Jeremy Strong as Roy Cohn

But performing in a state of aggression, as I was for the most part coming into The Daily Show, doesn't help your point to land with everyone.

Maybe elementary school. Fourth grade, fifth grade, humor was a weapon. We moved to Birmingham when I was in the fourth grade. It was a weapon? Yeah, it was a weapon. It was a deflector, a smoke screen.

Maybe elementary school. Fourth grade, fifth grade, humor was a weapon. We moved to Birmingham when I was in the fourth grade. It was a weapon? Yeah, it was a weapon. It was a deflector, a smoke screen.

Maybe elementary school. Fourth grade, fifth grade, humor was a weapon. We moved to Birmingham when I was in the fourth grade. It was a weapon? Yeah, it was a weapon. It was a deflector, a smoke screen.

Just trying to keep from getting bullied and get your sneakers stolen. It's the 80s, crack era. So, you know, some cats is dangerous. And if they're not dangerous, they got an older brother who is. He always wanted to be cool. I kept my head low. I was a little class clowny in middle school, but like the idea of explicit thinking and premeditation of humor.

Just trying to keep from getting bullied and get your sneakers stolen. It's the 80s, crack era. So, you know, some cats is dangerous. And if they're not dangerous, they got an older brother who is. He always wanted to be cool. I kept my head low. I was a little class clowny in middle school, but like the idea of explicit thinking and premeditation of humor.

Just trying to keep from getting bullied and get your sneakers stolen. It's the 80s, crack era. So, you know, some cats is dangerous. And if they're not dangerous, they got an older brother who is. He always wanted to be cool. I kept my head low. I was a little class clowny in middle school, but like the idea of explicit thinking and premeditation of humor.

I remember in JROTC, we would have drill every morning in high school. And so there was three tennis courts in a row, side by side by side. And we ran the perimeter of that like a makeshift track. And so you would have to run, I don't know, three or four laps around the tennis courts. And I would deliberately just jog and be well behind everybody, like two, three turns behind.

I remember in JROTC, we would have drill every morning in high school. And so there was three tennis courts in a row, side by side by side. And we ran the perimeter of that like a makeshift track. And so you would have to run, I don't know, three or four laps around the tennis courts. And I would deliberately just jog and be well behind everybody, like two, three turns behind.

I remember in JROTC, we would have drill every morning in high school. And so there was three tennis courts in a row, side by side by side. And we ran the perimeter of that like a makeshift track. And so you would have to run, I don't know, three or four laps around the tennis courts. And I would deliberately just jog and be well behind everybody, like two, three turns behind.

And then on the last lap, I would call my comeback like a Kentucky Derby announcer. Yeah. And everybody else, we're all exhausted, and I'm trying to talk and run.

And then on the last lap, I would call my comeback like a Kentucky Derby announcer. Yeah. And everybody else, we're all exhausted, and I'm trying to talk and run.

And then on the last lap, I would call my comeback like a Kentucky Derby announcer. Yeah. And everybody else, we're all exhausted, and I'm trying to talk and run.

Sergeant Posey was not feeling this behavior at all. But what can you say? I'm running. You said run, so I'm running. And we would collapse across the finish line and just be howling with laughter. And it worked every time. And it just made me laugh. And there was no purpose to it, but it was just funny.

Sergeant Posey was not feeling this behavior at all. But what can you say? I'm running. You said run, so I'm running. And we would collapse across the finish line and just be howling with laughter. And it worked every time. And it just made me laugh. And there was no purpose to it, but it was just funny.

Sergeant Posey was not feeling this behavior at all. But what can you say? I'm running. You said run, so I'm running. And we would collapse across the finish line and just be howling with laughter. And it worked every time. And it just made me laugh. And there was no purpose to it, but it was just funny.

Yeah. But I mean, that whole thing, though, is part of what got me into stand up. Because when I was 19, yeah, we stole some credit card. Well, I stole the credit card. They was with me when we bought the stuff. And so like we were.

Yeah. But I mean, that whole thing, though, is part of what got me into stand up. Because when I was 19, yeah, we stole some credit card. Well, I stole the credit card. They was with me when we bought the stuff. And so like we were.

Yeah. But I mean, that whole thing, though, is part of what got me into stand up. Because when I was 19, yeah, we stole some credit card. Well, I stole the credit card. They was with me when we bought the stuff. And so like we were.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. And so a co-defendant, as they're called in a court of law. So in 98, I get arrested for stealing some credit cards and buying stuff and selling clothing on campus or whatever. And so in that time, I get suspended from school. So this is Thanksgiving of 98. And I get suspended at the top of the year in January of