Roy Wood Jr. speaks during the 2026 Writers Guild Awards Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Writers Guild of America East Roy Wood Jr. used the words of former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to inspire the crowd at the 78th annual Writers Guild Awards on Sunday night, much to their surprise. The attendees inside the NYC's Edison Ballroom were baited into uproarious laughter as the former Daily Show correspondent opened the show first with a seemingly sincere, stark set of warnings from someone that he called "a profound philosopher.