John Oliver
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I think that's probably true.
Yeah, and so I think the outsider perspective in comedy always works. The thing with being an immigrant here is you kind of have to learn the exact ways that your outsider perspective can translate. So you kind of have to learn, basically, how that can work. And once it does, you're fine. But until that point, it does feel a little bit like uncharted waters.
Yeah, and so I think the outsider perspective in comedy always works. The thing with being an immigrant here is you kind of have to learn the exact ways that your outsider perspective can translate. So you kind of have to learn, basically, how that can work. And once it does, you're fine. But until that point, it does feel a little bit like uncharted waters.
Exactly.
Exactly.
Tell us something else. If we know nothing else about ourselves, it's that we have guns to a genuinely problematic extent. That is not a fresh insight. Yeah. We genuinely know. Yes, exactly.
Tell us something else. If we know nothing else about ourselves, it's that we have guns to a genuinely problematic extent. That is not a fresh insight. Yeah. We genuinely know. Yes, exactly.
I'm so glad. My incredibly insightful advice of wait 24 months worked.
I'm so glad. My incredibly insightful advice of wait 24 months worked.
I still can't believe it. I just deep down didn't want to hear from you again for two years. That's all it was.
I still can't believe it. I just deep down didn't want to hear from you again for two years. That's all it was.
Oh, no, there wasn't those things.
Oh, no, there wasn't those things.
I think you're now attacking the entire population of TikTok for trying.
I think you're now attacking the entire population of TikTok for trying.
It's a very stylish mustard steak. Yeah, did you guys get fancy suits when you... No, we got no suits. I cannot... We were not given any... I'd never owned a suit. Check out this boomer. Coming on a daily show, telling us how good we have it. We didn't have a desk. We didn't have cameras. I had to go to a place to buy a suit. And doing filpies, you wreck them all the time.
It's a very stylish mustard steak. Yeah, did you guys get fancy suits when you... No, we got no suits. I cannot... We were not given any... I'd never owned a suit. Check out this boomer. Coming on a daily show, telling us how good we have it. We didn't have a desk. We didn't have cameras. I had to go to a place to buy a suit. And doing filpies, you wreck them all the time.
For years here, there's nothing that made ex-correspondents more angry than hearing that we got free suits when we did. LAUGHTER And, yeah, that was the thing that bothered them the most. It was, no, no, you should have to go into the hole every year just to get a presentable suit. Now, look at you. You're all spiffy. Did the show pay for that? Yeah, the show did. Oh, f*** this. Monograms?
For years here, there's nothing that made ex-correspondents more angry than hearing that we got free suits when we did. LAUGHTER And, yeah, that was the thing that bothered them the most. It was, no, no, you should have to go into the hole every year just to get a presentable suit. Now, look at you. You're all spiffy. Did the show pay for that? Yeah, the show did. Oh, f*** this. Monograms?
They... You get monogrammed shirts now? Yeah, well, you know... Comedy Central has changed.