John Oliver, the undisputed mascot god of late-night television, dedicated his Sunday Last Week Tonight episode to a growing concern in our country: Vaccine hesitancy, or why adults are being persuaded by noted dumbasses Tucker Carlson and Joe Rogan to ignore the COVID-19 jabs. Oliver even had a brand-new mascot costume commissioned to convince people to get the vaccine, before being told by the show’s experts that it would be a waste of time and thousands of dollars: These anti-vaxxers “don’t respond well†to celebrities telling them to get the vaccine, even if an incongruous mascot such as, say, a vaccine cicada came out to help. “After being advised that this technique would not be remotely effective in convincing people who were hesitant, we scrapped the idea completely. We emailed our mascot guy and we told him not to come in, because it was an absolutely stupid idea,†Oliver explained, with the li’l critter lurking in the background. “It was a terrible concept that could’ve fundamentally undermined the very important message that we were trying to send and I’m so, so glad that we avoided making that mistake.†Still, we can appreciate the details. Look at his bib!
Anti-Vaxxers Ruined John Oliver’s Cicada Mascot Debut
