• Flying SquidOP
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    271 year ago

    Whatever. I’ve seen him do stand-up and I think he’s funny, but it’s not like Jon Stewart or Stephen Colbert or Conan O’Brien write/wrote all or even most of their own material.

    • @MooseBoys
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      571 year ago

      It’s not meant as an insult - this kind of self-deprecation sounds exactly like something he would say.

      • @[email protected]
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        51 year ago

        Yeah I got the tone right away. It is something John Oliver would say. And there is some truth to it. I loved the Daniel O’Brien Cracked videos (like After Hours) and he works for John Oliver now. There’s some bits Oliver does that’s just so Daniel O’Brien.

        This one in particular: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hk011WMM7t0

        It’s kinda trippy to hear John Oliver saying stuff that’s 100% a classic Daniel O’Brien Cracked video.

    • Franzia
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      61 year ago

      Pretty sure Jon Stewart was funny because of John Oliver!

      • @madcaesar
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        61 year ago

        I don’t think of Jon as all that funny. I listen to him for his honest and intelligent takes. He could be the least funny person in the world and I’d still listen to him.