John Oliver Thinks It's Too Early to Talk About the 2020 Elections 

For those wondering why John Oliver was wearing that pin, his wife was a combat medic with the 1st Calvary Division.

Every time I hear John Oliver speak, I gain a few IQ points.

It's really good to see two hosts I like sitting there laughing about the scary reality... Makes me feel relaxed facing the truth.

Didn't realize how much I missed Last Week Tonight until I got to see it again on Sunday.

Oliver, Meyers, Colbert. Saving the smallest bit of sanity I have left one monologue at a time. Thank you, gentlemen, y’all the true MVPs.

It’s insane that people are announcing they’re running for President two years before the election, in Australia they’re only allowed to campaign for 6 weeks beforehand!

I see John Oliver, I click. I’m a simple man.

The British were flying from London to Liverpool, and a couple of guys told them how nice New York is, so they held a referendum, and 52% voted to divert the flight to the US. Two hours later they learn that the plane does not have enough fuel to get across the Atlantic. But they can't have another referendum, because those who still want to go to New York know that they would lose badly, and that loss would infringe on their democratically won rights.

Did anyone else picture him as ZaZu when he flapped his arms? haha

"How do we all seek happiness right now that isn't, at its root, fraudulent?" - John Oliver, 2019

as a brazilian, i respected him so much more for bringing attention to the elections back home. love you, john!

My favorite thing about John Oliver is that last thing he said: We can get upset about things that the president says and his/her policies, but there are systemic problems underneath them. There are problems (in the legal, criminal justice, immigration, electoral, etc. systems) in the US that have a more direct impact on our daily lives that we need to care about. The president is just the most public, and in this case loudest, figure involved.

A tortoise walking across a Wendy's parking lot? Hell, no! The second last thing this country needs right now is President Mitch McConnell!

I really enjoy Seth's interviews. He allows his guests to speak in complete uninterrupted sentences. He allows his guests to complete their thoughts and points. Unlike Steven Colbert or Jimmy Fallon, whom regularly interrupt their guests. Others like Conan and even Daniel Tosh are great interviewers. They ask great questions and keep the interview flowing.

We've been looking forward to 2020 since November of 2016, though.

With all due love & respect to the other late nighters, regardless of how many days they air and what type of content they do, Last Week Tonight is the only 'must watch' show for me. Across all genres.

Brazil loves John Oliver, just check out how many of his segments have been translated! It might not have made a difference, because his Brazil show aired only one day before the elections here. By a slim margin, the people ended up electing Bolsonaro. Commonly called "Tropical Trump". The extreme right liberal hating Trump/Bolsonaro alliance is quite terrifying.

One of the many reasons I love John and LWT is their outward focus. It does no harm at all for Americans to have the occasional teaspoonful of what I lovingly call, "The Rest of Planet Earth''. Obviously I know that not all Americans are insular. And when you have a country like America, insularity is understandable. But a few mins of 'not America' is healthy and it tastes great!

Yes, please. I don't want to hear a damn thing about _anyones_ campaign until at least February next year. Just one damn year of candidate pimping free bliss. I get it, it's an industry in the billions of dollars now, but enough is enough. The damn Primaries aren't until *NEXT* summer, FFS. Candidates: Campaign Spam Fatigue is a real thing, and we're tired of hearing from you after just a few weeks. Learn to be fashionably late.

The best two of late night

I think for a lot of viewers who are not from the USA that watch their late-night shows, this sense of whether or not an international story like Brazil's election is 'important enough' to talk about instead of Trump's weekly mishap or bad policy idea is really frustrating. Journalists and political comedians in the US frame the issues of the day or week like they're apocalyptic events, and I think that closes off even the most liberal American minds to what is happening in the rest of the world. Also, there is no reason for the US presidential election cycle to last any longer than six weeks.

I love Last Week Tonight and although we stream our HBO with HBO Now, we have to wait 2 to 3 hours before we can watch it. But we stay up and watch each Sunday. The Brexit episode was not what I wish he would have talked about after being gone for so long and the topic is somewhat confusing to me, but I truly love his show and wish his "breaks" weren't so long. My favorite episodes always seem to be when he's spending HBO's money. The church episodes were great and loved the Marlon Bundo book. There's just too many to mention them all. Keep up the great work.

He interacts with people in the audience so sell and is genuinely funny when he's quick on his feet. He just has that natural gift.

Somebody make a bird meme of his wingflapping!

"We are focusing too much on personalities at the moment, when we have systemic problems". Proof Oliver could have been your coolest University Prof.

$$$ JOHN OLIVER IS A TREASURE $$$

two people i actually like-rare

Growing up in a parliamentary government is quite apparent from John Oliver's displeasure of personalities taking precedence over policies. @6:30

John's giggle just makes me so happy

John Oliver is the Uk’s way of making up for Piers Morgan

John Oliver for President of the World 2020.

John, Seth, Samantha Bee, Colbert, Trevor and Jim Jefferies seem to be the only ones fighting the good fight while keeping it funny.

I’m watching this in 2020 and it’s weird.

I’m Australian, love John, but we don’t have HBO. For about a year, I haven’t been able to find even snippets of current shows. I used to be able to find full eps that extremely kind uploaders made available, virtually straight away. If anyone can suggest a channel, I’d be beyond grateful!

Imagine Seth, John, Colbert, Trevor & Stewart all in the same room 😭😭😭 THE POWER

I’m rewatching this 3 years after it first aired (due to some emotional overwhelm but that’s not here nor there) but I find it so WEIRD seeing the hosts in full on suits after the covid and shows from home relaxation and doing episodes in sweatshirts 😂

I'm here in the UK and I'm binge watching US politics to try and blot out what is happening in my own country

This is/was the first time I've ever seen John Oliver speak outside of his 'normal' RU-vid (re)productions. I was hoping I would not find him a poser outside of his element - no way I did. He is so far above the usual late-night 'conversational bar'.

I love that John takes control of the interview.

Being diagnosed with depression for over twenty years and listening to this reminds me of every therapy session I've had. It's kind of cathartic seeing the rest of the world come to grips with the cancer of it's own soul when you've been watching it develop for twenty years screaming about it and being called crazy. The sad truth is at least half the population on the planet are sociopaths. And I know many out there want to argue this point.... OK. The last presidential election was the largest scientific experiment ever conducted proving my conclusion. People knew exactly who Trump is, was when they voted him in and what he was about. Half the population voted for him. Not all sociopaths voted for him. Some smart ones, I'm sure, are capable of understanding the better everyone does, the better they will do, and so voted against.... but that half... that voted for Trump.... they are the dumb sociopaths. So at the very least, half the population are not just sociopaths. They are the retarded sociopaths. Enjoy the rest of your life as you walk through them knowing the truth.

"How do we all seek happiness right now that isn't, at its root, fraudulent?" John Oliver, 2019, about life in America during the Trump presidency... My gut reaction: "Ooh, too real; that hit too close to home, John." It felt like a "too soon" you might say or think upon hearing a bad joke about someone who has recently died in some unnatural and rather horrid situation. That was BEFORE the pandemic, too!

John Oliver is a legend. Love him♡

Aimless Tortoise 2020!

i think i'd have an anxiety attack every day without these two brightening up the news

What is that Tortoise's name? Which Wendy's parking lot? And where can I donate?

John Oliver IS funny. I thought it was just clever writing, but he does have some comedic genius as well.

wouldn't eating ham by Rump be cannibalism ??? … lol

Why cant we humans be better. I’m so depressed. Despite knowing everything. We are hell-bound on destroying ourselves :(

I fucking love John Oliver. He is such a pessimist yet has an irresistible charm and is always smiling. Like a true Englishman haha.

Seth Meyers seems like a nice guy, I really hope he has continued success.

Do an episode on Sudan 😢💔

Man, this Steven Mnuchin fella is really handsome. And why does he bear such a striking resemblance to the host of Last Week Tonight?

The friend chemistry between these two is really sort of brilliant.

“We’re gonna live forever!” -Ass Dan 1988-2019

You do need to talk about Brazil!!! I love when y'all talk about my country :D

I am a masochist then, because I follow everything about brexit from Argentina XD

"Have you got an exploratory committee? You would work as well!" Lol!!

The 2020 election was a nightmare, specifically the three months after the election

I love John more than my father. At least when he leaves, he will be back 3 months later..

"Maybe we can fly" looooool XD

It's not that we're gonna live forever.. it's that it seems more and more apparent that we're already dead.. and we didn't make the cut.

I realized that john oliver makes his TV appearances during February and that is amazing content.

This is like seeing a squirrel with anxiety meet a golden retriever. Seth is smiling and cracking jokes to help people feel a bit better about life. John came in, was confused by the concept of human joy, reminded everyone they need therapy, and made jokes true to the Last Week Tonight spirit: self-deprecating, sarcastic, and make you cry both because they are hilarious and because they are rooted in the horribles truths we are trying to reconcile with our humanity.

Never noticed how large that John's honker is from his show, but the different angles from this interview mean that it's now all I see

JOHN👏🏻OLIVER👏🏻EVERY👏🏻NIGHT👏🏻!! Please.

LET US HAVE OUR ESCAPE FANTASY JOHN! we don't have much.

Yes. Our campaign season is like 2 years long

Sane People Talking. How nice, especially as compared to what you see in the news.

The UK driving itself off a cliff... a fitting end for a former empire who never got the hang of the whole "voting" thing. Can you imagine if the US populace voted to stay a union or not during their Civil War? No, they knew some things do not get put to a vote, it's either done or it's not done. "Emotions are high, lines are being drawn... but first let's count every vote in Kansas before we do anything rash." The vote says do the rash thing and split! "Guess our hands are tied." Lincoln shrugs and that's it.

4:22 is a gif waiting to be made 😂😂😂 ya my favorite rat faced birdy, John 😉

4.23 his laugh tho 💛

Things are even tougher here in Brasil. And the worst thing is that the mojoraty of the brazilian people don't seem to be able to see it.

I love John Oliver

John Oliver's references man... awesome

Turn out the VOTE in your state!!

John Oliver the British American treasure. Gotta love him.

4:22 that's kind of a cute laugh, John

4:48 Plot twist: That tortoise is Mitch McConnell...

Wow, Ive never been this early before

4:21 John is having a Zazu moment

We REALLY need to talk about Brazil!!

John Oliver interview with Andrew Yang was epic

Anyone else having sound cut out in the middle?

Well,... this aged strange...

You can’t fly John Oliver. It’s a bottomless pit.

His tie is too long. Looks like Trump lol

I think there is a part of me that is in love with John Oliver.

Seth Myers should do a full interview with his special guest

‘Dust in the wind of history’ Sweet dreams kiddies

Middle America is thriving how awful 😰😰

John Oliver huge fan even South Africa we watching

LOL LOL!!! Thanks for the laugh!!!!

John is amazing. Keep it up my British comrade :D

We REALLY need to talk about Brasil!

Music at the end threw me off

The follow up on Brazil is: Brazil drove itself off a cliff and in the bottom of the cliff there was a pool of magma.

It must have hurt him to say vacation

A tortoise that is walking across a Wendy's parking lot

Love the ol' JO

The US is turning into one long election cycle. Canada is like wham, bam thank you ma'am in comparison.