John Oliver
John Oliver
John William Oliver is an English comedian, political commentator, television host, and occasional actor. He is widely known in the United States for hosting HBO's Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and for his work on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. He co-hosted the satirical comedy podcast The Bugle and hosted John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth23 April 1977
chocolate cookies want
Ads are baked into content like chocolate chips into a cookie. Except, it's actually more like raisins into a cookie because no one [expletive] wants them there.
southern clubs bags
A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.
funny democracy campaigns
Campaign ads are the backbone of American democracy if American democracy suffered a gigantic spinal injury.
anchorman thinking lines
I don't think I'm identified as the anchorman, I think I'm identified as the impostor anchorman - there's a very clear line there ... I don't think it changes the way they respond.
feelings quality artistic
The moment I accept that there's an artistic, redeeming quality in puns, I have a horrible feeling I'll get hooked.
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My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham, and then I was raised in Bedford, which is just north of London. So my accent, if it's possible, makes even less sense to a Brit than to an American.
summer thinking people
I think I'm just a summer fling that people will soon forget.
remember sometimes flavour
Sometimes it's good to remember how bad food can be, so you can enjoy the concept of flavour to the fullest.
fans lending mets
Being a Mets fan is like lending someone a lot of money and you just know that you'll never get paid back.
giving might als
If you vote for Democrats, you might as well give Al Quaeda a death ray and a manual.
inherent new-yorkers
There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers.
morning eggs people
Pumpkin spice lattes are egg nog for morning people.
democracy trusted
Democracy is like a tambourine, not everyone can be trusted with it.
hate
I would hate to meet myself at 15.