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Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yeah, but they're all reel-to-reels. I haven't straightened that out yet. You know, that's something I definitely need to get to because, you know, so much of what my father talked about in his commentary work was about a lot of issues with the black race that are still happening today.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yeah, but they're all reel-to-reels. I haven't straightened that out yet. You know, that's something I definitely need to get to because, you know, so much of what my father talked about in his commentary work was about a lot of issues with the black race that are still happening today.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

You know, as much as I spent, you know, like any child, you go through a rebellion period against your parents while you want to be nothing like them. And then I look up and I look at the type of comedy that I talk about and I am him. I'm just a little funnier.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

You know, as much as I spent, you know, like any child, you go through a rebellion period against your parents while you want to be nothing like them. And then I look up and I look at the type of comedy that I talk about and I am him. I'm just a little funnier.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

You know, as much as I spent, you know, like any child, you go through a rebellion period against your parents while you want to be nothing like them. And then I look up and I look at the type of comedy that I talk about and I am him. I'm just a little funnier.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

No. Now, you want to talk about somebody who'd use nothing but anger to drive what they was talking about. It was clear he was mad. Now, he could be smooth with how he delivered the knife into your rib cage, but you was going to get the knife messing around with my dad.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

No. Now, you want to talk about somebody who'd use nothing but anger to drive what they was talking about. It was clear he was mad. Now, he could be smooth with how he delivered the knife into your rib cage, but you was going to get the knife messing around with my dad.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

No. Now, you want to talk about somebody who'd use nothing but anger to drive what they was talking about. It was clear he was mad. Now, he could be smooth with how he delivered the knife into your rib cage, but you was going to get the knife messing around with my dad.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yes. Please. Yeah.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yes. Please. Yeah.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yes. Please. Yeah.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yeah. So my dad was the first black announcer at pretty much most stations he worked at in the 1950s and 60s. doing news for the most part. And so he got with some people up in Chicago and decided to create the National Black Network. And the National Black Network was a series of syndicated news stories and articles and programs that would be sent out to black radio stations across the country.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yeah. So my dad was the first black announcer at pretty much most stations he worked at in the 1950s and 60s. doing news for the most part. And so he got with some people up in Chicago and decided to create the National Black Network. And the National Black Network was a series of syndicated news stories and articles and programs that would be sent out to black radio stations across the country.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

Yeah. So my dad was the first black announcer at pretty much most stations he worked at in the 1950s and 60s. doing news for the most part. And so he got with some people up in Chicago and decided to create the National Black Network. And the National Black Network was a series of syndicated news stories and articles and programs that would be sent out to black radio stations across the country.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And it was simply black. It was the first of its kind, news for black people on black stations. So my father was the co-founder of this joint up in Chicago at WVON. And they're looking for reporters. And my dad gets pulled over by a cop. And the cop has a really deep voice. And the cop goes, hey, man. And my dad goes to the cop. He's getting a ticket. He's in the middle of getting a ticket.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And it was simply black. It was the first of its kind, news for black people on black stations. So my father was the co-founder of this joint up in Chicago at WVON. And they're looking for reporters. And my dad gets pulled over by a cop. And the cop has a really deep voice. And the cop goes, hey, man. And my dad goes to the cop. He's getting a ticket. He's in the middle of getting a ticket.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And it was simply black. It was the first of its kind, news for black people on black stations. So my father was the co-founder of this joint up in Chicago at WVON. And they're looking for reporters. And my dad gets pulled over by a cop. And the cop has a really deep voice. And the cop goes, hey, man. And my dad goes to the cop. He's getting a ticket. He's in the middle of getting a ticket.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And my dad goes, yeah, man, you have a nice voice. You should quit the police force and come work for me. And the cop was like, what the hell are you talking about? He was like, yeah, you have a nice voice. You have a voice for radio. You should be on the radio. You shouldn't be out here doing this. And my dad gave the cop his card, and the cop he gave the card to was Don Cornelius.

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Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And my dad goes, yeah, man, you have a nice voice. You should quit the police force and come work for me. And the cop was like, what the hell are you talking about? He was like, yeah, you have a nice voice. You have a voice for radio. You should be on the radio. You shouldn't be out here doing this. And my dad gave the cop his card, and the cop he gave the card to was Don Cornelius.

Fresh Air
Roy Wood Jr. Thinks Of Comedy As Journalism

And my dad goes, yeah, man, you have a nice voice. You should quit the police force and come work for me. And the cop was like, what the hell are you talking about? He was like, yeah, you have a nice voice. You have a voice for radio. You should be on the radio. You shouldn't be out here doing this. And my dad gave the cop his card, and the cop he gave the card to was Don Cornelius.