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Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

Roy Wood Jr. on 'The Daily Show' and 'Imperfect Messenger'

Larry Wilmore: Black on the Air

The Ringer

Society & Culture

4.83.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2022

⏱️ 79 minutes

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Summary

Larry weighs in on the Lakers and Ukraine. He's then joined by Roy Wood Jr. and they begin their conversation by sharing their experiences from working on 'The Daily Show' and how they navigate writing racially based jokes in the current political and social climate. (14:33) They then discuss Roy's new stand-up special 'Imperfect Messenger' and discuss the process and tribulations he went through in preparation for it. (30:30) Next, they go over Roy's early years in Alabama and how his father's work as a radio commentator influences the work he does today. (43:05) They wrap things up by talking about how they each found their voice in the entertainment industry and the projects they are working on for the future. (54:17) Host: Larry Wilmore Guest: Roy Wood Jr. Producer: Kaya McMullen Production Assistant: Chris Sutton Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:19.0

Hey, welcome back everybody. This is Larry one more and you have tuned into Black on the Air. That's what you're listening to. Good to be back with him.

1:29.0

We have a real interesting show today. My old pal Roy would junior from the Daily Show. We've seen stand-up on Comedy Central.

1:39.0

And lots of things here and there. We have a chat about comedy, Daily Show and other stuff. Really, really a lot of fun. I think you're going to enjoy that. Roy is a good dude. Really, really funny.

1:48.0

I think you should definitely be talked about more in terms of who are some of the funniest people out there. Roy is hilarious. And his latest special, which is on Comedy Central, is that right now?

2:01.0

So you guys should go see that man. There's a lot going on in the world right now. I'm fork it to that. Guys, I'm just telling a lot of pain. Just my Lakers are playing so horribly. It's just sad.

2:11.0

And I know nobody cares. People love hating the Lakers. It's fine. I don't mind. We've had our share of winning and everything.

2:23.0

But man, it's so interesting for me to see how much people enjoy just bouncing on my Lakers when they're down. Pouncing them. Kick it on when they're down. Kick it on them. I can take it though. I can take it. Because they don't hate the Lakers as much as I love the Lakers.

2:43.0

And as much as I hate the way they're playing right now, I don't care how much hate the Lakers. Sorry. You don't hate them as much as I love them. It's not equal. So it doesn't bother me. Don't bug me.

2:55.0

And what about your team? Tell me about how your team is doing.

3:01.0

Anyhow, I say that knowing there's a lot of stuff going on in the world. Some of it I feel like I'm interested in some. Man, it's just hard. Like the whole politics and everything. I think Biden had a state of the union this week.

3:17.0

Yeah, guys, I was so not interested in just barely interested. I watched a little bit of it. And I couldn't really just stay engaged. And it's funny because when I was doing the night, we showed him back in the Daily Show days. Like that was an event. We had to watch those things no matter who was president. You know, we'd stay up all night writing jokes about it. It was a big part of a show. I think Cobair still has a live show dedicated to. But man, I just felt, I don't know why I'm just not interested in it.

3:44.0

Maybe I'll engage more during this year. In some of the politics, but the big story of course is the Ukraine. Or is Ukraine, which everyone call it. And what is happening with the Russian invasion and everything.

4:00.0

That is the big news of this week. It's crazy man. There's a lot of issues around it. But you know, I want to talk about this in a slightly different way. Because it's interesting to me how Ukraine is playing out.

4:19.0

Like to me is exposing something that is a little different now in how we are engaging in terms of war and standoffs with other countries.

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