Includes what may be one of the greatest endings to one of his segments ever.
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SLAPP Suits: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
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Honestly I think this is one of the strongest segments he and his team have done, and the last five and a half minutes of the segment and how they build up to it is fantastic. You can tell the actual frustration from John and his team on this particular issue, and it's very gratifying to see them just drill in on it through the episode with blunt honesty and then deliver in that ending.
It's also a case I feel a bit strongly about due to a similar thing happening with my father (who's an activist for green fuels, my dad was just starting to take off with this and speaking to the governments of several countries on the subject, when one of the 40 richest people in the world who runs an oil company has basically destroyed everything he built up over his life through over two years of locked court cases without jury, initiated by a judge who was later fired for corruption and being paid off, but only recently got out of the locked money draining sessions and they're still trying to drill on how we've stayed afloat after this, but getting by still, there's a really long story behind this I won't get into now), and he does a good job at airing the frustration of fear and trying to control the world through SLAPP suits perfectly.
It's also a case I feel a bit strongly about due to a similar thing happening with my father (who's an activist for green fuels, my dad was just starting to take off with this and speaking to the governments of several countries on the subject, when one of the 40 richest people in the world who runs an oil company has basically destroyed everything he built up over his life through over two years of locked court cases without jury, initiated by a judge who was later fired for corruption and being paid off, but only recently got out of the locked money draining sessions and they're still trying to drill on how we've stayed afloat after this, but getting by still, there's a really long story behind this I won't get into now), and he does a good job at airing the frustration of fear and trying to control the world through SLAPP suits perfectly.
I can sometimes find Last Week Tonight a little formulaic, but wow, what a fucking amazing piece of TV that was. I could watch that segment on loop for eternity.
5 minute song and dance number, telling the guy who sued them to go fuck himself.
It's really a very very fantastic episode. In the ending where they sang Bob was Jeffrey Epstein's prison guard, just show how recently this was made, or that they made an incredible improvisation to make it more relevant.
This is the single most impressive late show episode I've watched, great content, great context, great research, entertaining, and an explosive surprising end.
This is the single most impressive late show episode I've watched, great content, great context, great research, entertaining, and an explosive surprising end.
SLAPP lawsuits are absolutely disgusting and far out of control nowadays, so I am truly thankful for John sticking to his guns and fighting back.
For any that haven't heard it, I'd recommend listening to John's recent interview on Conan O'Brien's podcast. He goes into a lot of background on the show including these bits. Plus it's funny as hell.
Bra FUCKING vo!!! I can't applaud this enough, like seriously, the setup is long, but so worth it to get to the awesome punchline! Again, great job LWT team.
also, #eatshitbob
also, #eatshitbob