John Oliver
John William Oliver is a British and American comedian and television personality. He hosts Last Week Tonight with John Oliver on HBO and started his career as a stand-up comedian in the United Kingdom and came to wider attention for his work in the United States as the senior British correspondent on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart from 2006 to 2013. Oliver won three Primetime Emmy Awards for writing for The Daily Show and became its guest host for an eight-week period in 2013.
Background
- Born in
- Vancouver
- Educated at
- McGill UniversityUniversity of British ColumbiaSan Francisco Conservatory of Music
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Trending topics shown first"You might look at the Oreo Pizza and think, "That is a reprehensible foodstuff". I put it to you that that is the single most patriotic item I have ever seen in my life! Hoist that up a flagpole! ... …"
"It is hard to deal with what your ancestors did. Trust me, I'm British! One of our most famous tourist attractions is a castle where we executed people for centuries, and is now filled with stolen jew…"
"The knowing know that police reform, that abortion rights, that labor unions are important, but go no further: What is important, after all, is to signal that you know these things. What is important …"
"… we were in a situation where, in the event of us launching a nuclear strike, the President's command would theoretically have gone through a man gambling with fake poker chips, who would've then tri…"
"I started looking into these groups in America, campaigns groups who want to put stickers on the front of all school science text books saying that Evolution is only one possible theory of life on ear…"
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1927
Died
Death1959
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