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The Gist

Funny You Should Mention...Again - Roy Wood JR

The Gist

Mike Pesca

News, Politics, Arts, Daily News

4.4 • 3.6K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Comedian Roy Wood Jr., host of CNN’s Have I Got News for You and former Daily Show correspondent, joins this episode of Funny You Should Mention. We delve into topics like a near-DUI incident in South Dakota, why the police should occasionally let a criminal go free, and the responsibility comedians have to challenge harmful political ideas—and the politicians who promote them. We also explore the surprising lessons humanity can learn from floating balls of ants and what it reveals when the premise of a joke is proven wrong. Produced by Joel Patterson and Corey Wara Email us at [email protected] To advertise on the show, visit: https://advertisecast.com/TheGist Subscribe to The Gist: https://subscribe.mikepesca.com/ Subscribe to The Gist Youtube Page: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4_bh0wHgk2YfpKf4rg40_g Follow Mikes Substack at: Pesca Profundities | Mike Pesca | Substack Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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It's Wednesday, January 1st, 2025 from Peach Productions. It's the gist. I'm Mike Peska. And that five, that was new, right?

0:40.3

You felt that. I said that for the first time. It's weird. I guess the old joke is,

0:45.5

I'm still saying my intros like it's 2024. Comedian Roy Wood Jr. was on the show,

0:51.9

and it was a really good conversation because he comes from an

0:54.9

interesting and eclectic and a very smart family. His dad was a journalist. He's, you know,

1:00.7

something of a journalist. And funny you should mention is, I would say, what I do is journalistic,

1:06.4

but we examine the premise of jokes. We sort of talk a little bit about the setup and how true the setup is.

1:13.6

And, you know, Roy Wood, who is the host of a CNN show called Have I Got News for You,

1:21.6

he could someday host a show called The Setup because he is talking about real issues and real facts and real

1:29.3

stories as would the son of an acclaimed journalist. I very much enjoyed our conversation.

1:37.2

Roy Wood is always an interesting guy and a surprising guy and a great comedian. And to watch

1:43.4

us all engage, you should check out our

1:46.3

YouTube channel because they tell me that just like George Benson one said of the children,

1:53.0

YouTube is the future. Someone else said it since. I suppose someone will say it since YouTube.

1:58.7

That's YouTube.com slash at Mike Peska.

2:02.4

This is the last of season one

2:04.6

of funny you should mention.

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