#last week tonight with john oliver

[eggsaladstain]

given that trump is apparently nominating whoever he sees on tv to cabinet positions, it's truly a shame that last week tonight just wrapped up the season because if we had gotten another episode or two, john oliver could've brought back the catheter cowboy so trump could appoint him secretary of housing and urban development or some shit

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Last Week Tonight With John Oliver, 11x14

[cryptidswitch]

So I have a deep appreciation for late night host John Oliver and all he does, but I have an even greater love for one of his running gags. In several of his episodes he flashes up a joke alternative title card for his show and I have been collecting screenshots of these cards. Here is my collection.

[katsuobushii]

John Oliver on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (19 January 2023)

[lastweeksshirttonight]

welp

[ankle-beez]

shoutout to john oliver for very clearing saying out loud on his hbo show that's also posted on his 10 million subscriber youtube channel that israel is very much committing genocide in palestine. he's always been very outspoken and educating on current issues in his show and this is another big step up on getting the general public who may not be up to date on this topic to pay more attention

[beeclops]

Leave it to John Oliver for retelling the VERY infamous Thomas the Tank Engine episode (the “Henry’s punishment” episode) as a way to describe America’s current freight train industry!

[bernie-sanders-big-naturals]

there needs to be a conversation about how true, actual left-wing ideals can only get into mainstream news through political satire and comedy. jon stewart and john oliver, for example, can go further left than other news broadcasts and shed light on issues that are ignored by democrats because they are funny. they make just enough jokes to keep you from getting too uncomfortable while discussing some very heavy-handed topics like war, genocide, and systemic oppression.

[stalebagels]

Strike Force Text Posts: John Edition

[ianduncankinnie]

Happy birthday to my special boy Mr. John Oliver.

[yooka-kazooie]

[eggsaladstain]

ilgar pashayev HAS the range

Source: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, April 7, 2024

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4 time Emmy winner John Oliver, for GQ Magazine

[bringthesauerkraut]

John Oliver on the Trayvon Martin verdict.

(Somebody asked for it so I'll put it here as well)

The general consensus is that this is the episode that made HBO really sit up & take notice. Not only for his clearly frustration & personal opinion filled segment on the verdict itself (something he was personally very worried about - see timestamped interview below although do watch it all if you haven't, its hilarious in hindsight to hear John say he doesn't think anything will change for him after hosting TDS) but there was also a very funny desk segment with Al Madrigal AND this is the episode where the studio lost power & he had to interview Aaron Sorkin in the dark. This was only his 14th show, not even half way through his hosting stint.

[dicapiito]

Media having all these pikachu faces about how could Trump win again after they slammed Joe Biden for shit the Republicans did is actually pretty fucking infuriating. They were literally part of the fuckin problem being negative and demanding the impossible and for them to act like this is simply ridiculous and rich people behavior.

They’re not sad about Harris losing; they’re sad that Trump might retaliate against them. If they were concerned about the threat of Trump a second fuckin time; they would’ve actually acted like it but nope. It was better to bash the Democrats, especially Biden and Harris.

Oh and shoutout to media always trying to act like Black People needed to be convinced to vote because they found a few knuckleheads when we have always known what to do because we are the base of the Democratic Party.

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I love this show