Roy Wood Jr. on Trevor Noah’s Exit and Why He ‘Can’t Say No’ to Hosting ‘The Daily Show’

When Trevor Noah announced he would be stepping down as host of The Daily Show, he cited a conversation with comedian Roy Wood Jr. as part of what made him decide it was time to move on. In his return to The Last Laugh podcast, the longtime Daily Show correspondent, who started the same day as Noah, talks about this huge moment of transition for the show and addresses the speculation that he is on the short list to take over as host. Wood also opens up about how Jerrod…

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Tim Heidecker Has No Time for Dave Chappelle, a ‘Leader in the Anti-Trans Movement’

If you only know Tim Heidecker as one half of “Tim and Eric” with his longtime comedy partner Eric Wareheim, you are missing a lot. The comedian, musician and Office Hours host just set out on a big summer tour in which his meta “no more bullshit” stand-up character shares the bill with the “real” Tim playing music from his new album High School. In this episode of The Last Laugh podcast, Heidecker holds nothing back going after Joe Rogan (“so boring”), Dave Chappelle (“a leader in the anti-trans movement”)…

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