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John Oliver

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The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

No, those are unfrozen cavemen moving from place to place. We estimate that there are perhaps 20,000 prehistoric hunter-gatherers frozen up in those glaciers. Now, if they simply thaw and wander around, it's not a problem. But if they find a leader, a Captain Caveman, if you will, we will be facing an even more serious problem.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

No, those are unfrozen cavemen moving from place to place. We estimate that there are perhaps 20,000 prehistoric hunter-gatherers frozen up in those glaciers. Now, if they simply thaw and wander around, it's not a problem. But if they find a leader, a Captain Caveman, if you will, we will be facing an even more serious problem.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Potentially organized, yes. And all because you didn't buy a hybrid car this year.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Potentially organized, yes. And all because you didn't buy a hybrid car this year.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

I'm sorry. A what?

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

I'm sorry. A what?

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Yeah, I don't think a butterfly could actually do that. Maybe a gigantic butterfly, like some kind of mothra-type creature, but that's a very different problem, and I want to assure you people that the mothra problem is something we have completely under control.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Yeah, I don't think a butterfly could actually do that. Maybe a gigantic butterfly, like some kind of mothra-type creature, but that's a very different problem, and I want to assure you people that the mothra problem is something we have completely under control.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Well, this administration feels that the areas of the nation they're most concerned about, Houston, Sun Valley, Scottsdale, they'll all be just fine. Of course, Manhattan will be more or less a swim-up bar for Long Island and New Jersey, but basically that's what it is now anyway, so...

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Well, this administration feels that the areas of the nation they're most concerned about, Houston, Sun Valley, Scottsdale, they'll all be just fine. Of course, Manhattan will be more or less a swim-up bar for Long Island and New Jersey, but basically that's what it is now anyway, so...

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Well, the president's position is the answer isn't regulation, but American ingenuity.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Well, the president's position is the answer isn't regulation, but American ingenuity.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

No, no, no. This administration is very proactive. Using genetic testing, they've already isolated two young children whom they think have the best chance of solving the global warming crisis. LAUGHTER Most likely through some kind of anti-global warming machine. An aerosol spray of some kind. Or a gel. Anyway, to keep them safe, they've been placed in a raft on stilts.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

No, no, no. This administration is very proactive. Using genetic testing, they've already isolated two young children whom they think have the best chance of solving the global warming crisis. LAUGHTER Most likely through some kind of anti-global warming machine. An aerosol spray of some kind. Or a gel. Anyway, to keep them safe, they've been placed in a raft on stilts.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Given some science books, but no television. And they can't get off until one of them cracks this nut.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Given some science books, but no television. And they can't get off until one of them cracks this nut.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Oh, my money's on the kid with the bigger head. Between you and me, I think that other one is... unfrozen caveman food.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Oh, my money's on the kid with the bigger head. Between you and me, I think that other one is... unfrozen caveman food.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Oh, not at all, John. It's my privilege to be here. My executive privilege. I still got it. John, what a... What is executive privilege? Executive privilege is a special right of privacy asserted by presidents when they don't want you to hear about something bad they did.

The Daily Show: Ears Edition
TDS Time Machine: Resident Expert John Hodgman

Oh, not at all, John. It's my privilege to be here. My executive privilege. I still got it. John, what a... What is executive privilege? Executive privilege is a special right of privacy asserted by presidents when they don't want you to hear about something bad they did.