Right up until he took the lectern at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner this past weekend, Roy Wood Jr. was texting with his writers, making revisions.
Gone from his set: a joke about Rupert Murdoch. Too close to a well-received joke just used by President Joe Biden. Added: A line about Anthony Fauci, inserted after Wood was informed that the doctor was an attendee in the Washington Hilton ballroom.
On Monday, Wood spoke to Deadline about how he pulled off one of the hardest gigs in comedy – performing before the 2,600 journalists, politicos and CEOs packed into the cavernous space.
The reviews have been very positive, no easy feat considering the influential audience at the ready to scrutinize and judge.
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