he’s only on the air for 30 minutes a
week but he’s produced enough funny and
memorable content that we need to do a
second list welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
another top 10 john oliver moments on
last week tonight
i’m on my way to flavortown that’s a
dusty road to flavortown right there
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UK for even more bloody brilliant
content for this list we’re looking at
both the entertainment value and the
cultural impact of the peace segment or
joke excluding moments that were in our
original video number 10 government
agency mascots showing American
audiences interesting and quirky
government initiatives from around the
world is something Oliver both excels at
and genuinely seems to enjoy sometimes
though he takes things a step further as
he did in this short segment from season
2 after mentioning a few of the
countless publicly funded mascots that
Japan employs in various towns cities
utilities and even prisons Oliver
brought the concept home
[Music]
he presented a bunch of hypothetical
mascots representing US government
agencies such as an owl for the NSA an
Illuminati pyramid for the Department of
the Treasury and of course actor Bob
Balaban representing the ATF number nine
the state of journalism John Oliver may
have said that he’s not a journalist but
he sure does care about the work that
journalists do he’d already taken a
harsh look at the war between
advertising and news back in season one
then in season three he devoted a
segment to how corporate desire for
clickbait stories was killing the
viability and integrity of local news
what better way to win the trust of your
readers than posting first underneath
your own article this gave him a chance
to poke fun at how clueless some
conglomerates were especially when it
came to selecting their name the bit
culminated in a parody of the
oscar-winning film spotlight imagining
it being set in the current journalism
landscape I think we could prove that
they news
[Music]
yeah I’m just not sure what can I clicks
we’re gonna get on that number eight
Alex Jones John Oliver knows how to
accept a challenge when he poked fun at
infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
as part of a segment on media figures
that President Trump listens to Jones
dared him to dig deeper and present a
more rounded picture and that is exactly
what Oliver did the Alex Jones has
repeatedly used his show to fuel
speculation that the Sandy Hook massacre
was staged by the government which has
been deeply hurtful for the parents of
those children over the years the
comedian devoted an entire segment to
Jones highlighting the fact that most of
his Infowars show is actually about
selling his own line of overpriced
products with dubious health benefits
coming for you they’re coming for all of
us but first McGillicuddy’s oatmeal
Oliver even brought out his own fake
doctor to endorse fake products further
mocking Jones questionable credentials
sometimes Alex you get what you asked
for
number seven fifteen million dollar
medical debt pay off John Oliver isn’t
afraid to put his money more at least
HBO’s money where his mouth is to cap
off a segment on predatory debt buyers
and the need for regulation he announced
that he had formed a debt buying company
and bought fifteen million dollars worth
of people’s medical debt allowing him to
legally demand the full amount owed
instead he decided to forgive all of it
with the push of a big red button this
sixty thousand dollar purchase ended up
beating and almost doubling Oprah’s
record for as Oliver put it the largest
one-time giveaway in TV history more
importantly it bought much-needed relief
for many people
[Applause]
number six North Korea while last week
tonight may be famous for in depth takes
on domestic issues oliver proved that he
can also explain and poke fun at
hot-button international topics when he
devoted a 2017 main story to escalating
tensions between the u.s. and North
Korea fight news good boy
he started with president Trump’s war of
words with Kim jong-un and then moved on
to talk about North Korean culture and
life in the dictatorship along the way
we learned of the North Korean love of
the accordion so Oliver invited the most
famous accordion player in America none
other than Weird Al Yankovic to close
out the segment with a song number 5
Dali Lama
John Oliver doesn’t do interviews that
often but when he does he usually speaks
with someone quite noteworthy we’re
talking Dalai Lama level noteworthy or
in this case the actual Dalai Lama after
explaining the Tibetan spiritual leaders
role and the problems China is causing
with his succession
Oliver played the interview he had
conducted with the prominent Buddhists
in exile in India you don’t to me look
like an evil wolf the pair touched on
serious topics like Tibetans
self-immolating in protest of China and
the possibility of the current Dalai
Lama being the last before Oliver
lighten the mood by presenting his
guests with a calculator watch Roosevelt
might have given you a fancy watch but
that is water-resistant wonderful thank
you number four we got him
even at his most ridiculous Oliver can
be quite serious in what is becoming a
recurring bit he uses the comedy trope
of an over-the-top though premature
celebration to declare we got him when
he catches President Trump in a lie
after the marching band or basketball
dunking Tiger come out he tells them to
stop because Trump is still president
thanks for coming in I’m sorry he’s
great so I’m sorry guys that was great
though but thanks very much he is still
president so this helps Oliver make the
point that the benchmarks for what will
end a political career keep moving
and what would have tanked a presidency
months ago won’t any more number three
net neutrality focus your indiscriminate
range in a useful direction not only can
John Oliver mobilize his fans he’s also
pretty good at getting those who don’t
like him to take action provided they
have a common interest he proved this
twice both times with a hilarious and
informative defense of net neutrality
after comparing putting lobbyists in
charge of regulation to hiring a dingo
babysitter he challenged everyone to
comment against a two-tier Internet it’s
almost as if they’ve agreed to stay out
of each other’s way like drug cartels
then in a 2017 follow up he mocked FCC
Commissioner Ajit PI’s jumbo coffee mug
and plugged the URL that took people
directly to the FCC comment page
Instagram models tom from myspace if
you’re still alive we need all of you
even and I cannot believe I’m saying
this Donald Trump’s internet fans on
sites like 4chan and reddit both times
the FCC website crashed number two Cole
we all figure John Oliver would be sued
one of these days
Oliver though knew exactly what bit was
likely to prompt legal action and share
the info with the audience during this
segment when talking about the bleak
future for coal mining jobs in America
he brought up a cease and desist letter
the show had received from Murray
Energy’s lawyers and went on to talk
about the company CEO Robert Murray
anyway so I have to proceed with caution
I’m not going to say for instance that
Bob Murray looks like a geriatric doctor
evil within days Murray’s lawyers
launched a defamation suit against
Oliver and HBO apparently the segment
squirrel mascot mr. Nutter Butter was
not named as a co-defendant before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions daily field trips
how’s that even possible
surely by day ten you’ve run out of
ideas and they’re taking kids to
Marshall’s to return a belt we’re all
going to miss those horny little lizards
[Music]
but let’s remember they died doing what
they loved I’m a professional cowboy and
I use catheters been cowboy in for 25
years and there’s two things I know I
don’t like pain when I can and
healthcare is a complicated business
everybody knows that literally everybody
number one prison this early Oliver
segment really set the tone for quite a
few long-form reports to follow it took
a serious subject in this case the
staggeringly high rate of incarceration
in the u.s. bolstered by the private
for-profit prison system and explored it
with cold hard facts examples of the
human side of the story and of course
the hosts unique wit 50 deaths at this
point you could hire the people who
pretend to be doctors on Grey’s Anatomy
and you would probably have a lower
mortality rate Oliver close the segment
by calling back the fact that Sesame
Street was now talking about prison
before interacting and singing with his
own version of Muppets about the topic
prison population is bigger than
Slovenia informative insightful and
funny this bit is Oliver at his finest
do you agree with our pics check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
week but he’s produced enough funny and
memorable content that we need to do a
second list welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’re counting down our picks for
another top 10 john oliver moments on
last week tonight
i’m on my way to flavortown that’s a
dusty road to flavortown right there
buddy this is like a freight train to
flavortown dude looking for WatchMojo
videos with the British twist well pack
your bags and take a trip to WatchMojo
UK for even more bloody brilliant
content for this list we’re looking at
both the entertainment value and the
cultural impact of the peace segment or
joke excluding moments that were in our
original video number 10 government
agency mascots showing American
audiences interesting and quirky
government initiatives from around the
world is something Oliver both excels at
and genuinely seems to enjoy sometimes
though he takes things a step further as
he did in this short segment from season
2 after mentioning a few of the
countless publicly funded mascots that
Japan employs in various towns cities
utilities and even prisons Oliver
brought the concept home
[Music]
he presented a bunch of hypothetical
mascots representing US government
agencies such as an owl for the NSA an
Illuminati pyramid for the Department of
the Treasury and of course actor Bob
Balaban representing the ATF number nine
the state of journalism John Oliver may
have said that he’s not a journalist but
he sure does care about the work that
journalists do he’d already taken a
harsh look at the war between
advertising and news back in season one
then in season three he devoted a
segment to how corporate desire for
clickbait stories was killing the
viability and integrity of local news
what better way to win the trust of your
readers than posting first underneath
your own article this gave him a chance
to poke fun at how clueless some
conglomerates were especially when it
came to selecting their name the bit
culminated in a parody of the
oscar-winning film spotlight imagining
it being set in the current journalism
landscape I think we could prove that
they news
[Music]
yeah I’m just not sure what can I clicks
we’re gonna get on that number eight
Alex Jones John Oliver knows how to
accept a challenge when he poked fun at
infamous conspiracy theorist Alex Jones
as part of a segment on media figures
that President Trump listens to Jones
dared him to dig deeper and present a
more rounded picture and that is exactly
what Oliver did the Alex Jones has
repeatedly used his show to fuel
speculation that the Sandy Hook massacre
was staged by the government which has
been deeply hurtful for the parents of
those children over the years the
comedian devoted an entire segment to
Jones highlighting the fact that most of
his Infowars show is actually about
selling his own line of overpriced
products with dubious health benefits
coming for you they’re coming for all of
us but first McGillicuddy’s oatmeal
Oliver even brought out his own fake
doctor to endorse fake products further
mocking Jones questionable credentials
sometimes Alex you get what you asked
for
number seven fifteen million dollar
medical debt pay off John Oliver isn’t
afraid to put his money more at least
HBO’s money where his mouth is to cap
off a segment on predatory debt buyers
and the need for regulation he announced
that he had formed a debt buying company
and bought fifteen million dollars worth
of people’s medical debt allowing him to
legally demand the full amount owed
instead he decided to forgive all of it
with the push of a big red button this
sixty thousand dollar purchase ended up
beating and almost doubling Oprah’s
record for as Oliver put it the largest
one-time giveaway in TV history more
importantly it bought much-needed relief
for many people
[Applause]
number six North Korea while last week
tonight may be famous for in depth takes
on domestic issues oliver proved that he
can also explain and poke fun at
hot-button international topics when he
devoted a 2017 main story to escalating
tensions between the u.s. and North
Korea fight news good boy
he started with president Trump’s war of
words with Kim jong-un and then moved on
to talk about North Korean culture and
life in the dictatorship along the way
we learned of the North Korean love of
the accordion so Oliver invited the most
famous accordion player in America none
other than Weird Al Yankovic to close
out the segment with a song number 5
Dali Lama
John Oliver doesn’t do interviews that
often but when he does he usually speaks
with someone quite noteworthy we’re
talking Dalai Lama level noteworthy or
in this case the actual Dalai Lama after
explaining the Tibetan spiritual leaders
role and the problems China is causing
with his succession
Oliver played the interview he had
conducted with the prominent Buddhists
in exile in India you don’t to me look
like an evil wolf the pair touched on
serious topics like Tibetans
self-immolating in protest of China and
the possibility of the current Dalai
Lama being the last before Oliver
lighten the mood by presenting his
guests with a calculator watch Roosevelt
might have given you a fancy watch but
that is water-resistant wonderful thank
you number four we got him
even at his most ridiculous Oliver can
be quite serious in what is becoming a
recurring bit he uses the comedy trope
of an over-the-top though premature
celebration to declare we got him when
he catches President Trump in a lie
after the marching band or basketball
dunking Tiger come out he tells them to
stop because Trump is still president
thanks for coming in I’m sorry he’s
great so I’m sorry guys that was great
though but thanks very much he is still
president so this helps Oliver make the
point that the benchmarks for what will
end a political career keep moving
and what would have tanked a presidency
months ago won’t any more number three
net neutrality focus your indiscriminate
range in a useful direction not only can
John Oliver mobilize his fans he’s also
pretty good at getting those who don’t
like him to take action provided they
have a common interest he proved this
twice both times with a hilarious and
informative defense of net neutrality
after comparing putting lobbyists in
charge of regulation to hiring a dingo
babysitter he challenged everyone to
comment against a two-tier Internet it’s
almost as if they’ve agreed to stay out
of each other’s way like drug cartels
then in a 2017 follow up he mocked FCC
Commissioner Ajit PI’s jumbo coffee mug
and plugged the URL that took people
directly to the FCC comment page
Instagram models tom from myspace if
you’re still alive we need all of you
even and I cannot believe I’m saying
this Donald Trump’s internet fans on
sites like 4chan and reddit both times
the FCC website crashed number two Cole
we all figure John Oliver would be sued
one of these days
Oliver though knew exactly what bit was
likely to prompt legal action and share
the info with the audience during this
segment when talking about the bleak
future for coal mining jobs in America
he brought up a cease and desist letter
the show had received from Murray
Energy’s lawyers and went on to talk
about the company CEO Robert Murray
anyway so I have to proceed with caution
I’m not going to say for instance that
Bob Murray looks like a geriatric doctor
evil within days Murray’s lawyers
launched a defamation suit against
Oliver and HBO apparently the segment
squirrel mascot mr. Nutter Butter was
not named as a co-defendant before we
unveil our number one pick here are some
honorable mentions daily field trips
how’s that even possible
surely by day ten you’ve run out of
ideas and they’re taking kids to
Marshall’s to return a belt we’re all
going to miss those horny little lizards
[Music]
but let’s remember they died doing what
they loved I’m a professional cowboy and
I use catheters been cowboy in for 25
years and there’s two things I know I
don’t like pain when I can and
healthcare is a complicated business
everybody knows that literally everybody
number one prison this early Oliver
segment really set the tone for quite a
few long-form reports to follow it took
a serious subject in this case the
staggeringly high rate of incarceration
in the u.s. bolstered by the private
for-profit prison system and explored it
with cold hard facts examples of the
human side of the story and of course
the hosts unique wit 50 deaths at this
point you could hire the people who
pretend to be doctors on Grey’s Anatomy
and you would probably have a lower
mortality rate Oliver close the segment
by calling back the fact that Sesame
Street was now talking about prison
before interacting and singing with his
own version of Muppets about the topic
prison population is bigger than
Slovenia informative insightful and
funny this bit is Oliver at his finest
do you agree with our pics check out
these other great clips from WatchMojo
and subscribe for new videos every day
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