John Oliver

John Oliver is a Daily Show correspondent who is British, and in less capable hands, that’s all that a British comedian who lands a gig on The Daily Show would be. But during his tenure, Oliver has grown from “a British correspondent on The Daily Show” to “a funny correspondent on The Daily Show”—an important leap. Oliver is quite a bit drier in his satire onstage than on TV, but he’s just as hilarious, maybe even more so; a master storyteller, he strings jokes together so tightly that not a syllable falls out of place. He also charms the television set in a recurring role (with The Soup's Joel McHale) on the excellent NBC sitcom Community. 

Updated 11/04/2010