: Start your one-dollar-per-month trial and start selling today at https://shopify.com/drunk Ditch the cigarettes and vapes — grab some nicotine-infused toothpicks at https://zippixtoothpicks.com and get 10% off with code WMBD Subscribe to We Might Be Drunk: https://bit.ly/SubscribeToWMBD Merch: https://wemightbedrunkpod.com Clips Channel: https://bit.ly/WMBDClips Sam Morril: https://punchup.live/sammorril/tickets Mark Normand: https://punchup.live/marknormand/tickets Produced by Gotham Production Studios: https://www.gothamproductionstudios.com @GothamProductionStudios | Producer: https://www.instagram.com/mrmatthewpeters #WeMightBeDrunk #MarkNormand #SamMorril #RoyWoodJr #Shopify #ZippixToothpicks #ComedyPodcast #StandUpComedy #bodegacatwhiskey 00:00 Welcome Back & Comedy Recap 02:00 Canadian Tour Stories & Comedy Scenes 05:00 Comedy Clubs, Taping, and Old School Touring 11:00 Arena Tours & Touring with Sandler 18:00 Hoops at Under Armour & Tour Perks 25:00 Comedy Roasts: Culture and Legends 32:00 Roast Dynamics in Black & Mainstream Comedy 40:00 Comedy Specials, Industry vs. Internet 47:00 DIY Specials & Releasing Content Today 55:00 Changing Technology & Audience Building 01:02:00 Evolving Material & Reaching New Fans 01:11:00 Comedy Museums & Immortalizing Legends Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Boom.
0:07.3	Swish.
0:08.1	Here we are.
0:08.9	Hey, hey, folks.
0:09.7	Good to be back.
0:10.5	We might be drunk.
0:11.3	We're here.
0:11.8	We're queer.
0:12.8	You go hard this weekend?
0:14.4	Not really, actually.
0:15.7	I had DeVito opening and he was taking it easy, so I kind of took it easy.
0:20.5	He usually will grab a tequila soda or some drink. He's usually drinking something when I'm with him. I got him a few, and he was like, I'm good. Like, he had two, and I noticed he was falling asleep every night. So I was like, all right, we should go home. And when you guys start doing this one, I'm like, I'm like, I'm the driver too. driver too. God damn. Yeah. Yeah.
0:38.3	We had a great weekend in Canada. Where did you hit? We did Halifax. Hidden Jim. Wow. I don't think I've ever been. Great town. It's one of those towns like, thanks for coming. Nobody comes here. Cute. Beachtown. Lobster. Water. Great. Great, and it's like an hour and a half flight.
0:54.2	It's totally doable.
0:55.3	Like, this should be more comedy.
0:57.2	Comedy.
0:57.5	Oh, to at that. Just like beautiful riverfront views. That looks like Portland, Maine. That's insane. It's very similar to Maine without the heroin.
1:12.8	There's got to be some heroin in Halifax. Probably a little heroin.
1:16.0	A little heroin. In Portland, Maine, it's fucking dicey, dude, and the booze.
1:19.6	Oh my God. Yeah. Maine is hillbilly north. Not to mention, they're like lobster Hitler out there.
1:24.5	It's like literally just like every fucking block. They're rounding them up. It's crazy. That's true. That's true. We got to meet you. You're like, all right. Jesus. Great. Yeah, that's true. It's a genocide. Yeah, they're dumping them in. A little fucking, and they're making merch out of it. Oh, yeah. Not only they dumping them in, but they're fucking, they're merchant every store is like, get a lobster t-shirt too.
1:44.4	Yeah, that's true.
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