Roy Wood Jr.
๐ค SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
It operates at such razor thin budgets compared to other parts of the industry.
If we're talking daytime talk shows, late night talk shows, scripted shows, et cetera.
Sports has always operated the most razor thin.
So how sports goes to a degree can start informing me on how late night is going to go.
That's just what I believe.
I could be wrong, but that's just what I believe.
You know what put me up on game with that?
I had a year โ and this is also kind of why I'm in this mindset now career-wise, but I had what I'll call a drought year.
In 2014, the year before I got The Daily Show.
So I was blessed enough to where I had a buddy that I was in journalism school with and he knew some producers up at ESPN.
Hey, man, there's this lady, Jamel Hill and Mike, Mike, Mike, Mike Smith.
They're doing a show called His and Hers.
If you're ever near Bristol and I'll drive.
And at the time, I still lived in L.A.
But if I had a gig anywhere in the tri-state, hey, man, can I come up?
No, this is pre 6 p.m.
sports center.
They were on it two in the afternoon, two years prior to when they did this.
Oh, like numbers never lie.
If I'm performing anywhere within five hours of Bristol, I'm adding a day and I'm driving and I'm going to be in that studio.