Nov 16
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Addressing the fact that he and his HBO skeleton crew have remained in responsible studio lockdown since the…
Nov 9
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“Yeah. That definitely happened.”
Nov 2
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John Oliver and his Last Week Tonight team, sensing the all-or-nothing stakes of Tuesday’s election, went big on…
Oct 26
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As Last Week Tonight host and sewage plant namesake John Oliver put it in his report on the asylum process in Donald…
Oct 19
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Yes, literally. John Oliver started out his Sunday main story by playing a clip of Donald Trump calling the World…
Aug 17
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One of the minor but undeniable rewards of watching Last Week Tonight is the weekly spectacle of seeing John Oliver…
Aug 3
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“And I’m gonna warn you—you’re about to hear the ‘N-word,’ a lot.” That’s John Oliver during his main Sunday story on…
Jul 27
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“I know there is a lot to worry about right now,” is the mandatory “Don’t change the channel!” preamble to any story…
Jul 20
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John Oliver dedicated last night’s Last Week Tonight to addressing COVID-19 misinformation and the “gentle” ways in…
Jul 20
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He does, actually. After a few weeks off to regroup, read the newspapers, and wearily decide which ongoing health,…
Jun 29
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Like all great comedic essayists, John Oliver traditionally ends his Last Week Tonight main stories with a kicker.…
Jun 22
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“I know this might put you in the uncomfortable situation of having to argue on behalf of people who you might not…
Jun 15
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“This show is, and has always been, anti-atrocity,” is a disclaimer one would hope applies to every TV show.…
Jun 8
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“You probably know what, and you probably know why.” That’s how John Oliver introduced the subject of Sunday’s Last…
Jun 1
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John Oliver knew he was playing catchup on Sunday, tweeting this hours before airtime:
May 11
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It’d be heartening to say that John Oliver finally saw that there was something other than the ongoing COVID-19…
Apr 20
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With the exasperated, fraying patience of a guy who’s been single-handedly attempting to blow back the foully…
Apr 13
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If you’re stuck at home watching TV, you’ve no doubt been lulled into a state of carefully engineered patriotic…
Mar 30
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Unlike his other late-night cohorts, John Oliver brought the second of his socially distanced Last Week Tonight…