Roy Wood Jr. of 'The Daily Show' grew into comedy at FAMU
By Mark Hinson
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Stand-up Roy Wood Jr. was a student at FAMU in the late ‘90s when he took the Greyhound Bus from Tallahassee to do the opening spot at an Atlanta comedy club.
He bombed. Stunk up the joint. Tanked.
“They rattled their keys at me,” Wood, 39, said on the phone and chuckled from Manhattan recently. “The worst part of them rattling their keys is that they do it under the table. You can’t tell who is rattling and who is not.”
Instead of leaving, Wood stuck around to learn from other comics performing that night. Maybe he could get a few pointers. That is when a server walked up to his table.
“There is a two-drink minimum at this club,” she said.
“But I’m talent, I did comedy earlier tonight,” Wood said.
“No, you didn’t,” she said, offering a withering critique.
Wood ordered two bottles of water and then took the bus home. Chalk it up to tough lesson learned. He has never forgotten the trip.
https://www.tallahassee.com/story/entertainment/2018/11/07/roy-wood-jr-daily-show-comedy-central-famu-trevor-noah/1905991002/
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