November 28, 2023 • 9 mins
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Speaker 1 (00:04):
Hello Puzzlers, Welcome to the Puzzler Podcast, the Fragrant Rosemary
Sprig in your daily roasted puzzle Medley. I am your host,
A J. Jacobs, and I am here with our guest,
the Great Roy Wood, junior comedian podcast host, much much more,
(00:28):
many things you do it all.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Welcome Roy, except for cook not good.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Good to know we won't ask for that. We thought today,
since you are one of our favorite stand up comics,
that we would start with a stand up comedy themed puzzle,
and it is. It is called Chris Rocks Rocks, So
(00:53):
the solution is always going to be a stand up
the name of a stand up conk with the last
name of the comic repeated. So for the title, the
clue might be this comedian and former SNL cast member
loves his collection of igneous and sedimentary minerals, and it
would be Chris Rocks. Or all right, let me give
(01:17):
you one more example, since it's very appropriate for you,
we might say this comedian owns these type of golf
clubs in addition to his irons and putter.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Roy Woods Woods exactly would Okay, all right, I got you.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
My son's my son guessed Adam Driver's Driver, but I'm
not as big a fan of his stand up comedy.
Your okay, So here's the real good actor.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
I don't think Adam Drivers were going to be hilarious
improv on the road.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
No, all right, So this snl alum were this hair
piece to the premiere of her movie Ghostbusters, directed by
All five. So a snl alum also in Bridesmaids, and
she has a hair piece that she.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Know her name, but I can't. I know her face.
I can't picture then I know the face. I can't.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
It's not a two pay. It's like the most basic
of hair pieces of fake hair that you could have is.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
A Christian wigs wig.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
You got it, You got, gracious Roy, come.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
On, by the way, layup. Also, just a disclaimer, these
are not true. I don't believe the Christian wig has
a wig that she also not true. This comic from
Mister Show has a crucifix over his bed even though
he's Jewish, which is weird, and that is known as
(02:51):
David Cross's cross exactly.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Okay, all right, yeah, I have to get deep in
my comedian and cycling pedia here exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And this one might be a little a little tricky.
I don't know. After filming Parks and Recreation, this comedian
and actress liked to walk around her favorite public square,
which was affectionately called so actress on Parks and Recreation,
walking around a public square, a little outdoor.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Carrie, Stop stop stop talking, let me think. That's what
my uncle used always say. You're talking is messing up
my thinking?
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Not responding, Well, it can't be Amy Polar's Polar.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
That doesn't make sense.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
No, it was the other one of the other two
female leads.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Oh, I don't know their names. I don't know their names.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
All right, Aubrey, do you remember her?
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Aubrey Plaza.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
There it is.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I didn't watch thirty Rock. I didn't watch thirty Rock.
I didn't watch Parks right now because I didn't like them,
but because those those shows came. I'm on in an
era where I was just on the road all the time.
There's like an entire like my first nine years of
stand up, I was just on the road. That's every
night I drove back and forth to perform. I drive
(04:13):
right back to Burman. If it was less than five hours,
I drove home.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
I missed an entire decade too. I missed the office.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
There was just like all those shows that were cannon
in the early arts through about twenty twelve, twenty right,
twenty ten ish, the first ten years of the two thousand,
I just didn't watch TV at night.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
That is an interesting gap. I'm trying to think now
if we have any other.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I'm not a racist. I didn't watch Girlfriends either, the
Tracy Ellis Ross. Let me just clean this up. I
can already feel the people typing on Twitter.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Well, this one, this is a TV show that was
before that. It may even be too far back for you,
but this comedian is still Dino mighte at the age
of seventy six, but in a few years he may
have to use this device that looks like a four
legged cane. Four legged cane.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Oh, Jimmy Walker's.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Walkers exactly there. It is all right.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Now that one I know, I know, old Jimmy Walker.
That one.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
All right? So two more. This one I think might
have been before the hiatus, your hiatus from television. This
former co host of The Man Show on Comedy Central
drove his Toyota to Hooters. What was that car.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Oh, Adam Carollas Corolla. I was thinking about I was
thinking about the reboot of the Man Show with Doug
Stanhope and I think it was Joe Rogan. There was
the Kimmel Corolla era Man Show, right, and then there
was like a second attempt at rebirth that I think
all parties involved will deny ever happen to speak about publicly.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
That is interesting. Yeah, I had totally forgotten about it,
And yeah it was Rogan.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
It was Rogan and Doug Stanhope and Joe Rogan had
all the Fear Factor money at that point so he
didn't care.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
But but it was before his podcast money, which.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Is Oh yeah, that's a whole nother world.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Last one for you when not tending to his twelve children,
This comedian and host is a revolutionary war reenactor who
likes to fire off this weapon one more time when
he's not tending to his twelve children. This comedian is
a revolutionary war reenactor who likes to fire off this weapon.
(06:41):
So he's a comedian and host more known now as
a host.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Oh Nick Cannon's cannon exactly. Oh you got it?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Well shit twelve I was like, yeah, yeah, people forget
Nick Cannon did stand up. Nick Cannon was a regular
his roots are in proper stand up comedy. It's just
that nicoloneg and scooped him up so fast that that
muscle never really, in my opinion, got to be fully
matured until later on, like he had to come back
to come sorry, I was over there being successful. Let
(07:11):
me you know, he went to Nickelodeon straight into music
and then a film career and then like somewhere late twenties,
early thirties, like a all right, now, where were we?
You know what?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Never mind, stand up, Let's do wild'n out for fifteen
seasons and get rich.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
That way it works for him. So well, you did great,
as expected. I give you a half point for Aubrey.
And let me ask you before we go, where can
people find more of Roy?
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Would you? Oh? You know what?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Just you know, go to my website. I'm touring right
now everywhere from Seattle all the way down to Miami.
I'm literally doing all four time zones coast to coast.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Great.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Before we wrap up, as always, for you puzzlers at home,
we have an extra credit puzzle. This former SNL player
bought a mummy of an ancient Egyptian king that was
called So think on that and puzzlers, Please don't forget
(08:19):
to subscribe to the Puzzler podcast and I will meet
you here tomorrow for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle
you puzzlingly.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Hello, puzzlers, this is Greg Pliska here with the answer
to last episode's extra credit. We played a puzzler classic
wordy gurdy, except we called it woody goody because we
played with Roy Wood Junior. Your extra credit clue was
chef's hat made of a wood used in wine barrels,
(08:52):
and that would be an oak toke those of you
who pronounce it took, you're allowed to answer uk tuk,
even though uk is not a type of wood. Hope
you enjoyed that, Looking forward to puzzling with you again
soon
Hello Puzzlers, Welcome to the Puzzler Podcast, the Fragrant Rosemary
Sprig in your daily roasted puzzle Medley. I am your host,
A J. Jacobs, and I am here with our guest,
the Great Roy Wood, junior comedian podcast host, much much more,
(00:28):
many things you do it all.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
Welcome Roy, except for cook not good.
Speaker 1 (00:33):
Good to know we won't ask for that. We thought today,
since you are one of our favorite stand up comics,
that we would start with a stand up comedy themed puzzle,
and it is. It is called Chris Rocks Rocks, So
(00:53):
the solution is always going to be a stand up
the name of a stand up conk with the last
name of the comic repeated. So for the title, the
clue might be this comedian and former SNL cast member
loves his collection of igneous and sedimentary minerals, and it
would be Chris Rocks. Or all right, let me give
(01:17):
you one more example, since it's very appropriate for you,
we might say this comedian owns these type of golf
clubs in addition to his irons and putter.
Speaker 2 (01:29):
Roy Woods Woods exactly would Okay, all right, I got you.
Speaker 1 (01:34):
My son's my son guessed Adam Driver's Driver, but I'm
not as big a fan of his stand up comedy.
Your okay, So here's the real good actor.
Speaker 2 (01:43):
I don't think Adam Drivers were going to be hilarious
improv on the road.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
No, all right, So this snl alum were this hair
piece to the premiere of her movie Ghostbusters, directed by
All five. So a snl alum also in Bridesmaids, and
she has a hair piece that she.
Speaker 3 (02:10):
Know her name, but I can't. I know her face.
I can't picture then I know the face. I can't.
Speaker 1 (02:17):
It's not a two pay. It's like the most basic
of hair pieces of fake hair that you could have is.
Speaker 3 (02:22):
A Christian wigs wig.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Exactly.
Speaker 3 (02:26):
You got it, You got, gracious Roy, come.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
On, by the way, layup. Also, just a disclaimer, these
are not true. I don't believe the Christian wig has
a wig that she also not true. This comic from
Mister Show has a crucifix over his bed even though
he's Jewish, which is weird, and that is known as
(02:51):
David Cross's cross exactly.
Speaker 2 (02:54):
Okay, all right, yeah, I have to get deep in
my comedian and cycling pedia here exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
And this one might be a little a little tricky.
I don't know. After filming Parks and Recreation, this comedian
and actress liked to walk around her favorite public square,
which was affectionately called so actress on Parks and Recreation,
walking around a public square, a little outdoor.
Speaker 3 (03:22):
Carrie, Stop stop stop talking, let me think. That's what
my uncle used always say. You're talking is messing up
my thinking?
Speaker 1 (03:33):
Not responding, Well, it can't be Amy Polar's Polar.
Speaker 3 (03:36):
That doesn't make sense.
Speaker 1 (03:38):
No, it was the other one of the other two
female leads.
Speaker 3 (03:42):
Oh, I don't know their names. I don't know their names.
Speaker 1 (03:45):
All right, Aubrey, do you remember her?
Speaker 3 (03:48):
Aubrey Plaza.
Speaker 1 (03:49):
There it is.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
I didn't watch thirty Rock. I didn't watch thirty Rock.
I didn't watch Parks right now because I didn't like them,
but because those those shows came. I'm on in an
era where I was just on the road all the time.
There's like an entire like my first nine years of
stand up, I was just on the road. That's every
night I drove back and forth to perform. I drive
(04:13):
right back to Burman. If it was less than five hours,
I drove home.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
I missed an entire decade too. I missed the office.
Speaker 2 (04:20):
There was just like all those shows that were cannon
in the early arts through about twenty twelve, twenty right,
twenty ten ish, the first ten years of the two thousand,
I just didn't watch TV at night.
Speaker 1 (04:32):
That is an interesting gap. I'm trying to think now
if we have any other.
Speaker 2 (04:35):
I'm not a racist. I didn't watch Girlfriends either, the
Tracy Ellis Ross. Let me just clean this up. I
can already feel the people typing on Twitter.
Speaker 1 (04:44):
Well, this one, this is a TV show that was
before that. It may even be too far back for you,
but this comedian is still Dino mighte at the age
of seventy six, but in a few years he may
have to use this device that looks like a four
legged cane. Four legged cane.
Speaker 3 (05:04):
Oh, Jimmy Walker's.
Speaker 1 (05:07):
Walkers exactly there. It is all right.
Speaker 3 (05:10):
Now that one I know, I know, old Jimmy Walker.
That one.
Speaker 1 (05:15):
All right? So two more. This one I think might
have been before the hiatus, your hiatus from television. This
former co host of The Man Show on Comedy Central
drove his Toyota to Hooters. What was that car.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
Oh, Adam Carollas Corolla. I was thinking about I was
thinking about the reboot of the Man Show with Doug
Stanhope and I think it was Joe Rogan. There was
the Kimmel Corolla era Man Show, right, and then there
was like a second attempt at rebirth that I think
all parties involved will deny ever happen to speak about publicly.
Speaker 1 (05:57):
That is interesting. Yeah, I had totally forgotten about it,
And yeah it was Rogan.
Speaker 2 (06:01):
It was Rogan and Doug Stanhope and Joe Rogan had
all the Fear Factor money at that point so he
didn't care.
Speaker 1 (06:07):
But but it was before his podcast money, which.
Speaker 3 (06:13):
Is Oh yeah, that's a whole nother world.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
All right.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
Last one for you when not tending to his twelve children,
This comedian and host is a revolutionary war reenactor who
likes to fire off this weapon one more time when
he's not tending to his twelve children. This comedian is
a revolutionary war reenactor who likes to fire off this weapon.
(06:41):
So he's a comedian and host more known now as
a host.
Speaker 3 (06:46):
Oh Nick Cannon's cannon exactly. Oh you got it?
Speaker 2 (06:50):
Well shit twelve I was like, yeah, yeah, people forget
Nick Cannon did stand up. Nick Cannon was a regular
his roots are in proper stand up comedy. It's just
that nicoloneg and scooped him up so fast that that
muscle never really, in my opinion, got to be fully
matured until later on, like he had to come back
to come sorry, I was over there being successful. Let
(07:11):
me you know, he went to Nickelodeon straight into music
and then a film career and then like somewhere late twenties,
early thirties, like a all right, now, where were we?
You know what?
Speaker 3 (07:23):
Never mind, stand up, Let's do wild'n out for fifteen
seasons and get rich.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
That way it works for him. So well, you did great,
as expected. I give you a half point for Aubrey.
And let me ask you before we go, where can
people find more of Roy?
Speaker 3 (07:42):
Would you? Oh? You know what?
Speaker 2 (07:43):
Just you know, go to my website. I'm touring right
now everywhere from Seattle all the way down to Miami.
I'm literally doing all four time zones coast to coast.
Speaker 3 (07:52):
Great.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
Before we wrap up, as always, for you puzzlers at home,
we have an extra credit puzzle. This former SNL player
bought a mummy of an ancient Egyptian king that was
called So think on that and puzzlers, Please don't forget
(08:19):
to subscribe to the Puzzler podcast and I will meet
you here tomorrow for more puzzling puzzles that will puzzle
you puzzlingly.
Speaker 3 (08:32):
Hello, puzzlers, this is Greg Pliska here with the answer
to last episode's extra credit. We played a puzzler classic
wordy gurdy, except we called it woody goody because we
played with Roy Wood Junior. Your extra credit clue was
chef's hat made of a wood used in wine barrels,
(08:52):
and that would be an oak toke those of you
who pronounce it took, you're allowed to answer uk tuk,
even though uk is not a type of wood. Hope
you enjoyed that, Looking forward to puzzling with you again
soon
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