John Oliver

You're treating me with respect.

Oh, you're treating me like the old guy.

I'm done.

He said he went back to his wife that night and went, this is my last year.

I've got to be done.

And he said he was lucky that he had enough money so that he didn't need to play beyond the point that was that natural end, which I think, again, is not the case with lots of athletes, which is, oh, I'll need to do three more because I need the money.

So it must be incredibly difficult.

So could you see yourself doing anything else?

Oh, I didn't want to do anything else.

It goes back to that springboard thing with the daily show.

This is my favorite thing.

It's so much fun.

Because it's the best kind of trouble.

It's the trouble that I love so much, and you're doing it collectively, so you're all in trouble together.

It's so fun.

And it was a real relief during the pandemic.

How did you feel during the pandemic?

I, it was really difficult, like just doing a show at home, keeping everyone employed and like performing jokes to silence.

But I worry a lot about what, where my head would have gone without it.

I feel for the standups who all of a sudden, like, I don't know when you can do this again.