In our K-pop segment Sunday night, while arguing that 'Jungkook can get it,' we featured a fancam that inadvertently also contained a shot of Kai from EXO. We're fixing the error for future broadcasts, but to be clear: Kai can also get it. They can both. Get. It.
A huge thank you to Adam Driver, for being at all willing to take part in our season finale, despite all the violent filth we’ve thrown at him all season. We promise, the bit is over. Unless you tell us it’s not.
Thank you for watching the show this season. It’s been a truly terrible year, and we’re so happy we could continue to share at least a little bit of joy together. Including, but not limited to, blowing 2020 the fuck up.
Now that the WGA strike is over, we’re so excited to say we’ll be back this Sunday with a new episode! That’s right, after five long months, we’re finally going to let John out of his hole. But we promise, he’s been very happy in there. He's had water and toys and everything.
After an unexpected development that will require John's full attention, there will be no new episodes of Last Week Tonight for the foreseeable future.
If you or someone you know is the owner of this illustrious work of art, please email john
@johnoliverwantsyourraterotica
.com. We are offering $1000 to the owner, and $20,000 to their nearest food bank. We make a lot of jokes, but this is not one of them.
President Obama mentioned a lot of necessary reforms during his eulogy today for Rep. John Lewis. Here's a thread of our segments on some of the ones he mentioned.
CORRECTION: In our show on October 16, 2016, we raised the possibility that Joe Exotic might be "the perfect candidate" for the presidency. In light of subsequent events, we must regretfully concede that he was, in fact, the second-least-perfect presidential candidate that year.
When we needed someone everyone likes and trusts for our piece on conspiracies this summer, we knew the perfect choice was Alex Trebek, who was every bit as kind and generous with his time as you would hope.
We have a new show tonight! It will be strange, like last time. And to make things even stranger, we will be airing at 11pm on the dot, and running around two minutes longer than usual!
Fred Willard was the best. Neither the Jimmy Stewart line nor the word "Jefferson" were in the script for this, and you can see just how delighted he was to add them.
We're going on tour! Museums are struggling, so, in an effort to help, we’re going to pick five museums to host these fine works of art! We’ll be donating $10k to each museum, and $10k to a food bank in their area. Museums can email john
@johnoliverhasyourraterotica
.com to apply!
Hello to all our new viewers who've encountered our 2019 segment on voting machines through conservative media using it to push Trump's voter-fraud claims! First: sorry we swear so much! But second: the way people are using that segment is horseshit!
Your move, Danbury! If you follow through on your promise to name your sewage plant after John, this beautiful sign can be yours! If not, it'll go to one of the (better) towns in Connecticut.
If you’d like to know more about the far-right news network that inspired the president to call Martin Gugino, a 75 year old protester who was shoved by police in Buffalo, an “antifa provocateur”...here is our segment on OAN:
You heard what we said,
@cheerios
, we will donate $25k to the charity of your choice. All you have to do is tweet a simple “Fuck you.” And we’ll double it if you target a random, non-famous user. The choice is yours.
We’re back tonight at 11:20pm! We needed the extra 20 minutes to read an entire month’s worth of news really, really fast. Seems like not much happened while we were gone, but we were skimming so please let us know if we missed anything big.
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@iamjohnoliver
@LastWeekTonight
You know we’re a family brand so we can’t drop the F💣. We’ll donate $50,000 to
@nokidhungry
. We’ll also donate $50,000 to the charity of your choice if you tweet, "Families make good go round💛."
There’s no show tonight. And sadly, we won’t be back for another 3 weeks. But we want you to know, no matter how long we’re away, Sunday night will always be *our* thing.
Just not for the next 3 weeks.
We’re back at 11pm! It’s been a long* couple of weeks. See you tonight!!!
*Technically it’s been the standard amount of time you would call a “couple of weeks” … but it’s FELT long, because we missed you.
In honor of Pride, please enjoy this story from a few years back, in case there's anyone you know who might need to see it - your friends, your family, the author of a massively successful boy-wizarding book series. Really, anyone at all.
You asked, and we delivered! To be clear, you did not ask for this image of John Ottiver, but nevertheless, that is what we are delivering to you. Behold him in all his chiseled, harmless glory!
We take month-long breaks, we’re never on time, and we love talking at you for 30 minutes straight! How can we make it up to you? Here's a start: we have a new episode tonight at 11pm! We’ll still be talking at you, but that’s sort of our whole thing.
Congratulations to all the winners of Marble League 2020! Through our sponsorship, they raised $100K for worthy causes. Here’s a thread of the winners and where their funds went:
Gilbert Gottfried was the best. We once decided to punish UK audiences for their law prohibiting the use of parliamentary footage in comedy programs, by having him read Brexit legalese and Bigfoot erotica. Stick around till he gets to the erotica.
John Oliver has fired the first shot at his new Emmy rival ‘SNL’ – six months before his show ‘Last Week Tonight’ will go head-to-head in a new awards category
We’re back tonight at 11pm! With a 40-minute episode! And we’re not very good at math, but we crunched a few numbers, and we think 10 extra minutes to explain 5 months worth of current events should be totally fine. John talks pretty fast, so.
Season 11 has begun! And this week's main story is about the Supreme Court, the ethically questionable gifts some of the justices receive, and one very special offer for Clarence Thomas. Which could ruin John’s life. Genuinely. You’ll see.
A lot has happened since our last show, and we’re guessing more things will happen before next week’s episode. We’re sorry we can’t discuss everything tonight, but we’re looking forward to when we can! See you on September 27th.
Last week, we ran a series of advertisements in the Capitol Hill area, just to see who might click on them. And if you’re a legislator who clicked on one of these ads, we urge you to watch last night’s segment on data brokers. Sleep well!
Hi everyone! This Sunday’s show will be airing as scheduled, in slightly shortened form, and without a live audience. It will be weird! We will be off next week, and then we will see you as soon as possible. Now: Go wash your hands.
Oh, hey, for no reason whatsoever, here's our piece from last week about how Bill Barr seems like the kind of guy who might indulge Trump's worst authoritarian tendencies.
If you’d like some additional context regarding a certain president’s statements on the USPS and voting by mail, we have some segments that might help: