• @ThePyroPython
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      1671 year ago

      He’s on loan, please don’t get scratches on him that won’t buff out.

        • @jopepa
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          31 year ago

          Yeah but he’s better than cordon’s not and that’s saying a lot.

      • @[email protected]
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        I dunno, he’s a citizen now. Feels more permanent than just a loan. Sorry think we get to keep him and play with him as we see fit.

    • @takeda
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      They also brought us Piers Morgan though.

  • @MooseBoys
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    1551 year ago

    ”Without these people, it would be painfully obvious how unfunny I really am.” - John Oliver, probably

    • Flying SquidOP
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      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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          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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        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.

    • Phoenixz
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      Are you sure that’s not a quote? I can hear him say it.

  • @nmhforlife
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    1211 year ago

    He seems to actually care. He and Conan are the best.

    • @takeda
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      391 year ago

      Can’t movie studios theoretically hold forever, because they still receive money from sources like streaming subscriptions.

      Maybe we should start canceling these until the strike is over.

        • @Saneless
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          201 year ago

          Bought a parrot, a boat, and raided my first family in the middle of the Pacific. Unclear on the rest

            • Cosmic Cleric
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              You forgot the rum. You need shit-tons of rum.

              Always wondered what a pirated would think about Rum with Cola.

              • @[email protected]
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                They’d be like wtf is cola. And then they’d ask why you need to water down this already extremely weak rum.

                • Cosmic Cleric
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                  21 year ago

                  And then they’d ask why you need to water down this already extremely weak rum.

                  Somehow I would not expect a pirate to take being served weak rum very well. An occupational hazard for a beverage server.

        • Cosmic Cleric
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          01 year ago

          Sounds like a good time to 🦜🏴‍☠️

          Now is a good time to get a tropical bird and stay away from waste dumps?

          (I know, I know. Just throwing a little bit of humor out there to try to improve someone’s day.)

      • @[email protected]
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        Cancel as many as you can. An actor I know said cancelling Netflix would have the biggest impact, so I’ve done that for now.

    • @[email protected]
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      He is too busy preparing to prove how insultingly unfunny he is. He won’t be doing all the parts of the show that require writers so he is just going to be profoundly wrong and shite for 60 minutes.

      I heard he pays writers better than all the other late night shows because as a writer you have to deal with working with Bill Maher.

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        The worst thing about Maher as a performer is that he berates his audience when they don’t like his joke. I did professional stand-up for a few years and that’s like breaking unspoken rule #1. Even if the room is a shit room, you don’t act like they’re a shit room.

        • Franzia
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          I never noticed how insidious this was. I thought it was really funny at first. Like oh, I groaned and he’s reminding me to have fun. But he has taken it to mean his audience needs to be exposed to grifters and harmful talking points disguised as “challenging ideas”

          I mean I really kept watching Bill after he dropped the N-word, I am a die hard comedy fan and it’s effectively impossible to cross the line with me. But Bill Maher is completely full of shit.

        • @[email protected]
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          Stewart Lee does a bit where he breaks this rule deliberately, but it works explicitly because part of the joke is the audience realising what he’s doing, and also because it’s planned in advance so he can make sure he’s got it right

    • GladiusB
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      41 year ago

      What if he jumped to Wrexham?

  • sebinspace
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    411 year ago

    We need more pictures of him looking spiffy.

    • @MooseBoys
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      101 year ago

      What do you mean? That is one sexy beast right there if I’ve ever seen one.

  • @bjg13
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    211 year ago

    Damn straight.

  • @Adalast
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    41 year ago

    He is such a great man, glad he made it somewhere where he can do the right thing and be an example that the rest of them will ignore.

  • PatFusty
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    Thats just a fundraiser with extra steps. Just checked and John Olivers annual salary is $8M a year for his current HBO show. Thats about 80-150 peoples worth of funding he could do but he would prefer you guys do it.

    Get on your hands and knees guys

    • @Godnroc
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      Yes, money he would not make without a team of people behind him; however, him making money does not exclude him from supporting others. If anything, his actions could help support more than his money could. Fixing a broken system is also better than just slapping a quick fix in the form of a check.

      • @unfreeradical
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        He is supporting others, but he is supporting the others who support him, with himself being the disproportionate beneficiary of the shared effort.

        Oliver’s actions may not be wrong, but the admiration he is afforded through the post exceeds the degree that it is genuinely warranted.

        • @Godnroc
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          So would paying a little piece back by showing support for those people perhaps help to tip the scale a little less? Sure, they aren’t balanced, but one shouldn’t ignore progress just because the job isn’t over yet.

          And I would suggest the admiration should be earned, but I also have a hard time thinking of another entertainment platform that brings up issues and spot lights real problems that may go under reported. Using popularity to try and increase public awareness seems pretty admirable.

          • @unfreeradical
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            I am not objecting to your views as much as to any support for the specific views presented in the post, which I find exaggerated and misguided.

    • Franzia
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      Yea he is fundraising and giving his weight to an issue rather than donating his own wages. John does deserve to keep the money he earns after working as a writer for like twenty years.