i hate john oliver the way pig pen from the peanuts hates taking a bath no, pig pen, you cannot come to school with circles of stink lines around you, pig pen! no, pig pen!
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:39 (eight years ago) link
^not bad
― conrad, Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:41 (eight years ago) link
yeah that's really good! i was working on a parody as well but all i could come up was the ending ("no, Jeremy, you are NOT allowed to have another ice cream cone, that is not allowed!!")
― 1994 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
i had done most of the hard work but stopped just short of finishing. it was as if the tortoise had overtaken the sleeping hare but then decided to take a little snooze for himself, just short of the finish line. 'no, tortoise, this is the worst possible time for a snooze, it runs counter to the entire lesson we're trying to impart here!!'
― 1994 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:47 (eight years ago) link
there, that feels better. anyway, his endless similes are actually making me insane, but i still enjoy the show on weeks where he has a particularly interesting subject.
― 1994 ball boy (Karl Malone), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:49 (eight years ago) link
he's covering worthwhile news topics that don't get much coverage elsewhere and the "jon oliver effect" appears to have actual impact so i can forgive occasional (read: repetitive) hackneyed set up / payoff in his delivery
― Meta Forksclove-Liebeskind (forksclovetofu), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:56 (eight years ago) link
yah the john oliver effect is real.. about as viral as hpv at a yale frat party.. no, gavin, you cannot get rid of your warts with vinegar and a skull and bones ceremony. no, gavin!
― chaki (kurt schwitterz), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:58 (eight years ago) link
he overuses that comic device alright. its still the best show on tv right now though and i certainly prefer him to jon stewart who i always found unwatchable.
― tayto fan (Michael B), Tuesday, 25 August 2015 19:59 (eight years ago) link
don't forget the "which is funny, considering (A) looks like a beach ball with mustard smeared on it" or whatever
― slam dunk, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 06:18 (eight years ago) link
Oliver's bag of tricks isn't a very deep bag, yet I like him anyway.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 06:25 (eight years ago) link
the bag shows up better without Zaltzman's bag in contrast - but then it could be the choice of a head writer, not of Oliver anyway
― let no-one live rent free in your butt (sic), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 09:27 (eight years ago) link
I said GOOD DAY SIR!
― conrad, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 09:34 (eight years ago) link
And guess what: This isn't even John Oliver's bag of tricks. I showed you someone else's bag of tricks and you didn't even notice.
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 13:48 (eight years ago) link
ha, yes!
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 14:28 (eight years ago) link
I really hope it's Oliver's bag of tricks, because he so often laughs at his own jokes that I would hope he's just happy because he loves that kind of humor, rather than because he thinks he's some awesome joke-teller or something. Also, I do like most of the running jokes, though at times it seems they time his political rants and put in a joke at exactly the point it becomes boring, rather than where there was actually a good opportunity to say something funny.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 15:05 (eight years ago) link
I think you're right on that - they strive too hard to keep the viewer's attention - but I can't blame them too much for that, given the wonkness/boredom of a lot of the topics he covers
― Nhex, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 15:29 (eight years ago) link
Actual irl lolz at this.
― ailsa, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 15:36 (eight years ago) link
x-post: Yeah, I'm fine with it also. Even when it isn't fun at all, it allows me to breathe. I actually really really like the show, and his stuff with the Church of Perpetual Exemption, though obviously inspired by Colbert's Super PAC, has been really funny.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 15:47 (eight years ago) link
never forget that, as great as the Colbert Report was, they would spend hours on stuff like air guitar battles against guys from the Decembrists
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 15:51 (eight years ago) link
I'm sure that scenario makes up about .01% of the entirety of the Colbert Report.
― Evan, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:37 (eight years ago) link
never forget that, as great as the Colbert Report was,
or, wasn't,
― help computer (sleepingbag), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:47 (eight years ago) link
Colbert had an unbelievable amount of shit material, comes with the territory of doing four shows a week for so many years. On the whole he was great though
― Nhex, Wednesday, 26 August 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
that's kind of what I meant about Oliver--I don't get hung up on slight failures or annoying tics as long as he produces some very good material regularly
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 26 August 2015 18:34 (eight years ago) link
just watched the Sex Ed one from a few weeks ago, pretty funny
― Nhex, Sunday, 30 August 2015 22:42 (eight years ago) link
Reddit turns on Oliver:
https://www.reddit.com/r/television/comments/3mox89/last_week_tonight_with_john_oliver_migrants_and/
― Evan, Monday, 28 September 2015 18:51 (eight years ago) link
i don't think i care what reddit thinks tbh
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 28 September 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
Didn't mean to suggest it mattered what "reddit" thinks, more pointing to the individual arguments in the thread for possible discussion.
― Evan, Monday, 28 September 2015 19:08 (eight years ago) link
Very sad the Bugle is on hiatus during the Pig Mouthfucking story.
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
he covered it on the last episode, didn't he?
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 17:50 (eight years ago) link
yeah, i'm not gonna google that.
― Nhex, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 17:51 (eight years ago) link
yeah, he covered it, but the Bugle would have dedicated 4 episodes to it
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 17:52 (eight years ago) link
just don't like Oliver as much w/o Andy
― Why because she True and Interesting (President Keyes), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 17:53 (eight years ago) link
hahaha, wow, i'm woefully ignorant here. i didn't realize john oliver had a podcast called The Bugle. you might ask, "didn't you wonder what the title of this thread was referencing?", to which i would say "i dunno, i guess i assumed fans of john oliver were called Buglers and i didn't really think about it all too much"
― 1997 ball boy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 17:58 (eight years ago) link
I would have loved Oliver to have Andy as a special correspondent for Cameron Pigfucking
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 30 September 2015 18:16 (eight years ago) link
I resubscribed to the Bugle's feed just in case there was a pigfucking special edition.
― Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 30 September 2015 18:52 (eight years ago) link
i love quartz
― koogs, Monday, 7 March 2016 15:09 (eight years ago) link
so...The Bugle must be dead. Not even an episode during the LWT hiatus.
― Blowout Coombes (President Keyes), Monday, 7 March 2016 15:23 (eight years ago) link
They're planning on coming back as a monthly this year. Or crossing their fingers and wishing, maybe.
― glandular lansbury (sic), Monday, 7 March 2016 23:22 (eight years ago) link
i've ridden hard for this show as culture positive but man the last two weeks sure were unfunny.they kinda need a writer room shakeup and a moratorium on the same joke they make eight times per episode
― ulysses, Monday, 18 April 2016 16:48 (eight years ago) link
or not so much "unfunny" as "boring"
Agreed. Also John really needs to think of at least one other way to deliver a joke.
― Evan, Monday, 18 April 2016 16:52 (eight years ago) link
NO, forks, NO. You will NOT tell that writers room how to write a joke. You will NOT. BAD Forks. BAD.
― yellow despackling power (Will M.), Monday, 18 April 2016 16:55 (eight years ago) link
lol
― how's life, Monday, 18 April 2016 17:37 (eight years ago) link
id forgotten this guy i hate exists
― conrad, Monday, 18 April 2016 17:53 (eight years ago) link
is samantha bee's prog any good? keep meaning to check it out
Yes, it is. I like JO but she really makes his shtick seem extra tired/weak-kneed.
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Monday, 18 April 2016 18:02 (eight years ago) link
yeah Sam is killing it
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 18 April 2016 18:08 (eight years ago) link
Sam is amazing.
― Evan, Monday, 18 April 2016 18:17 (eight years ago) link
I do like this show but yeah last two weeks have been pretty boring
― frogbs, Monday, 18 April 2016 18:18 (eight years ago) link
The Detour (Samantha Bee / Jason Jones' TBS sitcom) is also great btw!
― ulysses, Monday, 18 April 2016 18:20 (eight years ago) link