John Oliver
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Podcast Appearances
So they say, put yourself on tape.
Who said this to you?
They were looking for a correspondent from the world, right?
For the first time, not from America, from outside of the borders of this land.
And so there were a bunch of people in London.
As a British person, I'd love to criticize, but, you know, game recognize game.
You know, India.
Yeah, so a bunch, I think a bunch of English comedians have been asked to put themselves on tape.
So I think I'm never going to hear from them again.
Then they say, oh, they want to meet you.
So I think, fine.
I've never been to New York before.
This will be my free trip to New York for 36 hours.
So I flew over here.
stayed in Midtown, went to Applebee's for a meal, thought this must be like a quintessential American diner, Applebee's.
You're just ticking all the boxes.
And then?
So then, yeah, I went to the building, like auditioned for Jon.
It wasn't on in England, but I knew of him.
It was very much the gold standard for me of what –