Prison isn’t funny, but prison rape is? Another blistering report from Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
by Say what you will about the legitimacy of rape jokes, but at least we all can agree that prison rape is hilarious, right ladies? Because …
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All the cool kids are petitioning Stephen Colbert to hire Dave Hill as his Late Show bandleader
Dave Hill‘s live show tonight in Brooklyn is titled Meet Me In The Bathroom and Tell Me All Your Secrets. Hill’s fans, meanwhile, already are …
John Oliver invites Right Said Fred to perform new version of “I’m Too Sexy” for Bashar al-Assad
John Oliver’s Last Week Tonight is embracing its subversive side more and more a month into its run on HBO. Last night, Oliver reported on …
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver’s HBO debut: Toward a more global union of satire
Most everyone has the conventional wisdom backward on John Oliver. If anyone is wishing they could turn back time by about six months, it’s Comedy …
Seth Olenick captures comedians uniquely entwined in “Funny Business” in this photo book
Todd Barry was first, in March 2007. Almost seven years and more than 230 unique, intimate portraits later, Seth Olenick‘s work documenting comedians and comedic …
John Oliver was so good at substitute hosting The Daily Show, HBO is letting him host his own weekly show in 2014
John Oliver did such a stellar job substituting this summer as host of The Daily Show, everyone just naturally assumed Oliver had become the de …
On “The Daily Show,” John Oliver deconstructs George Zimmerman’s lawyer’s joke to open Trayvon Martin murder trial
Well, I mean. Really, now. You didn’t think the lawyer for George Zimmerman could open his defense arguments in the Trayvon Martin murder trial with …
John Oliver’s first episode as guest host of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
“Let’s just all acknowledge for a moment that this is weird. It looks weird. It feels weird. It even sounds weird. It sounds weird to …
David Letterman offers John Oliver advice on late-night TV show hosting, interviewing
John Oliver made his first appearance last night on Late Show with David Letterman. After talking about the differences between comedy in the UK and …
Lineups and tapings for fourth season of John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show on Comedy Central
Hey, comedy fans! John Oliver isn’t only taking over the reins of The Daily Show this summer while Jon Stewart is making movies, but Oliver …