Hey y'all, welcome to Biscuits and Jam from Southern Living.

I'm Sid Evans, and today I'm talking with a comedian and television host who grew up right here in Birmingham, though his career has taken him all over the place.

You may know Roy Wood Jr. from his long stint on the Daily Show, his new CNN comedy show,

Have I Got News for You, or from his new stand-up special Lonely Flowers, which you can watch on Hulu.

He also got a lot of attention hosting the White House Correspondence Dinner in 2023, and I got to know him

a bit this past December when he was honored by the Alabama

Humanities Alliance. Roy lives in New York now, where he often appears on late-night talk

shows, but he built his career in the South. He studied broadcast journalism at Florida

A&M in Tallahassee and worked as a morning news reporter in Birmingham. But his true passion was going

out on the road for weekend gigs at comedy clubs around the region. We'll talk about why his mom

is the funniest person in his family, his brief obsession with the Popeye's chicken sandwich,

and how his southerness informs his comedy, all in this week's Biscuits and Jam.

Roy Wood Jr.

Hello.

Welcome to Biscuits and Jam.

My favorite.

At what age do Biscuits and Jam become like a snack after breakfast?

You ever have like that after breakfast snack?

I feel like that's a southern thing where you have breakfast and then there's like three biscuits left. And somewhere in that no man's land from 10 a.m. to noon, you just have biscuits and jam. Yeah, I'll eat them anytime, anywhere. But, you know, I'm the one that has to make them in my house. If I'm not making them, then they're not going to be lying around. Yeah, I'm trying to get to that world of home style cooking, but I'm going to need a little time. I'm not there yet.

I'm sure your mom could teach you a thing or two about that.

Yeah.

Roy, I want to start off by asking you about your name.

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