John Oliver: True Brit

[David T. Cole]

Your John topic!

[Irlandesa]

John is scheduled to be on Letterman tomorrow night.

[ALenore]

John did a funny bit on The Bugle about running into a reporter from TMZ who asked him about his Net Neutraility story bringing down the FCC website.   He declined to put the story into a sound bite.  Then the reporter asked him "Can you tell me what the biggest problem facing America is?" to which John replied, "You're pretty much embodying it at the moment."

Edited June 10, 2014 by ALenore

[Kromm]

John is scheduled to be on Letterman tomorrow night.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8kQ-SuIcpA

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5gskZizjEak

[Irlandesa]

And he'll be on Seth Meyers tonight. 

[Sharpie66]

My sister and BIL saw him perform live in Oregon over the weekend. She said that he was hilarious, although they were saddled with an overly-enthusiastic fan sitting next to them who found everything just side-splittingly uproarious and expressed himself accordingly. She wanted to stuff a sock in his mouth so she could enjoy John in peace.

[blueray]

My sister and BIL saw him perform live in Oregon over the weekend. She said that he was hilarious, although they were saddled with an overly-enthusiastic fan sitting next to them who found everything just side-splittingly uproarious and expressed himself accordingly. She wanted to stuff a sock in his mouth so she could enjoy John in peace.

He is really great live, he does more stand up then what he does in the show. Though at my show it was mostly college students (including myself) and  one person asked a really awkward question, which he wasn't sure how to respond too lol.

[trow125]

Inquiring minds want to know: what was the "really awkward question"?

[zxy556575]

Random, but I really appreciate John's nice colored shirts. Occasionally they're even checked! They add to his approachable charm.

The other male late night hosts invariably wear white shirts night after night, year after freaking year.

[purist]

Has everyone heard that Ollie is part of the incredible voice cast for the 2019 reboot of The Lion King?

[Annber03]

I was planning on checking this out already because of Oliver. But that's a pretty sweet cast list in general. I'm honestly curious to see how this turns out :D. 

[wknt3]

On 11/2/2017 at 2:57 AM, purist said:

Has everyone heard that Ollie is part of the incredible voice cast for the 2019 reboot of The Lion King?

I heard from Trevor Noah...

http://www.cc.com/video-clips/87opi2/the-daily-show-with-trevor-noah-disney-casts--the-lion-king-

[sum]

I like both guys very much but somehow I had no idea that they were such close friends. :)

[possibilities]

I have no interest in The Lion King, but that cast is incredible, and makes me want to see it.

[Lantern7]

Bumping up in appreciation. I'm also worried about John and the load he's been carrying lately. I'm just waiting for the live one-hour episode. The first 55 minutes would be news clips followed by him shouting "FUCK!" The other five would be marble races, and all of the competitors would land inside John's throat.

Honestly, I never thought the British guy from The Daily Show would make it this far, riding the wave of bullshit we know and do not know. Also: Hamsters in thongs.

[Gothish520]

I'm binging Community on Netflix and I love whenever he makes an appearance as Professor Duncan.

[ElectricBoogaloo]

John Oliver discusses becoming an American citizen:

 

[Annber03]

OMG, that "Golden Girls" Chia Pet. I'm dying XD. What the hell?

I can't even begin to imagine how intense a citizenship ceremony would be, yeah...and indeed, given recent circumstances, I understand his anxiousness. But it does sound like a lovely ceremony, too-would definitely be hard to not get emotional at some point :).

And this'll be his first election he gets to vote in, too? Ah, what timing :p. I love how excited he is about that, though. 

[helpmerhonda]

A local animal shelter cleverly names their kittens that are up for adoption. I'm not a cat person, or I'd adopt John Pawlover in a minute.

Edited July 2, 2020 by helpmerhonda

[Lantern7]

I might have shared here this before, but I'm not finding it on the forums: John discussing his discovery of The Daily Show slash fiction.

[ahisma]

17 minutes ago, Lantern7 said:

I might have shared here this before, but I'm not finding it on the forums: John discussing his discovery of The Daily Show slash fiction.

That is hilarious! And it made me wonder, is he trying to inspire anything with his running Adam Driver joke? If so, there’s unfortunately no hot John Oliver/Adam Driver fic on Archive of Our Own. Yet, anyway.

[Annber03]

"'When do I at least get to have a go?!?!' Wait, what?" 

I'M DEAD XD. Oh, my god, that and the butler bit just killed me. I love the description of the e-mail his friend sent him...of all the ways to learn about this corner of the internet :p. 

That was fantastic, thanks for sharing that. Indeed, And yes, he's not far off in his description of those fics.. If I'd written a story like that and found out any of the people on the show read it, though, I think I'd go crawl into a cave and hide there for a good, long while. Jon and Stephen certainly had great fun on their respective shows in playing things up for fans of those two, though, so... 

(Also, shallow aside: he looks really good in that clip.)

[andromeda331]

Oh, my God that was hilarious! The butler! When do I get to have ago? They are never going skiing together. Skiing is off the table.

[possibilities]

1 hour ago, Annber03 said:

(Also, shallow aside: he looks really good in that clip.)

Shaggy!

[Enigma X]

This was great. The laugh I needed!

[Lantern7]

Curious to see if anyone is into Rick and Morty. John voiced a character in the third episode of the first season, "Anatomy Park." Basically Jurassic Park, only it's placed inside of an unhealthy man who winds up dying.

He also did a skit on Robot Chicken, though it's less than ten seconds long. I cued up the clip to his bit.

[wknt3]

John is back on The Bugle!

https://pod.link/265799883/episode/NWZkY2IzNjA0YzZmNmYzYWVjM2M0Mjk0

John and Andy discuss the Trump administration, frog sex in France, snowplow naming and more! Any Last Week Tonight fans that haven't heard the podcast before are in for a treat (and have a few hundred episodes to catch up on).

Edited December 20, 2020 by wknt3
fixed spacing

[Kromm]

Wow. I'd been assuming maybe the two of them had actually fallen out. I guess not. 

[Victor the Crab]

1 minute ago, Kromm said:

Wow. I'd been assuming maybe the two of them had actually fallen out. I guess not. 

Ollie stopped co-starring in the Bugle podcasts when he started Last Week Tonight. It became too much for him to continue with the Bugle.

[wknt3]

10 minutes ago, Kromm said:

Wow. I'd been assuming maybe the two of them had actually fallen out. I guess not. 

 

5 minutes ago, Victor the Crab said:

Ollie stopped co-starring in the Bugle podcasts when he started Last Week Tonight. It became too much for him to continue with the Bugle.

 

And as far as him returning for a guest appearance is concerned I'd have to imagine that it's very difficult to pull off logistically with both of them having more schedule commitments than ever in addition to time zones, etc. One small consolation prize for 2020 is that there is a lot less travel, side projects, and promotional appearances, and that everyone has become quite adept at doing broadcast quality Zoom. Not sure that's a fair trade for everything else but we'll have to take what we can get.

[Kromm]

1 hour ago, Victor the Crab said:

Ollie stopped co-starring in the Bugle podcasts when he started Last Week Tonight. It became too much for him to continue with the Bugle.

Actually he continued on it after LWT for a while. That's why I thought they'd fallen out. Because Oliver DID try to do both but kept coming up short on time to do so. Andy referenced Oliver for a while after that (usually sarcastically), but later stopped doing so. 

Edited December 21, 2020 by Kromm

[Kromm]

Here's the VIDEO version of that Bugle appearance.  You can in fact see John lied and he's still in the big white void... 

 

[Popples]

John was still in his white void when he had his annual Men in Blazers Show appearance. The episode is OnDemand with NBC Sports and Peacock streaming.

[wknt3]

John Oliver on Jon Stewart | 2022 Mark Twain Prize

Edited June 26, 2022 by wknt3

[marina to]

On 6/26/2022 at 6:27 PM, wknt3 said:

John Oliver on Jon Stewart | 2022 Mark Twain Prize

This was so brilliant. "He's dead." There were a lot of great tributes but this was so JO.

[Lantern7]

This picture was on LWT's Facebook before the England/France World Cup quarterfinal with the message, "Good luck, John."

. . . .and here is the picture posted after the match:

Message: "Please send your best wishes to John, it is a rough day for him and his community"

He probably had pics for both outcomes. Given how his team hasn't won a World Cup since 1966, I can only imagine what the other one looked like. That's what AI art generators are for, I guess.

They didn't even make it to penalty kicks. Well, there was a penalty kick, but that was in regulation. It's a pity the show's off the air now. "We have time for a quick recap of week, which starts with this: FUCK YOU, HARRY KANE! You had it! You did it before, and you fucking launched it!!! See, this is one of the reasons I moved to the States. No one gives as much of a shit about football here. REAL FOOTBALL."

Edited December 11, 2022 by Lantern7

[Lantern7]

On 12/11/2022 at 1:55 AM, Lantern7 said:

This picture was on LWT's Facebook before the England/France World Cup quarterfinal with the message, "Good luck, John."

. . . .and here is the picture posted after the match:

Message: "Please send your best wishes to John, it is a rough day for him and his community"

He probably had pics for both outcomes. Given how his team hasn't won a World Cup since 1966, I can only imagine what the other one looked like. That's what AI art generators are for, I guess.

They didn't even make it to penalty kicks. Well, there was a penalty kick, but that was in regulation. It's a pity the show's off the air now. "We have time for a quick recap of week, which starts with this: FUCK YOU, HARRY KANE! You had it! You did it before, and you fucking launched it!!! See, this is one of the reasons I moved to the States. No one gives as much of a shit about football here. REAL FOOTBALL."

Crap, are the pics no longer there for you guys?

[ahisma]

4 hours ago, Lantern7 said:

Crap, are the pics no longer there for you guys?

No, they disappeared. 🙁 Luckily I saw them when you first posted; they were cute!

[Lantern7]

Trying again . . . here’s John during England’s quarterfinal with France . . .

Caption: “Good luck, John.”

. . . and here he is after his team was defeated.

Caption: “Please send your best wishes to John, it is a rough day for him and his community ❤️ “

[purist]

Good to see Ollie on the SAG-AFTRA picket line in New York yesterday - the Fug Girls posted this photo of him.

[Lantern7]

Henry Kissinger died. I immediately thought of John completing his Bingo card, since “you know who” did “you know what.”