John Oliver on success of "Last Week Tonight," Snowden interview, Baltimore riots 

He's so humble, I love John Oliver.

he has earned a spot up there with Colbert and Stewart, hands down

This guy deserves the success he's been getting

These people are so used to being so fake and shallow and on pins and needles and John comes in and keeps it real, love how he kind of calls them out on their lame, lazy questions in subtle, polite ways.

"I don't care about the royal baby. I don't care." John Oliver is awesome.

Funny ppl are always uncomfortable/awkward amongst unfunny people.

Charlie Rose asked a very insightful question, and John gave a very insightful answer: "Ideally satire would not do anything better than anyone." But then the co-host cut him off and changed the subject. I think that's something that should be discussed more often. I've heard Jon Stewart express similar sentiments. Unfortunately, the people whose primary objective is to make people laugh are giving Americans more fair and balanced information than the entities whose primary objective is to report the facts.

How honest and humble John Oliver is in this interview regarding himself, his wife and especially Jon Stewart makes him so much more likable. I didn't think that was possible.

John Oliver is very huggable

Can the CBS hosts quit interrupting John? They won't let him finish a single sentence.

I don't know why, but this interview dynamic and these people make my skin crawl. Except for John Oliver, of course.

"Are you lazy people?" Cute, but it should be obvious that Oliver and his team put way more work into their specials with writing letters to get interviews, researching and writing about one subject for a segment the length of Stewart's whole show, and of course actually interviewing some of the people he does for these specials. Jon Stewart is great, and I love his show 4 times a week, but I wouldn't ever vote for Oliver to sacrifice the intense quality of that one hour for more shows. If I had to choose one, I would probably choose Stewart, but being able to have two, I love the formula Oliver has, and think that they really developed something beautiful. Stewart & Oliver fo' life

If I respected this place more I would shave. Go get em John!

The fact Jon Oliver can endure these idiotic questions in the morning makes me love him even more. I don't know what I would have done. Run? Hit my head on the table?

Praise be, praise be, John Oliver.

Being humble is so underestimated these days, this guy is awesome!!!

Claus is behind the camera like "Hahaaaa keep laughing..one day..one day i will have your job"

Couldn't be happier that he got his own show. He killed it on the Daily Show when he took over for Stewart while he was away. Those are some big shoes to fill, and he made it happen.

Impressive guy. Funny, smart, charming. His show does important work exposing society's ills

John has his own awesome show, still gives credit to Jon Stewart. Shows he himself is an great guy!!

I aspire to be as unassuming as John Oliver; clever, incisive, "with it", but yet not bigging himself up, realising that he is a small pawn in a big game and that he doesn't want to be idolized, and enough confidence to know what he's capable of without having an inflated ego. He's made the transition from small British comedian to one of the most disruptive faces in US media in just a few years and I can't wait to see what's next

CBS average youtube clicks: ~400 This video: 1.258.754 I wonder why ...

"Is he likable?" Yep, okay, good question.

"Can humour and satire make points that otherwise might not well be made and make them better?" "I've no idea. Ideally, satire wouldn't do anything better than anyone." John's mind is wonderful :)

when i saw the caption "Oliver's Twist" i stopped laughing and dead panned an invisible camera like i was on the office or some shit

John Oliver is a fucking genius. It's a pity that I am not a native speaker :(

Man this was rough, it felt like they had him on the show just to interrogate him like he was in trouble for informing the people better than them. The salt is real, but he did made them loosen up in the end.

Nothing sadder than seeing morning show people trying to be funny

two levels of intelligence between John and the other three...

John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and everyone who works for you all: you are exactly what this country needs. How the media frames important social crises is downright deplorable. It is clear that these interviews were terrified of what he might say since they kept interrupting him and abruptly changing topics. They literally laughed when he blatantly made fun of them and their absurd questions.

"what are you getting the royal baby? What are you buying the royal baby?" "I don't care, I don't care about the royal baby !" I love him even more now!

John Oliver, a comedian, is a better journalist than actual journalists.

Oh look, it's British Millhouse!

John Oliver is far more intelligent than he lets on, and far more so than these other people at least as far as I can tell. I love how they gloss over his obvious mockery of what they do as just a funny joke. xD There are not enough people on TV who discuss real issues in an intelligent informative and humorous manner.

John Oliver is so... - Genuine - Insanely QUICK - witted - Intelligent & Emotionally Intelligent What a perfect talk show host!

" I dont care about the Royal baby"... Damn I love this man even more!

Trevor Noah, Jon Stewart, and Jon Oliver are all incredible.

I love how John Oliver treats Jon Stewart like an Actual Mentor, and not the kind where you see on Tv, I mean the kind that you owe your life too.

I would honestly LOVE five days a week of John Oliver and his staff... I spend all my time trying to find old videos I haven't seen yet. I hope it's just a bit when he talks about "not being a fan of himself" because he's my favorite human being ever and he should know how much everyone loves him.

John really under plays the effort and the message his show has on the audience. He's amazing. And yes Jon Stewart is the greatest

I love John Oliver, and his show is pure entertainment gold. He's like the drunken love-child of Edward R. Murrow and Cid Ceasar.

I wish they would let him finish talking.

They should stay once a week. I like the amount of detail they put into a topic.

3:20 i love how he explains that his staffs and coworkers doing great for the show, not only him :')

I hate the way they were speaking to him so condescendingly

The staff with Charlie Rose asked him if people should be judged for what they did in their past? Foreshadowing at it’s finest.

John Oliver IS amazing. That said, this interview broke my heart the tiniest bit. Oliver hit a nerve if empathy with me ever since the April Fools' bit where he had a line about "you're laughing on the outside but you're sad inside. In which case welcome to my brain" I'm no John Oliver by any means but I do love performing and I often joke about my own for lack of a better word "issues." That's not saying Oliver himself actually has any. I don't know obviously. But I analyse without even meaning to and I feel like, no I KNOW I'm still high on panic after Robin Williams suicide. I don't know, I'm rambling I guess but I get what he says about not even being comfortable with himself and hmmm I just hope he's able to acknowledge what a gift he is. Sounds cliché but, I guess to put it better I hope he's alright when the cameras aren't rolling. Because as I began with John Oliver IS amazing.

Loving how John still has vestiges of the Midlands accent - "Toime" ("Time") is a great example!

john stewart, John Oliver and Steven Colbert are like chocolate vanilla and strawberry ice cream you can have a favorite but they are the best flavors there are. Love them all.

John Oliver needs his own entire network for news broadcasting. The anti-media journalist!

Bill O'Rilley must be turning green with envy that John Oliver is getting a Peabody Award! Anyone else remember O'Rilley claiming he received 2 Peabody Awards while on Inside Edition, and ultimately being forced to admit it was actually a Polk Award (as if anyone knows what that is)and Senator Al Franken called him out about it on CSPAN2?

"What are you buying the royal babyyyyy?" Oliver: "I don't care, I don't care about the royal baby." LOL

It must border on the painful for Jon Oliver to have to talk to people who are about 1/10th as smart as he is.

He really has to stop putting himself down so much. Being humble is good, but he sometimes really is overdoing it. John Oliver is such a talented comedian and he seems to be the only one who doesn't want to recognize that. Also, great stunt he pulled off with Interviewing Snowden, that can't be overstated.

Great job CBS, having a segment on Last Week Tonight as a way out to just show scenes from the show for over 2 minutes.

John Oliver is SO humble and modest. Such an amazing guy. Seen him live and love him to death for what he does and how he does it. The hosts ask some leading questions, somewhat provoking, but John handles it with class, just like he does everything, gotta love him

I love how much these journalists seem to admire John for his work :)

Aww, he's adorable.

I absolutely love how candid and humble Jon Oliver is.

Hands down, best journalist of our generation and he has barley completed his second season. This dude has done more in one episode than his interviewers have done with their whole careers haha.

John manages the atmosphere on an entirely different level. These reporters look like they are embarrassed to just be in his presence.

Last week tonight IS awesome xDDD

Wow...for a moment there, I thought the salmon-canon was a shredder...my heart jumped and I gasped. Thank gód it was a canon.

What makes his format so successful at tackling complex issues is the generous time allotment of 18 minutes.

I'm glad I got the privilege to see this star rising for years on Jon Stewart's show. Just like Colbert, he took what he learned and did a great twist. 1 show a week, but that 1 show has been phenomenal every time I see it. Not having to rush through the 24 hour news cycle and taking their time, this show has put me in tears from laughing too much.

I wish we had someone like John Oliver, and a show like his - with his brilliant production team - here in Brasil. Cause he talks about serious matters, and tries to give all the sides to everything, and make us think about important matters. We need that in Brasil, for our problems... Someone 'teaching' people to be more critical and make more questions...

love it when you have a genuine person on a shop like CBS morning. They just out shine anyone on set

One thing you notice about these segments where John Oliver goes to guest on is how he blows the host(s) out of the water in eloquence and humor on their own home turf. He credits his writing staff consistently but I think it's fairly clear that he's one of the main reasons for the show's success.

Its much easier to make Americans laugh than the Brits. John Oliver has been doing shows in the UK for a while and never received this kind of recognition but in America it seems that with a little bit of wit and seemingly clever jokes you can own the place. Good for him.

seeing John Oliver sideways!! Life is full of surprises.

John Oliver is a perpetual gift

Loved it, humble, funny and straight to the point. Awesome effort to get to Snowden and made it interesting.

raised as a pickpocket, chimney sweep hahahaha

Stewart, Colbert, and Oliver are all "brillent" *LOL!* for what each one does and they each have a distinctive signature. I happen to like John's show best. I've seen some great segments by Stewart and Colbert, but I never binge watched all their clips on YT within a few days of discovering them the way I have with John. I never created a YT playlist for them, but I've got 45+ vids in a "Best of" Last Week Tonight playlist! I've played some segments in the background over and over b/c they are so shocking, informative, and funny. My housemate listens to recorded eps of Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. She never misses an ep. I've said a couple of times that if I was Amy Goodman I'd have blown my brains out by now. *That's* how depressing her show is. But John deals w/ the most serious and complex issues,- things like nuclear weapons and genocide!- and I just want to see more. In our society where our choices are the pablum of corporate news, celebrity worship, hate radio & propaganda TV, and the only in-depth reporting being Democracy Now,- a program that leaves me feeling either frustrated or bored & apathetic,- I see John as the ONLY way the American public will learn about what's happening in other countries like India, South American countries, New Zealand, etc., and the only way they are going to get well-researched, in-depth IMPORTANT information for being ACTIVE citizens. I see Jon Stewart as the comedic evening news, while Oliver is the comedic 60 Minutes.

I love this man and I absolutely cannot go a week without Last Week Tonight, BEST SHOW ON TELEVISION!

Love John & this segment. It's so nice to see humans treat each other so kindly and respectfully.

Impressive how they interrupted him thru the whole f-ing interview. So much ego from their part, let the man speak!!!

I can't even handle oliver right now. He is the fucking king of everything and he do not even seem to notice it!

Love the Jon Stewart love & loyalty. Huge John Oliver fan, glad to see him find the success he has.

I love your show John, I would watch five days a week because learn so many important topics from you. Thank you for educating with humor.

So humble.

You can’t do the show every day ladies because John needs to be more than just literate for each show.

We adore you Oliver!!!

brilliant...Oliver owned the piece

Oh god John please Please ditch the 'stache

John Oliver deserves more viewership than Jimmy Fallon!!!!!!!

you are so humble John,. What you and the writers do is amazing. And its not just comedy. its looking at serious issues from a different angel hardly ever looked at that way. You help people understand. Well done.

What kind words to say about your mentor and friend, John. Keep rockiin the truth.

Oh Maïe! John Oliver is intelligent! Why are politicians not like this?

I have to disagree with John Oliver on one thing. While it may be a correct generalization about computer experts not having the greatest interpersonal skills Edward Snowden is not the best example of this generalization. I, for one, think that Snowden is an exception and seems to have great interpersonal skills and able to connect with anyone who interviews him and he is able to chew and break down most complex technical concepts down to an average person's level of understanding. I feel like dickpics segment simply broke down what should already be understood or at least comprehended by an average person down to an idiot level.

my favorite interview of all time

John Oliver is very good a exemplifying humility and self-deprecating acerbic wit.

I think he should have taken over Stewart's show.

me remembering how much John's dragged Charlie Rose on Last Week Tonight after #MeToo: *pleased*

Why I love this guy? "Well, it's not just me. I am the unfortunate face of a lot of people's work. (...) I just get the credit for a lot of people's work."

The humble heart and the sheer honesty.

Funny that at this table John Oliver is the one who *isn't a clown.

Ok so I didn't want to say anything about this besides how awesome he is for his self deprecating humor which is very British and speaks to me personally, but then I read some of the comments and the back and forth war of people saying that the interviewers were grilling him and being jerks and that he was being subtly insulting back to them. So after reading those comments I watched the video 2 more times and I've got to say I just don't see it. Everyone is entitled to their opinions and I am perfectly willing to be proven wrong. Here is my 2 cents. I think this was a case of too many cooks in the kitchen. I didn't think there was any intended hostility on either side. I think he was very funny and charming throughout and he had them all laughing but I think the problem was that there wasn't enough structure to the interview so people interrupted or talked over each other. Some of the questions asked were a bit vague or stupid for sure. It is also possible that one or two of the interviewers got annoyed at the fact that he had to give humorous answers for every question before getting to the heart of what they were asking. Part of that was the fact that they were giving him a lot of compliments which he felt were undeserved and made him a little uncomfortable. Other than that I thought there was general respect and curiosity shown in this interview. They asked him questions that amounted to "how do you do what you do? How do you make serious issues funny? are you trying to educate along with entertain?" He deflected a few of those questions but I think they came out of general respect and curiosity as I said. And at the end of the day I think he represented himself in a way that would bring more viewers to his show and he also showed tremendous respect and loyalty to his mentors Stewart and Colbert. So to sum up: I think this was a pretty decent interview in spite of the participant and I think any perceived hostility on either side is number 1 giving them too much credit and 2 reading in to things based on how you feel about the interviewers and the topics they discussed.

I love “Last Cuck Tonight with Johnny Trigger Warning” 🤣🤣

man you can see the anxiety brewing up in him when the lady darkened the room with the Ferguson topic, but he did the smart thing and simply explained how dangerous it would be for a comedian to try to improvise comedy on a touchy subject