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John in Entertainment Weekly AND Vanity Fair

blond_bear — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:21:28 GMT

In the TV section of this week's issue of EW there's a small feature/Q&A with John in support of his new show on Comedy Central...I've transcribed it for your reading pleasure :)

4 Things John Oliver has learned about the USA ~ Clark Collins

The British comedian's got a new hosting gig - John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show (January 8 at 11 pm on Comedy Central) - and a new green card, which he got "without having to marry Gerard Depardieu." But what has The Daily Show correspondent learned about his new home?

1. Americans heckle less than British audiences - "I think it's most likely the fact that they're just less drunk. Audiences in England also believe that stand-up is a dialogue. They haven't just come to listen to what you have to say, they have a few things they want to get off their chest too."

2. Americans love Independence Day too much - "It's strange being British on July 4. You think, 'Was this the best thing that could have happened to you?' They insist, 'Yes.' I'm not so sure."

3. Political conventions are great places to pick up women - "I actually met my girlfriend at the Republican National Convention. Yeah, the RNC is the most romantic place in the world. As well as the most suicide-inducing."

4. America is the best place for really bad movies - "Obviously The Love Guru [in which Oliver played 'Dick Pants'] was not a masterpiece. But my friends were thrilled that it won worst film of last year. It made their day."

Also if you haven't seen it yet...you must check out the Q&A John did with Vanity Fair...seriously funny: John Oliver Has Seen the Future, and There Will Be Rocket Boots.

Vote for The Bugle!

gina_r_snape — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:46:54 GMT

Hey everyone. The Bugle is up for a podcast award for Best Comedy

http://www.podcastawards.com/

Go and vote!

x-posted to thebugle and brave_handsome

Benefit for 826NYC on September 14

hostile17girl — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:25:36 GMT

If you have the ability to go to this, GO! It's for an excellent cause and the lineup is pretty top-notch.

Community

gina_r_snape — Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:58:54 GMT

If you act quickly (and live in the States), and have a Facebook account, you can watch the Pilot episode of Community after "becoming a fan."

John is adorable. The show is enjoyable.

http://apps.facebook.com/nbccommunity/?fb_page_id=76613428183&invited=1

Now REALLY look at this GQ motherfucker.

gleam_the_cube — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 23:12:05 GMT

The results of John's GQ shoot are now up on GQ's site. He's one of "six up-and-coming comedians" who "show why an airy wool suit is perfect all year round." Ooh la la! (There's a good little interview on the site worth checking out. He's not a Glenn Beck fan, surprisingly.) For those wondering, his hair's a little Colbert-esque.

Now, what I really want to know is if he got to keep the watch or not. That thing is probably worth a chunk of change.

John on San Fran Radio

jamethiel — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 00:20:05 GMT

Oh, burst my bubble--John's got a live-in girlfriend! For all those who speculated about the girl he was photographed with at the WGA awards (I think), you were right! Listen to this radio interview John gave in San Francisco on his recent cross-country tour for the scoop:

http://jumbodump.com/2009/06/03/john-oliver-radio-interview-3/

Well, I'm happy for him!

Look at this GQ motherfucker.

gleam_the_cube — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:20:53 GMT

As of right now, Mr. Oliver is 3rd in the Huffington Post's Sexiest Comedian poll, behind only Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. He is currently outranking Russel Brand by a wide margin (he's 9th), but we don't want to chance it so you should all go vote for him.

see John for free tomorrow night in NYC

jamethiel — Tue, 12 May 2009 10:17:12 GMT

For you lucky buggers who live in New York City!
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Join us at Pacific Standard in Park Slope for Topsham Pantsuit: a pleasant evening of comedy, book cases, and exotic beers.

With hosts RITCH DUNCAN and WILL HINES.

Pacific Standard
82 4th Ave (b/w St. Marks and Bergen)
8 pm, FREE
http://www.pacificstandardbrooklyn.com

NEXT SHOW WEDNESDAY, MAY 13TH

FEATURING:

JOHN OLIVER (The Daily Show)

MEGAN GANZ (The Onion)

ADIRA AMRAM (Musical Genius)

AND A CARTOON PRESENTATION FROM:

NEIL NUMBERMAN

John's Upcoming U.S. Tour Dates

jamethiel — Mon, 04 May 2009 23:10:40 GMT

This just up on Comedy Central Insider:

May 22 - Improv - West Palm Beach, FL (2 Shows)
May 23 - North Carolina State University - Raleigh, NC (1 Show)
May 24 - Punchline - Atlanta, GA (2 Shows)
May 25 - Zanies - Nashville, TN (1 Show)
May 26-27 - Comedy Works South - Greenwood Village, CO (2 Shows)
May 28-30 - Cobb's Comed Club - San Francisco, CA (5 Shows)

(http://ccinsider.comedycentral.com/2009/05/04/see-john-oliver-live/)

John on NBC Show

_lady_vanilla_ — Mon, 04 May 2009 21:55:37 GMT

Hey! The awesome gammaguilt mentioned this over at thebugle so I thought I'd post it here too. John has a part in a new NBC comedy Community. You can see him in a few clips on the link. =)

John in San Francisco @ end of May

jamethiel — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:09:57 GMT

Just found this: http://www.sfstandup.com/calendar/show.php?eventid=4559
John will be performing three shows, May 28, 29 and 30.

Filming a piece at CERN for TDS.

gammaguilt — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:46:16 GMT

Hello community to which I've never posted, and may have never even commented. If this post is out of line in some way, I implore those in charge to change it, or make me change it, or whatever would be appropriate.

Found this by total accident this morning: I wasn't even remotely looking for John Oliver news. I'm just kind of a science nerd who gets lots of science info sent her way every day. However, if his name is going to appear on my screen during this process, I will take notice!

http://stephatcern.blogspot.com/2009/04/lunch-with-john-oliver.html

photo that was included:
(if you go to the blog this one is also available in a super-huge size, but it would be a bit unwieldy to post here. however, I can imagine some would be interested in it.)

see that speck of a person sitting on the whatever-it-is scary looking industrial thingy? apparently that's John Oliver as well.

so that's pretty cool, huh? just guessing at the premise of the piece, it looks like it's going to be fun.

I am the embodiment of befuddlement!

gleam_the_cube — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 21:02:58 GMT

I hope you don't mind, but I'm going to unload a bunch of Daily Show screencaps from this week on you guys. It was a pretty good week, after all.

Bonus:

"Remember kids, only you can prevent extreme wildlife oxification."

video of John with Demetri Martin

jamethiel — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 23:49:22 GMT

Did anyone post this here yet?
Check it out!
This is video from the event at NYC Apple Store a month or two ago. De-lite!

John Oliver and Rory Albanese at Truman State University

queer_theory — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 13:52:02 GMT

I did a write-up of Saturday's show here at my LJ, but if you want to skip the TL;DR parts about my trip up there, here's the relevant bits about John and Rory...

A kid came out and read some announcements and then began to announce "the first comedian tonight." We didn't know there was a first comedian, but as soon as he said "two-time Emmy-winning producer," we knew... HOLY FUCK. IT'S RORY ALBANESE! And it was. And it was awesome.

He came out talking about food in the Midwest (which has an unnecessary covering of butter and/or cheese, no matter what it is). And apparently, someone told them that Kirksville was near Kansas City, which it really isn't. It is closer to St. Louis. They flew into Kansas City and had to rent a car to drive nearly four hours. They were looking through the book of cars at the rental place and ended up with a red Mustang, because they are boys. The woman behind the counter asked them if John would be driving, to which Rory said no immediately. "An Englishman driving a Mustang in the middle of Missouri? NO!"

What else... Oh! In the middle of his set, Rory saw a Japanese water beetle on the floor (he thought it was a ladybug). He stopped mid-sentence, bent down, and in the sweetest voice ever, squealed "Oh! A ladybug!" When someone pointed out that it was a Japanese water beetle and that they bite, he backed away really fast and then bowed to it. The rest of the time, he kept commenting on how he couldn't bring himself to kill the bug. At one point, he said that John should do it. "A Brit killing a beetle in America?" TEEHEE.

He told this fantastic story about being drunk in London and going to a McDonalds. He and his friends were being obnoxious - doing their best impressions of Englishmen. Rory had a pickle for a monocle and french fries shoved in his mouth to represent bad English teeth. When a woman came up to him and said that he was the reason Americans have a bad name overseas, he said, "This is McDonalds. We're on American soil."

God, he was fantastic. And he kept slipping into "The American" voice that he does on The Bugle. God, I love him.

John Oliver was up next. I have no pictures from any of this because I wanted to watch without distractions, but he looked like this...

Those are the clothes that he was wearing. His hair is longer now.

After giving us his Queen Mum "Helllooo," he asked, "Where the fuck are we?" It was a fair question.

I wish my memory was better - He did his Kenya joke. He talked about getting his medical for his green card. It was word for word what he said on The Bugle about it this week... but so much more charming and funny in person.

He also talked a bit about the drive he and Rory had taken. They had seen a sign in a front yard that just said "JESUS" on it. I don't think he'd ever seen anything like that before.

When he was talking about his green card and how much he likes it in the US (which is apparently a lot), he mentioned Daniel Kitson (who he just called "his friend Dan") giving him a teddy bear that had one of those recorded voice messages he could hear when he squeezed it. The message was something like "You are going to die alone in a dark room." During that, he also mentioned Demetri Martin, saying that he was the only friend he had in America when he first moved here and that, while Demetri is good at crosswords, you don't want him to be your sole emotional support.

At one point, he mentioned Australia. A guy in the back gave a "Woo hoo!" which surprised John. This guy was a researcher at the school and is Australian. John seemed so pleased to have this unexpected Aussie in the middle of nowhere... I think if he could have stopped the show for a few minutes and had a conversation, he would have. He practically did. It was adorable.

Have I mentioned yet that nearly everything John did was adorable? It really was. He is fantastic looking in person. Also, he kept looking at nivcharayahel and I during his act. I tried not to be too aware of how ridiculous I look when I laugh. It must not have been terrible, as he kept looking at me anyway.

What else? Ummm... He talked about guns. He mentioned he and Riggle and Albanese at the shooting range in Las Vegas ("When you pull the trigger, don't be afraid to yell 'Get some!'") and made some comment that lead much of the audience to applaud in a way that said YES WE OWN GUNS (he might have asked :P). There was a guy in the front that he started talking to... It was very "Really? You have a gun?" Suddenly, John jumped back in fright and surprise. Apparently, the guy had put his arm down in a way that made it look like he might be going for his gun to show it off. John looked genuinely startled.

There was heel clicking. I should mention that. I love the heel clicking. And there was a Galileo joke. We all laughed really hard at it and then he chided us for being such nerds that we got his Galileo joke.

There was a very short Q&A at the end. I think there were only six questions. I asked the second one... I asked Rory when he was going to be on The Bugle again. He and John both took a bit of a moment and looked a bit surprised. Then Rory said, "How do you know that I'm the American?" And because I'm so very cool and my brain is ALWAYS in tact, I stuttered out a "Because I... do?" John explained The Bugle and Rory did some of his lines as The American to sort of let the audience know what the fuck I was talking about. Then Rory said not to tell anyone that he's The American and I said, "It's on Wikipedia, I think." :P

In retrospect, they did not answer my question.

The other questions... I don't entirely remember. Someone asked if John had really broken his nose. Someone else asked if they would be doing any segments "like the John King one" soon. There was an interesting question about doing political satire in England (about the things you are legally allowed to say and do with that sort of comedy). And someone asked whether or not John McCain is a friend of the show. Rory said yes with a shrug.

After the Q&A, John and Rory challenged each other to an "Ice Ice Baby" battle. They wanted to see if they could get through the song, so both of them were up there rapping. It was fantastic... and Rory won. They both got stalled on verse two, but Rory pulled it out. :P

When the show was done, nivcharayahel and I decided to wait outside near another group of people who were waiting to see John and Rory. It turned out that they were all going in for an official meet and greet. We thought about waiting for them to leave... We could see their rental car in the parking lot near ours, but thought standing near it would be way too stalkerish. Plus, we were pretty tired at this point. And I had spoken with them anyway. So we went back to the hotel, but not before I stole a sign for the show off of a campus bulletin board...

(Someone help me. Which 70s/80s rock band is that the font for?)

Happy Purim!

gina_r_snape — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 03:25:20 GMT

Gonna spend my Purim eve at the 92nd St. Y Tribeca. Our darling John sure does seem to love da Jews. :) Well, this is Rob Kutner's "Shushan Channel" event but I'm pleased as punch that John is gonna be part of the fun.

Anybody else attending? I'll be sure to supply a report this week.

gleam_the_cube — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:53:06 GMT

Today, I come bearing a few icons from John's appearance on Important Things with Demetri Martin, and one from a TDS segment from a few weeks ago that I've had sitting around.

Help yourself. Credit is appreciated but not necessary.

I'd order that.

gleam_the_cube — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 17:22:21 GMT

Did someone say "Screencaps of John as Shakespeare?" Oh yes, I've got them (courtesy of Important Things with Demetri Martin). I also have some others from the same episode. I don't think it's anything too spoilerish, but I suppose I'll place them all under a cut, just to be safe. That, and it's definitely not dial-up friendly.

(Oh my God, the short pants!)

I'm going to be having nightmares about that bald cap for the next few weeks.

And some bonus screencaps from the same episode:

Also, how adorable was Demetri's British accent??

John does a free show @ Housing Works Bookstore Cafe in Soho

jamethiel — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:18:10 GMT

It will be Tuesday, February 24th. Follow this link for more info!

Anybody here in Missouri?

jamethiel — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 02:37:22 GMT

John will be performing at Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri on March 21st, Baldwin Hall Auditorium,6:30 PM.
Here's a link to the article.

queer_theory — Sun, 08 Feb 2009 19:17:06 GMT

From the 61st Annual Writer's Guild Awards (which John hosted) this weekend...

Look at the handsome. :D

Apple SoHo store

gina_r_snape — Thu, 05 Feb 2009 04:54:30 GMT

Hey, everyone.

I went to the SoHo Apple store tonight to see Demitri Martin talk about his new show, and he came with John Oliver as the "host" or "interviewer" or whatever. It was fun and will be up on iTunes soon I'm sure. John joked that it was the closest to "Frost/Nixon" he'd ever come.

Anyway, it was a fun little evening and you should download it to hear yourself. One part I liked was when people started asking questions and John "interpreted/translated" the questions for Demitri to answer. They showed a couple of clips from Demitri's show which were just ok. But one of them was a clip John was in and it was funny to see him in a costume (I won't say who so as not to spoil it). Apparently he's short-sighted and can't see anything without his glasses unless it's very very close. So he admitted he couldn't see a thing when he shot the scene.

I sat right up front but my mobile phone camera is notoriously awful.

Afterward my friend D and I were looking at iPhones when I saw them leaving. So I ran up to John on the stairs exiting the store. He was polite and friendly as usual. I thanked him for the use of a joke of his that I used during teaching and explained that I teach a policy history course to social work students. He smiled and said he was quite proud to know his jokes were being used in the service of social workers' education! Genuinely pleased. Heeee. (Of course I told him I gave him and The Bugle credit for the joke). Thankfully he didn't ask for any royalties. :o)

So, keep an eye out on iTunes for the Demitri Martin interview and you'll catch a delightful off-the cuff event with John Oliver.

Cheerio!

x-posted to brave_handsome

John @ Apple Store in SoHo on Wed w/ Demetri Martin

jamethiel — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:39:46 GMT

Oooh, I wish I were in New York City!

John will be moderating a discussion about Demetri's new series "Important Things" at 7:00 PM at the Apple Store in SoHo, 103 Prince Street, on Wednesday February 4th. Have a lovely time if you can be there!

here's a teaser...

jamethiel — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 04:26:02 GMT

Hi, there!
This isn't much, but a bit more than half way through this news clip from North Carolina's NBC affiliate, you'll see John dancing goofily on the Mall with some people from the crowd! What fun!

Follow this link. (I tried to embed it, but it wouldn't work. :(

Also, for anyone with $100 to spend on a ticket, John will be performing at a benefit for the Brooklyn Autism Center on February 3rd. Here is the link.

Looking forward to seeing John on The Daily Show special tonight...

meowgrthatcher — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 12:05:47 GMT

Apologies if this has been covered, but I'll be in DC for the Inauguration and I know that John Oliver will be there covering it. My friend and I are on a minor mission to track him down - does anyone have any idea where around the mall the Daily Show guys may show up?