John Oliver

Okay.

Okay.

Got it.

The show and structuring the show.

It's a vacation.

So exactly.

It's a vacation.

It's to...

it's trying to think about jokes in the standup form, which, you know, it is different, right?

There are things that you, jokes you would love on The Daily Show that you know would not work.

And similarly, standup jokes that wouldn't work in the form of The Daily Show.

So,

Yeah, it's really just about trying to keep my love for stand-up alive, despite the fact I don't get to do it enough.

Yeah.

I did it a whole bunch during the strike, just because it was the best way to... Oh, yeah, there was like, now you're off the show and now you can go out there and you can do something.

Yeah, so I just scrambled a whole bunch of dates and did a lot.

That was the most I've done it.

So for a few months, I was out constantly because it felt like it was the only way that I could help the staff pay, but also just the only way that it was going to stop my head from exploding.

Are your kids funny?

Yes, they are, thank goodness God, that would be hard