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Comedian Roy Wood Jr speaks into a mic on stage

Roy Wood Jr.

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Comic Roy Wood Jr. taps into America's psyche on 'The Daily Show'

Wood Jr. will host the White House Correspondents' dinner April 29. In 2018, he explained how the years he spent performing in comedy clubs in the South and Midwest prepared him for The Daily Show.

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