Roy Wood Jr.’s ‘Have I Got News for You’ is ‘a chance to live within the jokes first ... whose prank phone calls were popular with listeners, Wood was forced to master the art too.

When Roy Wood Jr. played sports in high school, he spent a lot of time warming the bench — an experience that primed him for a career in comedy. “Your job as a bench warmer is to come up with ...

Roy Wood Jr.'s CNN show “Have I Got News For You” will return for its second season on Feb. 15. ... his prank phone calls put Roy on the radio map.

Roy Wood Jr. attended the Writers Guild Awards at the Edison Ballroom on Sunday, ... Wood emerged as a quick-witted jokester making prank phone calls on radio station 95.7 JAMZ.

How Roy Wood Jr. Honed His Comedy Chops Waiting Tables at Golden Corral. ... It's an era of my life: I'm not going to do a new prank call album. My last prank CD came out in 2007, ...

I n late 2023, Roy Wood Jr. decided to leave The Daily Show amid turmoil over who would host the long-running news comedy show on Comedy Central.It was only then he realized how grueling his ...