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Displaying all articles tagged:
John Oliver
last night on late night
Apr. 11, 2016
John Oliver Takes on Tyranny of Credit Scores
It’s like identity theft, but not!
By
E. Alex Jung
last night on late night
Apr. 4, 2016
John Oliver Explains Congressional Fund-raising
Money: the cause of, and solution to, all of life’s problems
By
Halle Kiefer
make donald drumpf again
Mar. 30, 2016
Oliver’s ‘Donald Drumpf’ Video Broke HBO Records
They’re going to need more hats.
By
Karen Brill
Mar. 28, 2016
Are Cadbury Creme Eggs a Tool of the Illuminati? John Oliver Investigates
“A terrible candy that tastes like mermaid placenta covered in candle wax.”
By
Nate Jones
last night on late night
Mar. 21, 2016
John Oliver Takes on Donald Trump’s Border Wall
It is a very dumb plan.
By
Nate Jones
Mar. 15, 2016
Even Jay Z Has One of John Oliver’s ‘Make Donald Drumpf Again’ Hats
A couple weeks ago, John Oliver ran a Last Week Tonight segment about Donald Trump where he announced he’d be selling “Make Donald Drumpf […]
By
Megh Wright
last night on late night
Mar. 15, 2016
John Oliver Made ‘Donald Drumpf’ Hats So Hot That Even Jay Z Wanted One
He made basically no money from selling those hats.
By
Nate Jones
last night on late night
Mar. 14, 2016
John Oliver Wants to Keep Your Dick Pics Safe
The debate rages! About encryption, not your dick pics.
By
Halle Kiefer
Mar. 7, 2016
Watch John Oliver Expose the Ghost Governments of ‘Special Districts’
On last night’s This Week Tonight, John Oliver took aim at Special Districts, special local governments set up for single purposes with little […]
By
Adam Frucci
last night on late night
Mar. 7, 2016
John Oliver Explains the ‘Ghost Government’
There’s something strange in your neighborhood.
By
Halle Kiefer
super drumpfday
Mar. 2, 2016
‘Donald Drumpf’ Tops Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz in Google Searches
For every 100 Trump searches earlier today, there were 25.8 Drumpfs.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
last night on late night
Feb. 29, 2016
John Oliver Launches Campaign to Rename Trump
Make Donald
Drumpf
again.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
last night on late night
Feb. 22, 2016
John Oliver Skewers Whitewashing in Hollywood
From Emma Stone in
Aloha
to John Wayne as Genghis Khan.
By
E. Alex Jung
Feb. 22, 2016
John Oliver Explains Anti-Abortion Laws and Shares Some Cute Sloths on […]
Here’s a great segment from last night’s Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver breaks down many states’ “TRAP” laws, which stands for “targeted […]
By
Megh Wright
Jan. 28, 2016
LL Cool J Will Rap With Strangers in the Airport
Ladies do love him.
By
Nate Jones
Jan. 28, 2016
John Oliver Looks Back on His Edward Snowden Interview on ‘The Tonight […]
Here’s a clip from John Oliver’s appearance on last night’s Tonight Show, where he and Jimmy Fallon talk about some of the most popular Last […]
By
Megh Wright
lost graphics
Jan. 25, 2016
John Oliver Shares
Last Week
’s ‘Lost Graphics’
Sadly cut for time.
By
Halle Kiefer
last night on late night
Jan. 4, 2016
John Oliver Has the Slacker’s Guide to Faking Your New Year’s Resolutions
Just lower your expectations, kids.
By
Dee Lockett
vulture lists
Dec. 31, 2015
A
Last Week Tonight
Year in Review: John Oliver’s Best Segments of 2015
The only enjoyable way to look back at this year’s infuriating news.
By
Lucas Kavner
Dec. 14, 2015
John Oliver Offers Some Regifting Tips for the Holidays
Just in time for the holidays, Last Week Tonight uploaded an exclusive clip yesterday that should come in handy when you inevitably receive a […]
By
Megh Wright
Dec. 14, 2015
John Oliver Explains the Art of Regifting
Happy holidays!
By
E. Alex Jung
last week tonight with john oliver
Nov. 15, 2015
John Oliver Addresses Paris Attacks
“F*** these assholes. F*** them, if I may say, sideways.”
By
Jackson McHenry
babies
Nov. 13, 2015
John Oliver and Wife Have Baby Boy; If Only He Could Be Named Oliver John
Oliver John Oliver has a ring to it.
By
Jesse David Fox
Oct. 30, 2015
John Oliver Talks ‘Last Week Tonight’ on ‘CBS This Morning’
Here’s a clip from John Oliver’s visit to today’s CBS This Morning, which has an interesting history with Last Week Tonight in that Oliver […]
By
Megh Wright
last night on late night
Oct. 1, 2015
John Oliver Couldn’t Care Less About Trump
But, you know, his hair is delightful.
By
E. Alex Jung
Oct. 1, 2015
John Oliver and Stephen Colbert Talk Donald Trump on ‘The Late Show’
Here’s a clip from last night’s Late Show featuring special guest John Oliver, who is very honest with Colbert about whether he cares about […]
By
Megh Wright
emmys 2015
Sept. 20, 2015
John Oliver on the One Show That Will Never Die
Everything dies. Except one show.
By
Nate Jones
back to school
Sept. 8, 2015
Become a Know-It-All With This J. Oliver Lesson
And then either go crush your first day back at school — or your nostalgia.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
Aug. 31, 2015
John Oliver Shares Some of His Favorite History Lies on ‘Last Week Tonight’
Here’s a new web exclusive from Last Week Tonight, where John Oliver runs through just a few of his favorite completely untrue history facts. […]
By
Megh Wright
true religion
Aug. 24, 2015
Oliver’s Televangelist Segment Is Pressuring IRS
Score.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
last night on late night
July 6, 2015
Watch John Oliver’s July 4 Shallow Dives for
Last Week Tonight
Featuring an interesting fun fact about Lenny Kravitz and Al Roker.
By
Sean Fitz-Gerald
viral campaigns
June 30, 2015
Stephen Colbert Did 20 No-Handed Push-ups Because John Oliver Challenged Him
It’s for the #GiveThem20 campaign.
By
Nate Jones
vulture tv awards 2015
June 25, 2015
John Oliver Is the Year’s Most Important Person in Television
A sort of modern mash-up of two of the 20th century’s biggest TV news icons: Walter Cronkite and Mike Wallace.
By
Josef Adalian
June 1, 2015
John Oliver Makes a Desperate Plea to FIFA’s Top Sponsors
Last June, John Oliver and Last Week Tonight dove deep into the dark and crooked underbelly of FIFA, and in light of last week’s raid and […]
By
Megh Wright
May 18, 2015
John Oliver Highlights the Depressing Reality of Farming Chickens
On last night’s Last Week Tonight, John Oliver took aim at the situation that modern chicken farms find themselves in which – surprise! – is […]
By
Adam Frucci
Apr. 27, 2015
‘Last Week Tonight’ Breaks Down the Fashion Industry’s Dark Secrets
Last night’s Last Week Tonight took a look at some of the most popular cheap clothing companies in the US, examining how companies like H&M, […]
By
Megh Wright
last week tonight this morning
Apr. 20, 2015
John Oliver’s Doomsday Video Stars Martin Sheen
There are cats!
By
Dee Lockett
last week tonight this morning
Mar. 30, 2015
John Oliver Teaches You How to Avoid Being a Dick on April Fools’ Day
“Seriously, stop being a dick.”
By
Dee Lockett
last week tonight this morning
Mar. 23, 2015
John Oliver Breaks Down the Real Reason Speeding Tickets Are the Worst
#ShutDownTheFuckBarrel.
By
Dee Lockett
last week tonight this morning
Mar. 16, 2015
John Oliver Doesn’t Get Why the NCAA Doesn’t Pay Student Athletes, Either
“The only other people who say ‘They’re not employees’ that much are people who run illegal sweatshops out of their basements.”
By
Dee Lockett
last week tonight this morning
Mar. 2, 2015
Ed Norton Stars in John Oliver’s
Infrastructure
Because infrastructure
is
sexy!
By
Dee Lockett
last week tonight this morning
Feb. 23, 2015
John Oliver Mocks Britain’s Labour Party and Its Offensive ‘Barbie Bus’
“The only way it could be more patronizing is if its wheels were giant NuvaRings and they refused to let women drive it.”
By
Dee Lockett
Feb. 18, 2015
John Oliver Thinks a Jon Stewart Hologram Should Take Over ‘Daily Show’
John Oliver was a guest on last night’s Tonight Show, where he and Fallon talked about his double-season Last Week Tonight renewal and who he […]
By
Megh Wright
renewals
Feb. 17, 2015
Last Week Tonight
Renewed for Two More Seasons of Epic Rants
John Oliver isn’t going anywhere.
By
Dee Lockett
Feb. 17, 2015
‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’ Gets a Double Season Renewal from HBO
Great news: HBO just announced that they’ve renewed Last Week Tonight with John Oliver for a third and fourth season. Each season will consist […]
By
Megh Wright
Feb. 13, 2015
The Satire We Need Right Now Is All The Satire That’s On Right Now
Last fall, I was watching a new episode of Last Week Tonight With John Oliver with a few friends, the one featuring an exposé on civil […]
By
Chris Kopcow
Feb. 3, 2015
John Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight’s Extended Segments: ‘There Has to Be […]
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver returns to HBO for its second, 35-episode season this Sunday, and ahead of its debut THR spoke with Oliver […]
By
Megh Wright
Feb. 3, 2015
John Oliver and Seth Meyers Talk HBO, ‘Last Week Tonight,’ and Katy Perry
Here’s a clip from John Oliver’s visit to last night’s Late Night, where he and Seth Meyers chat about everything from the new season of Last […]
By
Megh Wright
Jan. 30, 2015
Letterman Asks John Oliver Why He Tasered Himself in Afghanistan
John Oliver was a guest on last night’s Late Show, where he gave a detailed account of what it was like to voluntarily tase himself twice with […]
By
Megh Wright
Jan. 26, 2015
John Oliver Auditions for the ‘50 Shades of Grey’ Sequel
Ahead of the season 2 Last Week Tonight premiere on February 8th, here’s a brand new web exclusive featuring John Oliver giving a […]
By
Megh Wright
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