OneWhoLurks May 28, 2019 Share May 28, 2019 Quote And late last month, President Trump signed a presidential memorandum making it considerably harder to seek asylum in the U.S., including the introduction of an asylum application fee. “I think you get a pretty clear sense of what the intent of the administration is, which is that they would like no more immigrants coming here; and seeing as they can’t have that practically, they would like as few as physically possible,” explains Oliver. “Seeing how the child-separation issue was handled last year, they’re not shackled by conscience on this issue. So there is no reason to believe they’re going to do the right thing unless they’re forced to.” “You can speculate there are either cynical reasons or morally-abhorrent reasons for them to do it. I don’t know. I’m not in their head, thankfully—it must be an awful place to be. But I think they’re making their intentions clear by their actions. You can pretty fairly extrapolate that they want as few immigrants and as few refugees as possible in this country,” he adds. John Oliver on His Immigration Battle Against Trump: ‘Their Actions Have Been Heinous’ 2 Link to comment
ebk57 May 28, 2019 Share May 28, 2019 And I thought I couldn't love John more than I already do... from the New York Daily News: https://www.nydailynews.com/sports/baseball/mets/ny-20190526-z7fgx4fn3nef7hhad5fcot3nsi-story.html 1 5 Link to comment
purist May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Great pic of Ollie and his wife, Kate, on the red carpet at the 17th Annual Sesame Workshop Benefit Gala yesterday. (Click on the 'Info' tab at bottom right to see made-up dialogue by Fug Girl Heather.) 6 Link to comment
Annber03 May 31, 2019 Share May 31, 2019 Ha, love the "dialogue" bit :D. Awwww. That's such a cute photo. 3 Link to comment
purist July 17, 2019 Share July 17, 2019 Nine Emmy nominations this year! Outstanding Variety Talk Series Outstanding Writing For A Variety Series Outstanding Interactive Program Outstanding Production Design For A Variety, Reality Or Competition Series (for the 'Authoritarianism' episode) Outstanding Sound Mixing For A Variety Series Or Special (for the 'Authoritarianism' episode) Outstanding Directing For A Variety Series (for the 'Psychics' episode) Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control For A Series (for the 'Psychics' episode) Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming (for 'The Wax & The Furious' segment) Outstanding Picture Editing For Variety Programming (for 'The Journey Of ChiiJohn' segment) 7 Link to comment
OneWhoLurks July 21, 2019 Share July 21, 2019 (edited) Quote Noah is actually an Emmy winner already. He took home Best Short Form Variety Series in 2017 for “Between the Scenes.” But then his show earned a bid for Best Variety Talk Series in 2018, the first for “The Daily Show” since Noah took over for Jon Stewart in 2015. He lost to “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver,” but that was okay too. “Afterwards someone came and they were like, ‘Hey, man, you must be bummed that you lost.’ And I was like, ‘What? My man, I’m at the Emmys! I lost to John Oliver. Have you watched John Oliver’s show? I love John Oliver,'” Noah said. Oliver was “part of the reason I said yes to this job,” Noah added. “Before him, I was like, you can’t do American TV with an accent! That guy is one of my idols, he’s phenomenal.” Oliver has won Best Variety Talk Series for the last three years in a row (2016-2018), but when thinking about losing to him again, Noah is reminded of someone he met who was disappointed that he won a bronze medal at the Olympics and was getting dragged online for it. “If I came third in the Olympics at anything,” Noah explained, “there’s only two people in the world who can talk shit to me.” Trevor Noah revels in latest ‘Daily Show’ Emmy nominations and explains why he was happy to lose to John Oliver [WATCH] ETA: Quote After Robert Weaver of El Cajon, California finished reading Oliver’s A Day in the Life Of Marlon Bundo, he took to Twitter to demand that actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson‘s non-profit bow tie company make its own version of the colorful bow tie the rabbit wears in the story. “I will buy one for all of the members of the Senate that support equal rights and beg them to wear them on the same day!” he tweeted. Quote The proceeds from the Marlon Bundo bow tie go toward the Trevor Project and AIDS United. To get the bow tie yourself, Tie the Knot partners with The Tie Bar, a men’s accessories store with locations across the country. The DC Tie Bar location is in Logan Circle, and the Bundo bow ties have landed on the shelves, but get there quickly —Fergus and Mikita expect them to sell out. (When the bow tie was first released online three days ago, it sold out in 36 minutes.) You Can Now Buy a John Oliver-Designed “Marlon Bundo” Bow Tie in DC Edited July 21, 2019 by OneWhoLurks 7 Link to comment
Danny Franks July 21, 2019 Share July 21, 2019 The sustained crowd welcome John got on Colbert's show was heartwarming, and a little surprising. I didn't think he was that beloved, but I imagine Colbert's audience have quite the overlap with Last Week Tonight. John is always entertaining, but I wish he didn't fall into the same pit that everyone else seems to, and act like Beyonce is some transcendent, superior being who any normal human should be honoured just to share the planet with. You can do that with tongue firmly in cheek John, but don't do it as straight as this. 4 Link to comment
Victor the Crab July 22, 2019 Share July 22, 2019 5 hours ago, Robert Lynch said: When does Last Week Tonight return? If memory serves me correct, next Sunday. 3 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver September 15, 2019 Share September 15, 2019 (edited) Last Week Tonight took home a couple of Creative Arts Emmy Awards tonight -- Outstanding Picture Editing for Variety Programming (for 'The Wax & The Furious' segment) -- Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Series (Psychics episode) Edited September 15, 2019 by ottoDbusdriver 6 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver September 23, 2019 Share September 23, 2019 Last Week Tonight scored 2 more Emmys -- Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series and Outstanding Variety Talk Serieshttps://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-writing-for-a-variety-serieshttps://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-variety-series-talk 10 Link to comment
Lantern7 September 23, 2019 Share September 23, 2019 I didn't have a rooting interest beyond Jon's disciples and SNL . . . but I'm happy for John. 2 Link to comment
biakbiak October 21, 2019 Share October 21, 2019 John is on this week’s Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast. 2 3 Link to comment
Annber03 December 8, 2019 Share December 8, 2019 Wow. I had never heard of SantaCon before this segment. That is wild :D. Link to comment
purist December 9, 2019 Share December 9, 2019 (edited) 12 hours ago, Popples said: John talks about SantaCon Hilarious bit! Would love to know if anyone can confirm or deny what he says about Duane Reade's Aisle 4 ... 😄 Edited December 9, 2019 by purist 4 Link to comment
Annber03 December 9, 2019 Share December 9, 2019 (edited) "Last Week Tonight" up for a Critics' Choice Award! https://tvline.com/2019/12/08/critics-choice-awards-nominations-2020-full-list-tv-nominees/ Quote Best Talk Show Desus & Mero (Showtime) Full Frontal With Samantha Bee (TBS) The Kelly Clarkson Show (NBC)Last Week Tonight With John Oliver (HBO) The Late Late Show With James Corden (CBS) Late Night With Seth Meyers (NBC) Edited December 9, 2019 by Annber03 2 Link to comment
possibilities December 9, 2019 Share December 9, 2019 Colbert will be pissed that he's not on that list! 1 Link to comment
ahisma December 11, 2019 Share December 11, 2019 (edited) I'd pick Colbert over Corden seven days a week and twice on Sundays. Speaking of, Saoirse Ronan asked Stephen who his 10-year-old son was excited to meet at an awards show, and Stephen said, “John Oliver.” She said, “So is he a mini-you?” It was so cute! (Starting ~2:48) Edited December 11, 2019 by ahisma 4 Link to comment
link417 December 11, 2019 Share December 11, 2019 2 hours ago, ahisma said: I'd pick Colbert over Corden seven days a week and twice on Sundays. Speaking of, Saoirse Ronan asked Stephen who his 10-year-old son was excited to meet at an awards show, and Stephen said, “John Oliver.” She said, “So is he a mini-you?” It was so cute! (Starting ~2:48) Ditto! 4 Link to comment
SnideAsides January 16, 2020 Share January 16, 2020 It's too soon to relive that clip of Bill Nye setting the world on fire. 1 Link to comment
ottoDbusdriver January 19, 2020 Share January 19, 2020 Adding to the Last Week Tonight awards list, from the Producer's Guild Awards last night. Winner: Outstanding Producer of Live Entertainment and Talk Television 5 Link to comment
Popples February 4, 2020 Share February 4, 2020 The article is from January 29, but on December 13, 2019, John Oliver became a U.S. citizen! 9 Link to comment
meowmommy February 4, 2020 Share February 4, 2020 2 hours ago, Popples said: The article is from January 29, but on December 13, 2019, John Oliver became a U.S. citizen! That's a really interesting article. Lots of nice to know background on the show. And of course it's great that John no longer has to worry about something he says getting him deported! I know John jokingly likes to point out the resemblance between him and Mnuchin, but damn if that picture of him sitting behind the white tablecloth didn't make me think of Christian Siriano. 1 4 Link to comment
Annber03 February 4, 2020 Share February 4, 2020 4 hours ago, meowmommy said: That's a really interesting article. Lots of nice to know background on the show. Agreed. It's fascinating to see just how much time and hard work goes into producing this show-it certainly shows in the final results. I especially admire that Oliver burns the midnight oil as much, if not more, than his staff, that he doesn't just leave them to do all the work while he hosts the show. Quote When he appeared at the federal building in lower Manhattan with his lawyer and his wife, Kate Norley (a former combat medic), for the naturalization ceremony, he was so nervous he blanked on his phone number. LOL, awwww. Nice article. I love his reasons for becoming a citizen, especially at such a crazy time as this. Very well put. And I sympathize with his feelings of despair over all the bad stuff that seems to float around in the news, and the difficulty in talking about some of it as he does. But the show is still very much a welcome bit of lightness each week, and I like that they continue to discuss topics that don't get as much attention as they should. Love the pictures throughout this article, too :). Congrats to John on becoming a citizen (he did so on my mom's birthday :D)! Here's hoping there will be some positive stuff for him to cover this year amidst all the other craziness. 6 Link to comment
purist February 5, 2020 Share February 5, 2020 10 hours ago, Annber03 said: Love the pictures throughout this article, too The photos are fabulous. That red suit looks great on Ollie and makes me wish he would take a few more risks sartorially when he walks red carpets. I really love this quote: Quote "I would like this presidency to end because it's not good for America, for my personal health or for comedy in general. It's hard to find different ways to attack the same kind of despair," Oliver says. 6 Link to comment
Annber03 February 5, 2020 Share February 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, purist said: The photos are fabulous. That red suit looks great on Ollie and makes me wish he would take a few more risks sartorially when he walks red carpets. Right? It's a good color on him. (Plus, it's my favorite color, so there's that, too :D.) I wholeheartedly agree with that quote. 5 Link to comment
SnideAsides February 5, 2020 Share February 5, 2020 13 hours ago, Annber03 said: Here's hoping there will be some positive stuff for him to cover this year amidst all the other craziness. What do we think the season premiere topic will be? Because between the impeachment, Brexterfuck, the coronavirus, the primaries, and all the different aspects of the Australian bushfires (the environment! Climate crisis! Koala genocide! Coal! Murdoch! Disaster tourism! First Nations! The Prime Minister's incompetence!), there is a LOT of options. 3 Link to comment
DEL901 February 5, 2020 Share February 5, 2020 According to the article linked above: Feb 16th 2 Link to comment
purist February 6, 2020 Share February 6, 2020 Promo poster for the new season - John truly has no vanity! Someone on FB posted a photo of the Times Square billboard. 😁 7 2 Link to comment
Annber03 February 6, 2020 Share February 6, 2020 Ahaha, awwwww, that's awesome :D. I love it. 2 Link to comment
Lantern7 March 13, 2020 Share March 13, 2020 Any word on whether the show will go on this Sunday? If so, it’ll air at 11:20, due to the season premiere of Westworld. Link to comment
Annber03 March 13, 2020 Share March 13, 2020 Haven't heard anything thus far, but yeah, I'm wondering about that, too. Keeping tabs to see what's going on on that front. Link to comment
Popples March 13, 2020 Share March 13, 2020 According to Deadline, the show will tape without an audience on Sunday. Quote The coronavirus has impacted late-night shows taped in New York City and Los Angeles. Due to concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak, CBS’ The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, NBC’s The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and Late Night with Seth Meyers, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah will all tape without a live, in-studio audience beginning Monday, March 16. TBS’ Full Frontal with Samantha Bee taped Wednesday night’s episode without a studio audience. HBO’s Last Week Tonight With John Oliver and Bravo’s Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen will begin taping without an audience on Sunday, March 15. The decision was made jointly among the late-night shows. 1 Link to comment
Popples March 15, 2020 Share March 15, 2020 Update: John Oliver Going Dark After Sunday. 1 Link to comment
Popples March 25, 2020 Share March 25, 2020 ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ & ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ Set HBO Returns Amid Coronavirus Crisis. Quote Last Week Tonight will air a new episode this Sunday, March 29 at 11 PM, and Real Time with come back Friday, April 3 at 10 PM. Both hosts will be taping the shows from their homes. 7 Link to comment
Annber03 March 25, 2020 Share March 25, 2020 Hooray :)! Glad to see he and other late night hosts are figuring out a way to keep going. 4 Link to comment
link417 March 27, 2020 Share March 27, 2020 On 3/25/2020 at 7:19 PM, Popples said: ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’ & ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ Set HBO Returns Amid Coronavirus Crisis. Thank goodness! I was already starting to go through LWT withdrawal. 4 Link to comment
ElectricBoogaloo April 15, 2020 Share April 15, 2020 John shares some of the show's original notes about Joe Exotic after they initially contacted him in 2016: 1 7 Link to comment
Lantern7 April 19, 2020 Share April 19, 2020 (edited) I have Facebook. When I look at a video, there are others queued up under it. While watching a video, I saw a headline along these lines: “John Oliver Goes After [Female Name], She Destroys Him.” The source? OAN. I didn’t click that. I just wanted to share because there’s a tiny chance John might respond to that. If he’s not on another quixotic quest to make the world a better place through the oddest ways possible, he might clap back at her. ETA: It popped up again: “COMEDIAN IOHN OLIVER ATTACKS LIZ WHEELER. SHE DESTROYS HIM.” If you guys say so. 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄 Edited April 19, 2020 by Lantern7 7 1 Link to comment
Lantern7 April 27, 2020 Share April 27, 2020 Heads up: no new episode tonight. HBO will be running the OAN episode. 1 Link to comment
Popples July 3, 2020 Share July 3, 2020 Stamps.com Generates Sales of Over $4 Million in Last Week Tonight Custom Postage Stamps in Support of the USPS. 2 9 Link to comment
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