Roy Wood (2017)

Ha ha ha they are both happily married not to each other

When I was hired I was thrilled to know that correspondents get creative input on their pieces. that wasn't the case on scripted shows that id worked on before. Also I have a degree in broadcast journalism so I was thrilled to see how much of my actual journalistic training apply to what I do here it's the perfect blend of comedy and journalism

All I know is that was the worst haircut of my life. Never get a haircut from a man in the middle of a custody battle with his baby mama

I was Until i saw those god awful Yeezy Season 5 sneakers. they look like shoes your granddaddy cuts the grass in.

In college I took a public speaking class and got laughs anytime I spoke in front of the class that was the genesis of stage time for me.

I think Trevor's interview with tom lahren and bill maher's upcoming interview w/ Milo are proof that shows are trying to change their approach of preaching to the choir. We cannot continue to have a conversation amongst ourselves about other people at some point you have to talk to other people and you also have to be critical of yourself which I think is slowly starting to happen across the board with all of the liberal satire shows. I think this was also evident in Seth Meyers having on Kellyanne Conway

yeah. the bigger discussions now are how to dig deeper than the surface jokes. Looking deeper into his cabinet picks, etc. and even looking at how the Democrats are responding matters too

I'm mostly a sports guy when it comes to PlayStation games I even own a NASCAR game. As for RPGs, I have a grand theft auto, call of duty, and watchdogs. My PlayStation network name is 'JimJMchater'

First of all thank you for what you do over there I know there're a lot of differing opinions about the direction of the show with in that subreddit but the dialogue is very much appreciated. More people than you think from ALL the satire shows read their reddit pages. LOL The bigger issue since the election has been figuring out as a show what is important is it trump? is it his advisers? is it Russia? is it everything that is still happening at home separate and apart from trump? I cannot speak for the writers and executive producers but it is my guess that right now we are still trying to make sense of this new landscape. as a whole the show does more field pieces than when Jon Stewart hosted. but I think going forward as a show we know that our aim on issues in this country has to be much more precise because the climate trump has created, there is so much more political noise. Every day there's 5 new "outrageous" things. And then the next day 5 things debunking those things, and then the following week 20 new things. It's FOR SURE tougher to hone in on what the stories are sometimes. and I also think if you look at some of the field pieces that we did during the first year of the show, theres some I don't think would would get green lit now.(My Army Corp of Engineers story is one). At minimum it would've gone straight to the web and not been on air. that 30 minutes of real estate is now more valuable than ever. because The tone of the nation is different. the viewer's pallete is different. so we're taking a little more time to hone in on exactly what it is that matters now in Trump's America.

sorry for the long answer but I hope that helps.

when trump got elected there were stories we were planning to do that IMMEDIATELY got pulled off the board. because we believed them to no longer matter to people.

Field had to figure out what the new stories are, plan them and then go shoot them.

Also a good field piece form conception to air takes about 2-3 weeks to complete. and after the election we had a week off for thanksgiving and three weeks for the holidays. so that's a month of production time lost. so theres that factored in too. LOL

They'll be back soon

Yes if she is with other women. Women in groups at a strip club is not a big thing if your girl is going to the strip club alone somebody is beating her back out guaranteed.

"beating her back out" is a southern term for wild sex

Trevor is busier the most of the other correspondents so we don't get to catch up often outside of work I probably hang the most with a ronny Cheing and Hassan because they are comedians and we often cross paths on the comedy club scene

i want us to do a buddy cop show. "Soul Man and Powder'

Neither Trump might get jealous. #DonaldTrumpWantsToBangHisDaughter

I'm one of the guys up there who doesn't get into a lot of the news away from work. I tried to watch the offbeat stuff I watching National Geographic and I enjoy the today show and good morning America. If you ask me this question yesterday I would have said FOXNews but after what Shepard Smith said about Trump I may have to reconsider my opinion of that station LOL

I'm sure those arrogant pricks in North Carolina, Texas and Missouri Will reject Alabama style ribs and that good ol Alabama white sauce LOL

Only the good ones the bad ones are a pain in the ass

Had I known before the World Series that the Cubs winning would've meant that truck would become president not only what I have still gone to the game I would've walked over the $20,000 they wanted for box seats if that was going to be my last day of happiness it might as well be box seats

Krispy Kreme has the best doughnut. Dunkin Donuts has the best coffee. Any place that calls a doughnut a yeast ring should be shut down. Yeast ring is just a stupid name for a doughnut that hippies made up

Baseball by a landslide

If by bigger you mean fatter then yes.

If by bigger you mean more popular then hell no. LOL

Milos, the Birmingham barons, Jim and Nick's barbecue

I love Ms. Gaynell and I love 95.7 in Birmingham gay nail and I still talk to this day and I got fired from Jamz back in in 2012 LOL. I heard rumors that they stopped doing Word of the day is that true?

I enjoyed the unscripted world so I'll hang out here forced long as I can maybe sports and comedy or a random movie or two. a sitcom would be nice but it's not at the top of the list for me right now

LOL everyone loves Tom. True story I wear cubs alternate hats in studio just to annoy him because I know he hates it when you wear a team hat that is not regulation colors

thanks for understanding. go back and watch field pieces from last year and I'm sure you'll find a few that if we aired them now would feel a little out of place.

Not enough

A glazed doughnut hold the civil rights

Yes PlayStation four. FIFA., MLB the show, madden, call of duty and grand theft auto

I don't know but it needs to happen soon that man is a national treasure

Two black dudes and some weed

As an actor I've always appreciated it when a director gives me an opportunity to interpret this seen my own way even if it is a bad take it is still appreciate because sometimes in experimentation is where the magic is discovered.

I definitely want to do more prank phone calls but I haven't had an opportunity because the daily show schedule is so demanding Plus I'm running out of things for people to curse me out over LOL

Trevor and I are the same but we are different. Because I am American I have more of an insider's opinion on a lot of stuff and because he is from South Africa he has a more curious and quizzical perspective which is good because it keeps us from hitting the same note culturally because we are both African-American.

To the point about conservatives I think it is important to have satire that is balanced and dissecting what is happening on both sides of the aisle In Washington I think doing that and being better about that as a show Will take down some of the perspective that we only bully conservatives. I also think it is important to delineate a difference between bullying and pointing out flat out bullshit and the same goes for Sam B, John Oliver, Bill mahr. I think we are all just trying to point out the hypocrisies in Washington be a Democrat or Republican thank you so much for for watching the show.

Of course it would be different but I think at the end of the day the daily show was a golden opportunity and I'm very happy to be here and very happy to been a part of the Bob and Tom family for so long. From what I was told I was a mere a few days away from being offered a position at Bob and Tom before being hired at the daily show how do I signed with Bob and Tom I would not of been able to be a part of the daily show and it's quite plausible that I may not have had an opportunity to do my hour special

I've never worked under Jon Stewart so it is impossible for me to miss him in that sense. I met him once when he came up to the Daily Show to promote the Zadroga Act w/ the firefighters.

Also, jon is a Mets fan. There's only so much a Cubs fan is allowed to miss a Mets fan

Trevor and I have yet to compare dicks I think that comes in our third season on the air together

It's too long of a story for this AMA. i tell it in detail on a few podcasts. my first appearance on 'What Say You' w/ Q & Sal details it pretty well. but the long and short of it is that My Father was one of the people who loaned Don Corneilus the money he needed to shoot the pilot for 'Soul Train'. when it came time to pay my father back, Don offered him an opportunity to be an Executive producer instead. to which my father replied "This shit is stupid, Nobody wants to watch niggas dance for an hour. Gimme my cash!" my father was never the same after that. LOL

LOL HA HA!! daily. barbara passed away a few years ago. they were in negotiations to give her a reality show.

no. but chalupas do .

For me that joke is one of my classic favs. I stopped using it because as I started developing an app that was more about issues in the world the joke did not fit it felt like trying to shoehorn a jazz record onto a rock album

. The family is good. With my standup I try not to talk about people specifically people change people constantly change offices change their roles change. but the issues remain the same so I tried to focus on issues. At work I tried to focus more on people and the decisions they make that affect the issues positively or negatively. The secret to breaking that cycle of news fatigue is to make sure Cover other stuff from time to time as well because the same way that the viewer can get exhausted so can the reporter. JordanKleppers story on Thursday about Dick Street is a good example of this.

happy to see that Frederick Douglass bounced back from that death thing what a trooper.

Because good six will make you do a lot of dumb stuff

Everyone was fine and upbeat if anything it made us more steadfast in what we wanted to do creatively on the show any time you do something new people tend to reject when Brett Favre left everyone hated Aaron Rodgers. Trevor had a very specific vision for the show that he was not going to let be altered by the opinions of bloggers and TV reviewers and I think because of that choice the show has a much more unique perspective,

ha ha long live Jim J McHater

ok. how about "2 Dope Kings... And Some Weed" ?

Ha ha I love Austin and that weird ass barbecue it's very good. I think somewhere around 11:20 on election night is when it hit me that truck had enough electoral votes to pull it out. For me at the end of the day political leanings should be separate and apart from holding people accountable holding officials accountable. If you can do that then you have done your job. And that's what is most important to me.

Gary Cannon is a horrible human being. Cancer's biggest fear is being diagnosed w/ Gary Cannon. LOL

The south is tougher. because it's more desolate. the population is more spread out. so every night you have to drive 3-4 hours to get to the next club. Also it is more lonely because you do not have nearly as many people to grow with creatively I think part of why comedians on the coasts grow faster is because they are around other talented people on a regular basis. This breeds a culture of excellence when you're constantly surrounded by people challenging you to be better then you will be better. But if you are in the south opening for a guy who has four DUIs and the only reason he is doing a show tonight is to try and have sex with the waitress you aren't challenged as much.

gonna try and get to scottsdale for spring training for a sunday.

Ironically for some black people White TV shows are not the pinnacle. I had a guy in a barber shop tell me last year if I want to make it I need to "get on BETs Comic View" LOL that show has been off the air for almost 10 years. Even when she did not agree with me doing comedy when I first started at 19 years old my mom still cosigned on a car for me so that I will stop sleeping and bus stations between gigs she is my biggest fan.

Side bar there're people who do AMAs and NOT answer all the questions? what a bunch of douches. Even if you don't agree with someone, you owe them the decency of a respectful response.

i'm caught up on PDP losing sponsors and all that stuff. will go read the WSJ article and report back.

The daily show is a 22-minute program. My time on air on Thursday was 74 seconds. Coming out of a bit by Trevor that was dedicated ENTIRELY to the president's meltdown in front of reporters.

Do I feel conflicted about 74 seconds of airtime? No. I do not.
of course i am appreciative of it.

the good thing about scandals is that they aren't going anywhere anytime soon.

also did we discuss any of these said scandals Mon-wed? I'm better money we did. plus being FIRST to a story doesn't meant you're the funniest or the best.

to think because we haven't touched on the scandals AT ALL on the day you think we should havemeans we're falling apart as a show? I respectfully disagree.