Roy Wood Jr. On Trevor Noah’s Departure From “The Daily Show” | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

you mentioned the Daily Show gotta ask. how do you like that gig. I like it I think it's I think late. night's changing I don't know what. though yeah so that's the thing that's a. little uneasy it's been very fun you. know Trevor's departure was definitely. not a shock. him leaving was not a shock to me when. was more the shot and how yeah you know. like yeah that but because I don't even. think anybody knew no one knew yeah. naughty soul and he just said it on the.

show and then we went to a commercial. break it's like what so have you asked. him why that about that thought process. that went behind that or is that a. mistake I think a lot of it was just. boiled down to I just didn't want. anybody to talk me out of it because. when you're doing something at. Monumental everybody's gonna have an. opinion and that's just him taking. control over his own life and decisions. so I respect it I. I enjoy it I've had a lot of fun on The. Daily Show the question becomes what is.

late night. changing into because our job is to. parody the news but. if the way people get their news is. changing. then the vehicles and how we. parody have to match the evolution of. how news is consumed yeah. but how news is being consumed that's. the question that has to be explored and. looked at how do you parody Marjorie. Taylor green how do you parody what's. really happening because because what's.

really happening has become you know and. Santos and back in the day uh when I was. getting started writing comedy in. college you know I was part of this. Lampoon organization that would do like. a Parry of Time Magazine a parody of. Newsweek and you can parody something. that's got a straight line you can. parody something that's very stiff and. form universally everybody understands. understands and then so a parody of it. is kind of delightful but we always knew. you can't parody The National Enquirer I. think Saturday Night Live struggles with.

that I think everybody struggles with it. yeah I do think that there is a way to. fish in a different Pond from. the traditional people who we get the. opinions from yep yep so I think that's. part of the evolution you know when you. look at Tick Tock and Instagram what's. interesting and what and a lot of this. is from the shutdown. a lot of people who were former. consumers of information. now purport themselves to be. Distributors yeah of information and we.

Regular Joe Blow people accept them. as aggregators as well. this guy Tim said it so let me see what. Tim has to say he's got a good camera. and that's a nice lens. I trust Tim now I got a good beanbag. chair behind him yeah I follow him on. YouTube now so there are more people. putting information out there as well. and I think to a degree you know as a.

society. as a country at least. we've become okay with not caring who we. get our news from yeah or the accuracy. of it. and I think that the parody lies in that. yeah I think the parody lies not. necessarily in what the news of the day. is but the delivery method of it you. know and as we would you know people go. to bed like let's just be real about the. latings the ratings of linear television.

as a whole yeah not even late night. everything's going down so if ratings. are going down. part of it is because people are laying. in bed looking at Tim in his bean bag. and his LED light because that's just as. good and entertaining for them yeah as. what's nice and Polished on a shiny. floor Studio I will tell you this uh I'm. an old timer and I came up in late night. at a time when late night shows there.

weren't that many. but because of the way TV was structured. these shows made money hand over fist. and that's why. shows had an orchestra they had a big. band they had you know money uh that is. not the way it is anymore and so you. will see the effects the effects will be. maybe some of these late night shows uh. uh you know as hosts retire or leave. will be replaced with something else. maybe that time will go back to the. Affiliates everyone's speculating but. yeah who knows what's going to happen I.

do have to say this because I know. you're a busy man I want to let you go. but. I do. sincerely feel. really good that you're out there all. right you're a you're a really good man. you're a very uh thoughtful and. increasingly talented and I'm glad. you're out there and you're thinking. about this because I think it makes me. feel better about the whole world of. Comedy I'm serious I'm being honest with.

you it makes me uh I. always have been very impressed with you. and I'm just the more you do the more. just crazily impressed I am so. uh go forth continue uh doing. great work and I know that we're in good. hands like when I meet people much. younger than me who are. you know ethical and and wise and. creative I feel better I sleep better at. night so thank you seriously. thank you brother yeah appreciate you.

for having me well I appreciate you now. please get out. [Laughter]. I wanted it to end with me throwing you. out get out I said get out.