John Oliver on His Wife's Reaction to Offering Clarence Thomas $1-Million Deal to Resign 

Who was upset about it? I wanna peep their reactions 😂

If it’s not illegal for the billionaires bribing Clarence now, then it’s not illegal for John.

Name two right wingers who said that

​@@zacharyhenderson2902 Gwimbly and Sneef

​@@aubreypressley1450Also Doinko Frederickson and Jerry Jonklers (they are both serving time in prison for criticallily injuring a police officer on Jan 6th and said they would do it again)

It's nice that they're like 10 blocks, downtown between the furthest of them.

Alas, I am done with Colbert.

​@@archmage_of_the_aether Haven't watched him in a long time. Any particular reason you're done with him? The Colbert Report was one of the best shows on TV, but I just wasn't crazy about him as a late night talk show host.

Not as grateful as John will be if Clarence ever takes his offer and his wife kicks him out

Amen

This almost exactly like getting to my friend's/dealers house after my last day of Highschool in 2003 (I was done after the first semester I just went back to get my diploma and say some "see ya laters" and what not) and my friends were doing the exact same style of teasing me about going to Graduation which was that night knowing full well that I there's zero chance of that happening... I even first responded dead serious that the reason I was there was to invite everyone to my graduation... It was the exact same vibes...

And I love it lol

The only difference is that, among stoner friends when I was in college, it was passe to give a s*** about current events. (I understood why though; we grew up with constant headlines about IEDs and body armor shortages and no one had the emotional bandwidth for it.)

they are such best friends

It is delightful to watch them make each other laugh so hard that they turn into giggly children on stage.

he cant break since hes not playing a role

😂

​@@davidcohen4518crack up, we all got it

Someone as self aware can probably appreciate the/his historical irony.

@@davidcohen4518 He stopped functioning. He broke down in laughter. A person can break, not just a character.

I know it killed me he didn’t go into that more

Copying task master

Anyone knows on which channel they are? I don't think they're on the Last Week Tonight channel.

They are but for every country, it seems they only hold the copy right for a few, maybe even only the US so use a VPN.

* not Why can I not edit my own comment?

John Oliver is basically the ultimate troll, but he uses his powers for good instead of evil.

​@@jbearclowater as he said on the Strike Force 5 podcast "I am extremely petty, have access to HBO's budget, and am perfectly happy to weaponize both of those things"

@@jbearclowater *perfectly stated* !!

@@cleverusername9369 yep, best quote ever (among a hundred or so best quote ever others)

The sad thing is Clarence Thomas is so corrupt that his nest is being feathered at amounts far far greater than John could ever hope to compete with... 😞

John gives ALL the fucks; that is why he is where he is (and all the hard work).

He's a modern-day court jester, speaking truth to power. While also looking a bit like a squirrel.

The British Museum is totally cool and has never stolen anything.

He almost certainly has lots of issues with the British Museum as well

@@StarkRG And a lot like a bird!

John and Stephen are also best buddies

They work together a bit, work buddies & actual buddies

They seem like they're great friends. They've been working together quite a bit since the podcast, so they must have really hit it off once they spent some significant time together.

I LOVE JOHN OLIVER!!!! HE IS SO FUNNY!!!!

After all, they came of age at the same time.

The rare and beautiful BRAVISSIMO joke and I’m here for it (so don’t claim otherwise and leave it behind the bins)

lol he gets little kid feet when he laughs.

John so high he can't stop giggling...

If you want to see adorable happy John-ness, you should look up the gift Russell Howard gave him for his son.

Seriously, his giggles and stomping and dimples are so heartwarming and uplifting :) You just can't help but crack up with him 😅

I loved this too 🥰♥️ made me happy ✨

His dimples are cute, too.

You've described my feelings abiut Jon Oliver perfectly. This makes two of us!😍💕🥰

Dimples, eyes, laugh… yup. He’s dreamy 😍

He's only into birds though lol

And Adam Driver.

he definitely understood who he was talking to

What? Real what ones? I’m a trauma surgeon so I think I’m real?

​@@nuschlerclark895 Settle down, Doc! The reference was to TV talking heads, if I'm not mistaken.

Wow, you have horrible judgment of character

And I'm sure plenty would be willing to give 2 or 3, for the off chance that Thomas lives more than a year.

My thoughts exactly...I know I'd certainly chip in.

I’d pitch in.

I'm in

not even american but i'd chip in too

Glad I'm not the only one who immediately thought that.

This.

Exactly!!! 😂

Consistent with the episode his show did about museums.

Seth goes to the Gala for the free food; John declines because he thinks stray puppies should be returned to their owners, and apparently because he just doesn't care for galas.

Someone watches last week tonight 😊

Bonjour from Canada 🇨🇦 ❤

Ya, safa here, obviously it's America centric, but since stories are global

@kurtsudheim825 It's always interesting to watch what's going on out there but it's also no big surprise how we often end up facing similar issues soon after the US. And John reportages on stuff like chocolate monopoly is affecting us globaly.

"a french"??

@@thehellyousay yes, meaning his English isn't perfect just like your French isn't. Oh wait, it's probably significantly better than your French.

Oh goodness. John doesn't seem to have a filter WITH his inhibitions intact. What would that even be like?

I agree! I love them all and I love that they’re friends

All of them? Even James Corden?

@@RealnoMis he’s not a host anymore

@@RealnoMis Ewww... Don't even mention him, please!

Strike force 5 was such a gem. I really wish they would keep doing that.

My uncle Clement Meighan was involved in the Aswan Dam project, which always struck me as strange because he was a world-renowned archaeologist, but his particular field of expertise was in Mayan, pre-Mayan, and pre-Columbian artifacts and sites. I never did get the whole story of how he ended up involved with the Aswan Dam project, but he was an interesting guy who was always involved in weird stuff. The LSD he took with fellow junior professor Timothy Leary as part of a study (before it was illegal), was what started Dr. Leary on his long, strange trip. And Carlos Castaneda was one of my uncle's star students at UCLA. (Castaneda dedicated his first book to him.) But Clem wasn't a counterculture type. He just went wherever science led him. He talked like an Arizona farmboy and had a mind like a steel trap. There's an irony in all this, though: My uncle ended his career in controversy because he held the adamant view that Ohlone burial sites should be excavated by archaeologists to preserve them for science, ignoring the protests of native American protestors and activists who held the not unreasonable view that the graves of their ancestors shouldn't be exhumed to fulfill the wishes of the scientific community, but left where they are out of respect for their ancestors. Quite a switch from the young man who helped rescue many sites from inundation when the Aswan Dam was built .

​@@totalbiscuit4758 Wow this went so off-topic so fast 😂

@@totalbiscuit4758I love this story

@@riesvanwijngaarden3417 yeah, sorry for that. It conjured a memory of something that has always perplexed me. My bad.

@@totalbiscuit4758 No worries!

Wah-owwwww!!

I was REALLY hoping for that!

I love Seth's impressions!

He's a deranged psychopath but a deeply greedy one at that. Sure he stroked his chin thinking about it.

His wife would never let him live it down lol

You would think he wouldn’t be worried about the optics of it…

If John Oliver would've made the offer in private Clarence Thomas would've taken it in a New York minute.

That greedy asshole probably cries bitter tears for every cent he's losing out on for not taking the deal 😁😁😁😁😁😁

Or as Chi-John! Or the Space Gecko!

Or as New Zealand's pūteketeke bird

His puteketeke costume would be tame compared to the Met Gala...

It would have been on theme for him to wear that, though.

Actually I misheard it and didn’t bat an eye because banana tux made a lot of sense somehow 😂🤷‍♂️

I actually thought that was what he said until I read your comment. I thought it made perfect sense 😅😅😅😅

I love when he slaps his thigh or his desk when he laughs. 😀

You just wrote "chemistry are amazing." I'm gonna go ahead and say that you are not, in fact, a philosopher.

Rare and delightful

interesting! That's how you know this really is just too friends chatting lol. If it was a prepared bit he would have picked a better example, I'm sure he just said the first exhibit that popped into his head.

That would be amazing!

PLEASE! That would be the most unhinged thing ever.

I love it

I love it!

But the thing is, no one knows...it's supposedly a six figure income which doesn't start with a 1 but defo not with an 8. But Thomas, who had previously complained, now seems happy with his salary. So....how much is it?

@@LindaC616 I'm pretty sure the salary isn't that outrageous, but the benefits and side-possibilities are just too good to pass on.

@@LindaC616 the salaries about 250k, not sure what’s confusing you, it’s all public record, but I was referring to the bribes he is taking.

​​@@LindaC616Harlan Crow has showered Clarence with millions.

@@frizzlethecat2084 yes, to John's point

Obviously. The point being made is that he is bought by the highest bidder, when he's supposed to be serving citizens in one of the most important roles in the country. Your focus on the amount illustrates why this situation exists: America is all about money and personal greed - justice is treated as an inconvenience

Not everything has dubious origins.

Interviewing the clueless on the red carpet, subtly exposing them the way Klepper does?

Florida will start using Uncle Clarence Thomas as a prime example of a black man benefitting from being owned by rich white men.

I love when he slaps his thigh or his desk when he laughs. 😀

I think it's spelled BirdBane 😂

Puteketeke

@@caronstout354 yeah. That one.

@@-laydeeintrigue- oh Seth definitely should have gone as bird bane.

Great crested grebe. I hope no-one's offended by using its English name rather than its Maori name when writing in English.

I haven't searched to see if that new year's show pops up

When I saw John in Philly they said no recording so I doubt it.

Sit-down is fine too.

Another reason why he enjoys it

Yes

JO is on once a week, with the usual time off for vacation days. His show takes a lot more serious research than the regular late-night comedy shows. And a lot more legal consultation.

​@chezmoi42 one day for research and script, four days for legal to go through and make sure HBO isn't going to get sued.

@@pettespizzaparlor3245 Yeah, but don't forget also the ones that need travel, mascots, costumes, music, special effects, and more? Seth's been talking for a year or more about plans for his fabulous musical, 🎵Cicada, Cicada,🎶 but so far, nada, zilch.

@chezmoi42 that's why we keep showing up. Hope springs eternal. Like the Cicada, Cicada. One day this too will crawl out of the courtyard of 30 Rock to give us The Best musical that we don't deserve

@@chezmoi42didn’t Nathan Lane agree to be in it???