The Last Meal Roy Wood Jr. Made For His Father
The Sporkful17 Nov 2025

The Last Meal Roy Wood Jr. Made For His Father

Roy Wood Jr. has long used humor to discuss topical issues and get at deeper truths. As a correspondent for The Daily Show, and now as the host of Have I Got News For You on CNN, he brings his own unique sensibility to political comedy. In his new memoir, The Man Of Many Fathers, he goes deep on his complicated relationship with his father, and the role food played in crucial moments of his childhood. Roy tells Dan about elaborate breakfasts he ate in the car with his mom, his father’s favorite on-the-road snacks, and the final meal that he made his dad — which left Roy with more questions than answers.

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