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
ideas interesting trying
You just try to be true to your idea of what is funny and what is also interesting.
dream america american-dream
I really love stand-up. I'm more than happy to do it for nothing. I've come to America to do it for nothing. It's the American Dream: Work for free.
knives political world
It's a great time to be doing political satire when the world is on a knife edge.
memories people kind
I've made so many people angry that they kind of blur into one unpleasant memory of people staring at you with somewhere between passive aggression and active aggression.
pie brave want
We in Britain stopped evolving gastronomically with the advent of the pie. Everything beyond that seemed like a brave, frightening new world. We knew the French were up to something across the Channel, but we didn't want anything to do with it.
events chill palin
Attending a Sarah Palin rally was simultaneously one of the strangest and most chilling events of my life.
dry wit
Americans just don't understand dry wit.
two boredom promise
Net neutrality: The only two words that promise more boredom in the English language are 'featuring Sting,'
queens giving faces
Whatever the occasion, [the Queen] has a face which demonstrably says 'I don't give a royal s**t.'
soccer player wanted
I wanted to be a soccer player. I knew that couldn't happen.
years nbc president
Wow. Losing 95 percent of your audience in just five years. That basically makes Obama the NBC of presidents.
news months foxes
Sarah Palin has been hired back by Fox News, and she only left five months ago. She has now effectively quit quitting. She can't even commit to being uncommitted.
congratulations may language
Congratulations, Congress! 77% disapproval rating! You may be about to become the English language's most offensive C-word.
running opposites negativity
I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.