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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver - returns Feb 12th 2017
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I can only assume he meant he didn't like the advertisements FOR the show.
TheAbsolution
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For the HBOGO users (Like me) out there, HBO says tommorow. https://twitter.com/HBOGO/status/460606949550456833
Yea, my Sunday nights are Monday nights
Show is interesting without commercial breaks as segways. I guess the "and now this" stuff kinda serves that purpose.
Set feels empty too, and the lighting was very orange. Stuff like that will be tweaked so it's not a huge deal.
Otherwise, felt pretty much like the daily show. Should be interesting to see how it evolves and gets its groove. Reminds me of the first week of Colbert report. Stuff changed very quickly.
Set feels empty too, and the lighting was very orange. Stuff like that will be tweaked so it's not a huge deal.
Otherwise, felt pretty much like the daily show. Should be interesting to see how it evolves and gets its groove. Reminds me of the first week of Colbert report. Stuff changed very quickly.
NYCmetsfan
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Ugh... I was looking forward to watching this before falling asleep. I have so much stuff to watch sunday I need to use HBOgo.
At least Game of Thrones was good.
Avon Barksdale
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It's basically The Daily Show with a better set, which isn't a bad thing.
firehawk12
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It's like The Daily Show without the bullshit celebrity interviews. lol
Good start, I approve. It seems like they're serious about doing some deeper dives into less talked about topics, like the Indian elections and the POM v. Coca-Cola case. That'll help differentiate itself from TDS and Colbert Report, and of course it makes sense given it's a weekly show.
I was dismayed to see no end credits. Umm, the staff and crew deserve a mention.
I was dismayed to see no end credits. Umm, the staff and crew deserve a mention.
NotTheGuyYouKill
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I wanna watch this. Love Oliver.
dead souls
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I knew it would rule and it did. Fucking fantastic.
bodyboarder
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Depends on your tolerance of piracy.
I'm not sure it's been explicitly stated. I think it's basically every week, although probably with occasional breaks for holidays or during those weeks HBO doesn't have other new programming. I've definitely seen nothing suggested it's some 13 episode deal or anything like that.
But this was revealed in the THR cover story about the show:
Steelyuhas
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I thought it was great, really funny. It did feel really packed into 30 minutes though, could use a little room to breathe.
FantasticMrFoxdie
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This was surprisingly great. Already excited for the next episode
Autumn Wind
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I almost went to bed and missed it... almost. I tuned in and did not regret it. It was just like when Oliver hosted the Daily Show. I look forward to next week.
Zvonimir Boban
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First thing I thought reading through the thread as well, The Bugle is great and everyone should listen to it.
Now to find a way to watch this in the UK.
It's starting on Sky Atlantic soon.
Cornballer
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That was good. I cannot complain about more TDS/CR type shows from genuinely funny people.
The Technomancer
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Just saw it on YouTube, thought it was pretty great. The once a week format and the HBO budget looks like its going to let them do some really fun stuff
NYCmetsfan
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enjoyed it. Hope it branches out from the daily show mold when they find things they like. Its almost more like a weekly update than the daily show though. I forget how the correspondents spice it up even when theyre not always hits
I enjoy the unbleeped curses. The bleeping makes it sound cartoonish but when you here Bullshit you get the anger across so much better
I enjoy the unbleeped curses. The bleeping makes it sound cartoonish but when you here Bullshit you get the anger across so much better
Cornballer
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.Joe Adalian said:
SlowRevolution
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Great first episode.
Ludicrous Speed
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I enjoyed the first 15 minutes or so, but had to turn it off. It comes on way too late for me. I'll probably continue to watch this on HBO Go in the future.
ReturnOfTheRAT
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^ Edit:I just watched this on YouTube.
That was very good. There's one thing that they need to work on is the pacing in the beginning. It's like they were shot out of a cannon for the first part there. The beginning needs better definition, something that was oddly enough corrected in the second half of the show.
That was very good. There's one thing that they need to work on is the pacing in the beginning. It's like they were shot out of a cannon for the first part there. The beginning needs better definition, something that was oddly enough corrected in the second half of the show.
- The intro leads into the week recap segment, which ends with the Lisa Loeb music video.
- The segment on the Indian Elections should have it's own title card. Instead is just kind of rolls into the segment that came before it.
- A title card (with voiceover) introduces McCain's traveling comedy show.
- When that's over, it John introduces the marketing issue.
- A title card (with voiceover) introduces the Workplace of the week segment.
- Finally, the interview with the general gets an intro from John.
I'm surprised there is such a lag time in getting it posted to HBO Go. Most other shows are within 10-15 mins at this point, right? Looking forward to watching it tonight!
Disappointed it's only 30 mins long. In theory it reminds me of Totally Biased when it was a once a week show. Man, it was so good.. shame it flamed out so spectacularly after they switched it to nightly.
Disappointed it's only 30 mins long. In theory it reminds me of Totally Biased when it was a once a week show. Man, it was so good.. shame it flamed out so spectacularly after they switched it to nightly.
Real Time usually takes around 24 hours (sometimes less, sometimes more) to post on HBOGO.
Ninja Scooter
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It's very clearly a rip on Daily Show, but I didn't mind that. If they continue to cover more international type stories (like the one on the India elections) that DS might not then I think it will have it's place.
Yeah I like the international slant, it's like it's the BBC version of the daily show.
I've never heard of that before but just from reading about it, LWT is much closer to the Daily Show formula.
for real.
TheAbsolution
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Absolutely agreed.
Although I was half expecting him to make a joke about going to commercial then realizing he was on HBO.
Yeah...You're right, it is a lot like TDS. But it's funny and I like John Oliver, so that's fine. I think that Bill Maher might be more like Mock the Week.
HP_Wuvcraft
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Fantastic first episode.
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