ROY WOOD JR. is loading up a cart at the Home Depot on West 23rd Street. The 44-year-old comedian just bought an apartment in Manhattan—the first place he’s owned—so he wanted to spend the morning running errands. Wandering the aisles, he picks up a box of trash bags, pauses over the detergent, selects paint samples. This is Wood’s preferred Home Depot thanks to a paint department he feels is on the ball. What's up, man? I’m back,” he says to an employee as he strolls up to the counter with his color choices— several grays and a few sharp blues. I’m gonna do these in matte.” The paint clerk who does seem on top of it) says it will be 15 minutes, so Wood angles the cart into a new aisle and continues sharing his thoughts on the topic at hand: Is he getting the big Daily Show job or what?
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