‘I saw somebody get bad service at the gun range’: Trailer teases new Roy Wood Jr. special

Alabama comedian Roy Wood Jr. has a lot on his mind in the trailer for his upcoming special. Gun range customer service. The state of retail shopping. The deeper meaning of account security questions.

“I was at the gun range. And I saw somebody get bad service at the gun range,” he says, in his signature mix of exasperation and disbelief. “How you gon’ be rude to somebody who showed up to practice murder?”

Woods’ new special, “Roy Wood Jr.: Lonely Flowers,” premieres Friday, Jan. 17, on Hulu. It’ll be the third special presented by the streaming service’s new stand-up series, “Hularious.”

Wood, who’s from the Birmingham area, is a former correspondent for “The Daily Show” who hosts CNN’s “Have I Got News For You.” In December he was honored as an Alabama Humanities Fellow by the Alabama Humanities Alliance.

In the new clip, he observes that those pesky online security questions – such as “what was the name of your first pet?” – can be an exercise in nostalgia. “Remember when you had a home filled with love?” he asks. “What street was that house on, before your daddy got your auntie pregnant, and now you got a brothercousin?”

Aside from the Jan. 17 comedy special release, “Have I Got News For You” begins its second season Feb. 15, according to Deadline.com.