John Oliver on ‘Last Week Tonight,’ ‘Daily Show,’ and Liverpool FC

In this week’s Sunday Sitdown, John Oliver joins Willie Geist at a pub to watch his beloved Liverpool football club and talk about the season premiere of “Last Week Tonight” following another round of Emmy wins. Oliver also looks back at his decision to come to America for a dream job on “The Daily Show.”
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#JohnOliver #Liverpool #CelebrityInterview

[@DmDrae]

Jon Stewart unleashed Colbert and Oliver on us. What an impact.

[@JBBost]

Stewart unleashed an entire generation on the political machine

[@zanehuseth8621]

Stewart's daily show was literally a conveyor belt for talent

[@randomjunkohyeah1]

And Steve Carrell!

[@stevechance150]

Jon Stewart 2028!!! I'm sending this out into the universe.

[@f0xh0nd51]

Sainthood

[@revengefrommars]

Last Week Tonight is like 60 Minutes for people who are less than 75 years old.

[@jamesmiller6637]

Back off punk, I am 75, and he is also my go-to!

[@msmith53]

and I’m 84…. He is a gem!🎉

[@felipeb.9321]

@@jamesmiller6637 feisty... 😂

[@HOTD108_]

What a cruel joke to name a show that appeals to 75 year olds after approximately how much time they have left.

[@Strider1954]

About to turn 70 here, Oliver is one of the best! I'm not going anywhere anytime soon so bring it on, I've got all the time in the world. lol

[@trainer1158]

He and his team deserve every Emmy they've won.

[@duran9664]

⭕️u realize that Oliver is a good & intelligent person the moment u know he is a Liverpool fan⭕️ROLL TIDE⭕️ I mean, YNWA🩸

[@jamesbrennan7355]

No one deserves anything, you earn it

[@mikemclennan8917]

Liverpool have not won a single Emmy!?

[@aotea6983]

Not sure liverpool can win an emmy but I'm down for it if it's possible

[@sirsmokeefortwence25]

Last week tonight deserves every award it wins. The writers are true journalists.

[@TessTearoe-zp5xv]

Audiences want substantive shows, love he doesn’t dumb it down. Yah John!

[@bluebellegreen2804]

Well said! Jon Oliver respects the intelligence of his audience.

[@sailfast2005]

In all honesty, I had to stop watching awhile back precisely because he tends to ignore the bits at the edges that are not as clear-cut morally in order to maintain the narrative. Not a lot of grey areas on his show, but he does it better than most.

[@CanuckleheadHistory]

Oh my word, Willie Geist is so wholesome. ❤

[@jimmichaels2319]

You'll Never Walk Alone

[@jschuler53]

They did the best rendition of that song. When he says Liverpool Football I think of that song.

[@SqueakyWeasel247]

He just "personally" offered Clarence Thomas a $2.4m luxury motorhome and $1m a year just to leave the Supreme Court in the next 30 days … in the first episode of the new show. What a show! What a showman!

[@evildoesnotsleep-x2b]

this level of commitment to "boring" but very important subjects is what makes the world go around. people trying every day, in the face of publicity

[@caronstout354]

His expose of televangelists , and briefly having his own church, is EPIC!

[@MultisportOfficial]

@@caronstout354 You think that was epic? You should see what he did last night!

[@mardyj]

Hello to any fellow Buglers, great to see Johny Showbiz doing so well

[@dcbabe0270]

My sunday nights have been missing this show sooo much during the break. Can't wait for tonight's episode!!

[@CharlieTheNerd91]

TONIGHT?! OMG OMG OMG :D

[@margaretchapman3693]

Love this man. Love Liverpool. Walk on, walk on, you'll never walk alone.

[@RealBradMiller]

I love John Oliver. He is our Toucan Daddy!!! A true role model for all!!

[@todddowning5820]

😂😂😂

[@chrissiek8706]

English Birb 🐦

[@kevc6115]

Just watched the 1st episode of the new season of Last Week Tonight........AWESOME!

[@MultisportOfficial]

You ain't lyin'. What he did is guaranteed to make news headlines. CT PLEASE TAKE THE OFFER!!!!

[@xnorthfree3756]

The challenge Oliver made to disgraced judge thomas to step down BRILLIANT!

[@bloodysabbath1984]

Who wouldn’t want a Winnebago? Haha

[@CruzCruz-nw7fi]

John Oliver is amazing, I’m glad he’s getting his recognition 👏👏👏👏💯‼️

[@pumayaya]

I would love it if he brought Jurgen Klopp to the Emmys

[@o.b.7217]

Klopp ends his Liverpool engagement at the end of this season (May 2024).

[@aumarigan]

I love Oliver...

[@tomking2613]

and he loves you,

[@duran9664]

⭕️u realize that Oliver is a good & intelligent person the moment u know he is a Liverpool supporter⭕️ROLL TIDE⭕️ I mean, YNWA🩸

[@tomking2613]

Id like John (edit.. spelled john wrong,.. and now i look derrrp but its an honest edit.. )on post his comments about knowing that Klopp is leaving... or just a nice weekly segment on what and how Liverpool ( ... the best club ever.. ) has changed peoples lives. SALAH SALAH@@duran9664

[@grammykcalloway6105]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE John Oliver!

[@lowercentenary]

Awesome man and show!!! And of course his equally amazing english soccer team liverpool fc.

[@katesinnema3660]

I adore John and his incredibly funny and intelligent show!!!

[@redwood421]

Gotta give it to John Oliver in his season opener offering Clarence Thomas 1 million dollars a year for the remainder of either Thomas's or Oliver's life (whichever comes first) PLUS a bonus "condo on wheels" 2.4 million dollar motor coach TO STEP DOWN FROM THE SUPREME COURT AND NEVER RETURN. Offer good for 30 days. .....and the Medal of Freedom goes to... John Oliver!

[@carlhicksjr8401]

I can't thank the UK enough for the gift of John Oliver and Craig Ferguson. Seriously, do you guys owe us money or something?

[@zzzaphod8507]

They balanced it out a bit with James Corden?

[@carlhicksjr8401]

@@zzzaphod8507 Well, they DID take Piers Morgan back too... 😁

[@traciecombs7030]

John Oliver is a genius! His show and writers are unmatched.

[@bloodysabbath1984]

Agree

[@DiaDeLaDead]

John is the hero we never knew we needed.

[@user-hl3fm7tb1e]

Greatest Brit Ever. The Scottish sure appreciate this man and all the nice things he says about us. 😊

[@Boricua3lions1985]

I’m Puerto Rican (and have lived in the UK) and I’m an enormous fan of his. 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷

[@scottcampbell96]

3:56 Is that Richard Ayoade? I think they were in Footlights together.

[@MorningAngel]

It is!

[@FightingTorque411]

As Ayoade said upon being shown that photo on Big Fat Quiz, "I think that's the last time I ever smiled." Then, Jimmy Carr asked him: "Can you play guitar for us?" "I *can*..." "..." "..." "*Will* you play guitar for us?" "I will not."

[@Digital_Perm]

Love John Oliver. Absolutely brilliant. If you want more of him and other brilliant guys. Listen to Strike Force Five podcast. It’s amazing.

[@cleverusername9369]

Strike Force Five⚡️ *

[@crystalpinnix8907]

🌩⛈️

[@chrishug5283]

Omg laughing out loud just thinking about how funny that pod was!!

[@trudellfootball]

Love this guy

[@tomking2613]

loves you more! LETS GOOO

[@duran9664]

⭕️u realize that Oliver is a good & intelligent person the moment u know he is a Liverpool supporter⭕️ROLL TIDE⭕️ I mean, YNWA🩸

[@cbhiggs3263]

I don't know if this is verbatim, but it is something that I can relate to. "Other people's faith in me, gave me self-confidence." That and my love of futbol are probably why I enjoy his show. I'd love to get out on the pitch with him. ☮💌⚽

[@sunniejmh]

great interview with him! it's awesome you caught him getting the news about Jon Stewart coming back to The Daily Show on camera!!

[@jayjaz1873]

John is the best

[@creepycraig73]

Cool photo with him and Ayoade.

[@RealBradMiller]

Oh! Can't wait for the new season to watch tokorrow here on YT, thanks, Today!

[@geoffreymartinez7208]

Bit of hindsight here: LWT did start with a bang with the skit on SCOTUS and the million-dollar offer to Clarence to go away.

[@ChipCain]

Actual legend.

[@2marknu]

Wait! Did John perform with Richard Ayoade in his younger days? How did I miss this?!

[@FightingTorque411]

And David Mitchell (off of Would I Lie To You, QI, Peep Show etc etc...). There's a photo of them at a four-person table at Cambridge Uni - Oliver, Ayoade, Mitchell, and another guy whom I've never seen identified but would be interested to know, probably a wealthy investment banker these days or something.

[@jcarle1001]

Oliver is truly a Gem

[@MultisportOfficial]

I just saw Oliver's season premier. You NEEEED to see it. This episode alone will win his next Emmy. Every challenge he has ever made on his show to anyone EVER has just been topped. The last five minutes of the show will have you picking your jaw off the floor!

[@Anu-po5ml]

Where is the episode? Can't find it

[@b33thr33kay]

He met his wife at the RNC??? 😂 That's incredibly funny.

[@kkpenney444]

She was there with a nonpartisan Veterans group that also went to the Democratic Convention.

[@b33thr33kay]

@@kkpenney444 Oh, I didn't mean to imply that either of them are affiliated with the RNC, just that the circumstance sounds funny, considering that John Oliver (I would hazard a guess) is definitely not a republican. Thanks for the info nonetheless!

[@BraceDeville]

Great interview. John is a proper Liverpool supporter. He would defo choose the big win over the Emmy.

[@veritysmart]

Like him even more now I know he’s a Liverpool supporter 🙌 ⚽️

[@erictheisen3203]

Amazing!!

[@ultimate-venom-games]

I love Last Week Tonight. I made a Playlist of over 300 episodes that I have watched over a dozen times. I wish I was smart and funny enough to be his successor when he eventually retires, which hopefully won't be for at least 2 more decades.

[@James-zl9jb]

I love this interview as there is no competition to be funny.

[@mho...]

the whole LastWeekTonight idea of taking one topic & diving deep into it, has been my favorite format for "show&tell TV" since i first saw *"Quarks&co with Ranga Yogeshwar"* (1993) here in germany when i was a little kid! its a purely science program, but has exactly the same format as lwt! taking on topics, we always encounter in our lifes, but never really think deeply about, great stuff!

[@f.eugenedunnamiii9452]

I've heard the civil war reenactment story before, but have never seen the clip. That's way funnier than I thought it was likely to be.

[@jschuler53]

@f.eugene. yeah we have them in parks around the 4th of July, Do Dah days...Steven Foster and the Civil war people. I don't get it but they seem to enjoy it.

[@BIGSCREENQUIZ]

1:09 let’s talk about the theme from the iconic Dave Allen Show

[@wgb01001]

Could tell that interview was done at Carragher’s! YNWA

[@LancerX916]

John and his wife met while she was hiding him and his crew from the RNC security that wanted to kick him out of the convention center. She was there with a veteran's group. I wonder how she leans politically now being married to John.

[@kkpenney444]

He's said that the group she was with were non-partisan and went to the Democratic Convention, too.

[@user-pl3nt2iy4g]

Thank you. Love him

[@cloud__99]

Would be so great if Jon brought him back as a correspondent one more time this year

[@sogalstar]

Com'On Liverpool!!!

[@peterbreis5407]

Unusually intelligent for any American media.

[@SPEEDNOTPOWER]

All his writers are American and his style is johns and the daily shows... Calm all the way down😂😂😂

[@smi2le4ever]

Every 16 of those Emmys better be at the studio with John and the team that earned them!

[@no1hereisahuman]

To be able to cut the leash and let run both colbert and oliver and yet to come back himself...what a huge change Stewart, Colbert, and Oliver could inflict upon us. I welcome it all!

[@jschuler53]

@no1hereisahuman. When I first started watching the Daily Show, I felt, finally, I am not only and it made me laugh so much. I remember Colbert was so funny I thought that guy has a big future. I don't remember Jon Oliver that much but Stewart knows how to pick them. I've been watching religiously ever since. they make contentious things in life make sense to me. I like Oliver's sometimes obscure topics always turn into a bigger thing that affects us all and ends with possible solutions. It's like a funny mini dissertation. I recently heard that although Oliver's show is on Hulu, he's made it available on KZbin. That's a very cool thing he did bc we can't all afford the different streaming services. His piece on Corn was actually really interesting. When I saw and heard, tonight let's talk about Corn, I rolled my eyes but had faith it would all come together in some new info on some problem we need to fix. That's a shining light. With laughs as well.

[@ben-tendo]

Oliver should do a cameo as a reporter for Stewart on the Daily Show now he’s also back.

[@imwatchingyou439]

John Oliver is brilliant

[@lucioussmoothy]

One of my favorites

[@ElectroCurmudgeon]

luuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuv John Oliver.

[@jvissers3086]

John is, sadly, the closest thing to popular journalism in America. Not his fault he's excellent and entertaining, though.

[@kennethmardis2132]

Oliver is the best

[@user-be9rq1vn9y]

I love Everything about John Oliver🙋🏿‍♀💕

[@erikcareswell6768]

I liked how you claimed he 'earned' those Emmys... cuz he absoLUTELY did! What a talent.. I just wish I could watch it more frequently.

[@tedbuck1094]

looking good Willie

[@CalamityCannon]

"Sunday Today" and "Last Week Tonight" is a lovely name pairing

[@cameronroberts4296]

How do you plug it multiple times without posting the time it airs.

[@wZem]

Americans never fail to mispronounce 'Premier League"

[@tommyt1971]

John, you were spawned by the gods of comedy and now your the biggest and funniest provocateur out there. DO NOT stop what you’re doing Sir.

[@paulawilder8368]

It baffles me how anyone could not love John Oliver

[@heatherkempf9897]

John Oliver is a treasure to comedy and excellent reporting.

[@TheNaturalust]

Oliver is a national treasure who we completely adopt, no strings attached.

[@fluffyeleazar2286]

John Oliver is my nerdy crush. I just find him so attractive. 💙

[@ampm24-7arts]

love love love love ~ john also love willie so this is a great interview

[@jcarle1001]

Mr Nutterbutter is still telling Bob to eat 💩

[@rileycrow6747]

John Oliver is an international treasure we must protect him at all costs

[@steven.h0629]

Wow.. Great piece 👍😎✊

[@drstevej2527]

It’s entertainment not policy analysis. Take it for what it is! It’s not a substitute for actual research.

[@geoffreymartinez7208]

They actually do a lot of research for the show. If you follow regularly...

[@spaceo8568]

John should cameo at least once while John is back at the desk. Just once. Feed the masses, John, feed the masses.

[@TCA17]

The sparkle in the eye when he learned about Jon, what a beauty

[@DrNancyLivingCoCreatively]

John is brilliant. He gets what we miss. 💋

[@HelgaCavoli]

John Oliver is the best! ♥️♥️

[@null090909]

6:46 Famous last words

[@Arcadiabeckons]

Shame the cameras didn't keep rolling and capture the conclusion of that match. From a Liverpool fan perspective, one of the greatest fixtures of this season!! YNWA

[@johnsieverssr8288]

Love John Oliver

[@artoffderidikulous3009]

Well he covers topics that are both in, and that should be in the news, better than any of the so-called news organizations in the country.

[@parkour267]

It premiers tonight, or last week tonight? Now im confused. Did i miss it

[@electricfootballhero1349]

3:55 that's Richard Ayoade from The IT Crowd, Gadget Man, The Mighty Boosh, and Thy Crystal Maze.

[@Tonyhouse1168]

Richard Ayoade from The Watch and 8 out of 10 cats does countdown?

[@hrmkdwl]

The last supreme court piece is phenomenal! Johns are legends!

[@htklun]

You didn’t ask Oliver how he feels about Klopp leaving?!?!?!?!

[@jerrypolverino6025]

❤❤❤John❤❤❤

[@lokipokey]

How you've got away with it is that you are so dang funny!

[@DanTheMagic8Ball]

It's wild how his show can win Emmys year after year and yet most of the stuff he talks about continue to be ignored and become worse.

[@jazzchristineart]

The smart people and those who are capable to critically think, Find you a fresh breath of air.

[@clarksbrother]

The selection of music on the B-Roll and the volume of it is... woof... editor, please take another crack at this.

[@chrissager179]

Modern day legend.

[@user-ik7uw7gh7e]

GOALLLL

[@Phoenix-nl2ut]

John is proof that you just have to be funny to have an amazing lady marry you.

[@_nom_]

Um

[@duran9664]

⭕️u realize that Oliver is a good & intelligent person the moment u know he is a Liverpool supporter⭕️ROLL TIDE⭕️ I mean, YNWA🩸

[@olavbjortomt1596]

I think you left out the being "a regular fixture on nationally broadcast television amplifying it" part

[@davdhartung9817]

Dave Allen at large music early in show.

[@sintil8]

Are the new Alabama citizens to be counted in the census to determine voting districts? Shirley Hugest

[@CDCI3]

0:30 vs 0:35 lol John looks good 30 years older while his wife looks exactly the same

[@LuxLisbon26]

How can you talk to John Oliver about Liverpool and not ask him how he feels about Jurgen leaving?!?? I need to go wallow with John 😢