"I felt like I was coming in with one hand behind my back because no one really knows who I am," he says. "The Daily Show at best is probably second gear of what I am comedically, on stage." The first joke you were most nervous about telling? "Because I didn't try it in the comedy clubs ... I literally... So here's what happened": He had a property brother crisis and wanted Biden to speak.
After a look inside a writers' strike that could upend Hollywood, Kara and Nayeema turn to today’s guest: writer and comedian Roy Wood Jr. Fresh off his performance at the White House Correspondents Dinner, Wood breaks down how he chose his jokes for the president, what (if anything) was considered off limits and why we need to start engaging with viewpoints we don’t like.
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