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* ProductionPosse: Creator/JonathanBanks appears on the show's story on Sex Education, where he condemns an old, horribly outdated PSA about women supposedly getting better at bowling if they just had their period. Banks had previously worked with John Oliver on Season 5 of ''Series/{{Community}}'', where they played professors Buzz Hickey and Ian Duncan respectively.
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* ProductionPosse: Creator/JonathanBanks appears on the show's story on Sex Education, where he condemns an old, horribly outdated PSA he had starred in about women supposedly getting better at bowling if they just had their period. Banks had previously worked with John Oliver on Season 5 of ''Series/{{Community}}'', where they played professors Buzz Hickey and Ian Duncan respectively.
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* ReferencedBy: The the track that plays during the mid-credits scene of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' is called "And Now This...".
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* ReferencedBy: The the track that plays during the mid-credits scene of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' is called "And Now This...".
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* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher''. Both of them are political satire shows hosted by well-known comedians that stream exclusively on HBO Max, and they both cover current events in the world and give their take on it. That's roughly where the similarities end however, as ''Real Time'' consists of Bill debating a variety of issues on a live stage with several authors, creators, politicians and journalists on different sides of the political spectrum, whereas ''Last Week Tonight'' has a more streamlined and prepared process that has a team of researchers and writers John works with to further support the points he makes on each episode's main topic. Not helping matters is that the two comedians aren't particularly fond of each other, with both of them taking shots at each other in 2021.
** Made even more notable with Last Week Tonight gaining a massive left-wing fanbase as John himself endorses more and more radically progressive ideas, which is contrasted to Maher, who many feel has jumped to the right over time.
* FollowTheLeader: The show's success has led to an array of programs with a similar presentation and "deep dive" treatment of issues internationally, such as Mexico's ''Chumel con Chumel Torres'', hosted by Chumel Torres, host of the Mexican political web series ''WebVideo/ElPulsoDeLaRepublica'', and Brazil's ''Greg News'', hosted by Gregorio Duvivier, a member of the Brazilian comedy troupe [[Creator/{{Backdoor}} Porta dos Fundos]]. Given that both shows also air on Creator/{{HBO}} in their respective countries, it almost looks like HBO was going for a bit of SelfPlagiarism.
** Made even more notable with Last Week Tonight gaining a massive left-wing fanbase as John himself endorses more and more radically progressive ideas, which is contrasted to Maher, who many feel has jumped to the right over time.
* FollowTheLeader: The show's success has led to an array of programs with a similar presentation and "deep dive" treatment of issues internationally, such as Mexico's ''Chumel con Chumel Torres'', hosted by Chumel Torres, host of the Mexican political web series ''WebVideo/ElPulsoDeLaRepublica'', and Brazil's ''Greg News'', hosted by Gregorio Duvivier, a member of the Brazilian comedy troupe [[Creator/{{Backdoor}} Porta dos Fundos]]. Given that both shows also air on Creator/{{HBO}} in their respective countries, it almost looks like HBO was going for a bit of SelfPlagiarism.
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* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher''. Both of them are political satire shows hosted by well-known comedians that stream exclusively on HBO Max, and they both cover current events in the world and give their take on it. That's roughly where the similarities end however, as ''Real Time'' consists of Bill debating a variety of issues on a live stage with several authors, creators, politicians politicians, journalists, and journalists celebrities on different sides of the political spectrum, whereas ''Last Week Tonight'' has a more streamlined and prepared process that has a team of researchers and writers John works with to further support the points he makes on each episode's main topic. Not helping matters is that the two comedians aren't particularly fond of each other, with both of them taking shots at each other in 2021.
**2021. Made even more notable with Last ''Last Week Tonight Tonight'' gaining a massive left-wing fanbase as John himself endorses more and more radically progressive ideas, which is contrasted to Maher, who many feel has jumped to the right over time.
* FollowTheLeader: The show's success has led to an array of programs with a similar presentationand "deep dive" treatment of issues internationally, such as Mexico's ''Chumel con Chumel Torres'', hosted by Chumel Torres, host of the Mexican political web series ''WebVideo/ElPulsoDeLaRepublica'', and Brazil's ''Greg News'', hosted by Gregorio Duvivier, a member of the Brazilian comedy troupe [[Creator/{{Backdoor}} Porta dos Fundos]]. Given that both shows also air on Creator/{{HBO}} in their respective countries, it almost also looks like HBO was going for a bit of SelfPlagiarism.
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* FollowTheLeader: The show's success has led to an array of programs with a similar presentation
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** Early on the show's run, some online communities mocked John for using "It's [current year]" to denote something deemed backwards and old-fashioned is still happening now, except for the fact that John never actually used the phrase that way (except once as a joke, when then-recently-elected Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau used that phrase unironically to explain why his cabinet was gender-balanced), which is probably why it died down pretty quickly.
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** Early on the show's run, some online communities mocked John for by using "It's [current year]" to denote something deemed backwards and old-fashioned is still happening now, except for the fact that John never actually used the phrase that way (except once as a joke, when except once, to ''mock someone else using it'' (when then-recently-elected Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau used that phrase unironically to explain why his cabinet was gender-balanced), which is probably why it died down pretty quickly.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: Insanely enough, John's joke about [[Series/TigerKing Joe Exotic]] ([[RetroactiveRecognition back in 2016]], when John was talking about him as part of an episode about third-party candidates in the 2016 U.S. presidential election) being the kind of guy with whom you could get drunk enough to try meth for the first time ''ended up being entirely accurate'' as Joe got several lovers of his addicted on meth to keep them "happy", to prevent them from leaving, and to stop them from realizing they [[SituationalSexuality weren't actually gay]].
** In a 2019 episode, Rudy Giuliani called himself a hero, but John countered that given Giuliani's involvement in the events that lead to Donald Trump's first impeachment, he was more likely to become a contestant on ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''. Sure enough, come season seven, Giuliani was unmasked as the Jack-in-the-Box.
** In a 2019 episode, Rudy Giuliani called himself a hero, but John countered that given Giuliani's involvement in the events that lead to Donald Trump's first impeachment, he was more likely to become a contestant on ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''. Sure enough, come season seven, Giuliani was unmasked as the Jack-in-the-Box.
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* AccidentallyCorrectWriting: AccidentallyCorrectWriting:
** Insanely enough, John's joke about [[Series/TigerKing Joe Exotic]] ([[RetroactiveRecognition back in 2016]], when John was talking about him as part of an episode about third-party candidates in the 2016 U.S. presidential election) being the kind of guy with whom you could get drunk enough to try meth for the first time ''ended up being entirely accurate'' as Joe got several lovers of his addicted on meth to keep them "happy", to prevent them from leaving, and to stop them from realizing they [[SituationalSexuality weren't actually gay]].
** In a 2019 episode, when showing Rudy Giulianicalled calling himself a hero, but John countered that given Giuliani's involvement in the events that lead to Donald Trump's first impeachment, he was more likely to become a contestant on ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''. Sure enough, come season seven, Giuliani was unmasked as the Jack-in-the-Box.
** Insanely enough, John's joke about [[Series/TigerKing Joe Exotic]] ([[RetroactiveRecognition back in 2016]], when John was talking about him as part of an episode about third-party candidates in the 2016 U.S. presidential election) being the kind of guy with whom you could get drunk enough to try meth for the first time ''ended up being entirely accurate'' as Joe got several lovers of his addicted on meth to keep them "happy", to prevent them from leaving, and to stop them from realizing they [[SituationalSexuality weren't actually gay]].
** In a 2019 episode, when showing Rudy Giuliani
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** Made even more notable with Last Week Tonight gaining a massive left-wing fanbase as John himself endorses more and more radically progressive ideas, which is contrasted to Maher, who many feel has jumped to the right over time.
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* SeriesHiatus: As with all late night comedy shows, ''Last Week Tonight'' went on hiatus during the 2023 Writer's Strike.
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* SeriesHiatus: As with all late night comedy shows, ''Last Week Tonight'' went on hiatus during the 2023 Writer's Strike. The show's return in early October has John quick to lampshade this, with him struggling to recap the five months that he missed properly covering.
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* ProductionPosse: Creator/JonathanBanks appears on the show's story on Sex Education, where he condemns an old, horribly outdated PSA about women supposedly getting better at bowling if they just had their period. Banks had previously worked with John Oliver on Season 5 of ''Series/{{Community}}'', where they played professors Buzz Hickey and Ian Duncan respectively.
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* SeriesHiatus: As with all late night comedy shows, this went on hiatus during the 2023 Writer's Strike.
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* SeriesHiatus: As with all late night comedy shows, this ''Last Week Tonight'' went on hiatus during the 2023 Writer's Strike.
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** In a 2019 episode, Rudy Giuliani called himself a hero, but John countered that given Giuliani's involvement in the events that lead to Donald Trump's first impeachment, he was more likely to become a contestant on ''Series/TheMaskedSinger''. Sure enough, come season seven, Giuliani was unmasked as the Jack-in-the-Box.
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* {{Corpsing}}:
** If a clip ends in a particularly outrageous line, when it cuts back to John he'll be struggling to keep a straight face. In another example, during a skit featuring ''Sesame Street''-like puppets singing about prison, once John says to a reptilian character complaining about his dad being locked up somewhere other than prison, "Those are zoos, your dad is an alligator in a zoo!"; as the puppet responds "I'm a crocodile. I'm a crocodile! Oh, we all look alike, right?", John is clearly covering his mouth.
** When Kenny G was a guest, [[https://twitter.com/officialkennyg/status/661300372187840512 he was clearly trying not to laugh behind his sax.]] The only time he took the instrument out of his mouth was to crack up a bit!
** Creator/DavidKaye [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/23/last-week-tonight-trivia_n_7118622.html revealed]] it's hard to keep [[TheComicallySerious the serious announcer voice]] while recording his voiceovers for the gag trailer and commercial pieces given all the ridiculous stuff he has to say.
** John catches Paul Ryan trying to suppress a laugh during Trump's speech at Congress.
** If a joke is successful and the audience laughs at it, John sometimes almost joins them; he can often be seen smiling afterwards.
** If a clip ends in a particularly outrageous line, when it cuts back to John he'll be struggling to keep a straight face. In another example, during a skit featuring ''Sesame Street''-like puppets singing about prison, once John says to a reptilian character complaining about his dad being locked up somewhere other than prison, "Those are zoos, your dad is an alligator in a zoo!"; as the puppet responds "I'm a crocodile. I'm a crocodile! Oh, we all look alike, right?", John is clearly covering his mouth.
** When Kenny G was a guest, [[https://twitter.com/officialkennyg/status/661300372187840512 he was clearly trying not to laugh behind his sax.]] The only time he took the instrument out of his mouth was to crack up a bit!
** Creator/DavidKaye [[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/04/23/last-week-tonight-trivia_n_7118622.html revealed]] it's hard to keep [[TheComicallySerious the serious announcer voice]] while recording his voiceovers for the gag trailer and commercial pieces given all the ridiculous stuff he has to say.
** John catches Paul Ryan trying to suppress a laugh during Trump's speech at Congress.
** If a joke is successful and the audience laughs at it, John sometimes almost joins them; he can often be seen smiling afterwards.
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* DuelingWorks: With ''Series/RealTimeWithBillMaher''. Both of them are political satire shows hosted by well-known comedians that stream exclusively on HBO Max, and they both cover current events in the world and give their take on it. That's roughly where the similarities end however, as ''Real Time'' consists of Bill debating a variety of issues on a live stage with several authors, creators, politicians and journalists on different sides of the political spectrum, whereas ''Last Week Tonight'' has a more streamlined and prepared process that has a team of researchers and writers John works with to further support the points he makes on each episode's main topic. Not helping matters is that the two comedians aren't particularly fond of each other, with both of them taking shots at each other in 2021.
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* ReferencedBy: The the track that plays during the mid-credits scene of ''Film/SpiderManFarFromHome'' is called "And Now This...".
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* CreatorBacklash: Despite covering former President Donald Trump for all four years of his term, John made it adamant in an interview with the ''[[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/11/hbo-john-oliver-trump-comedy/ Washington Post]]'' that he ''really'' didn't like how many stories related to Trump ended up being on the show. John noted it was very difficult to come up with comedic material on Trump and his actions that other online outlets hadn't already done, how frustrating it was having to bring him up on subjects that didn't even involve him that much, and was insulted at the idea that his departure from office would make it more difficult for late-night hosts such as himself to stay relevant. This also extended to the "Make Donald Drumpf Again" meme [[ForcedMeme created by the show]], with John saying in [[https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/john-oliver-takes-on-the-trump-era-the-rolling-stone-interview-126096/ a 2017 interview]] with ''Magazine/RollingStone'' that the joke "got out of hand" and compared his relationship with it with how Thom Yorke of Music/{{Radiohead}} grew weary of "Creep", and as of 2021, John has said he wishes he could scrub every reference to the episode from the internet.
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* CreatorBacklash: Despite covering former President Donald Trump for all four years of his term, John made it adamant in an interview with the ''[[https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/02/11/hbo-john-oliver-trump-comedy/ Washington Post]]'' that he ''really'' didn't like how many stories related to Trump ended up being on the show. John noted it was very difficult to come up with comedic material on Trump and his actions that other online outlets hadn't already done, how frustrating it was having to bring him up on subjects that didn't even involve him that much, and was insulted at the idea that his departure from office would make it more difficult for late-night hosts such as himself to stay relevant. This also extended to the "Make Donald Drumpf Again" meme [[ForcedMeme created by the show]], with John saying in [[https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/tv-features/john-oliver-takes-on-the-trump-era-the-rolling-stone-interview-126096/ a 2017 interview]] with ''Magazine/RollingStone'' that the joke "got out of hand" and compared his relationship with it with how Thom Yorke of Music/{{Radiohead}} grew weary of "Creep", and as of 2021, John has said he wishes he could scrub every reference to the episode meme from the internet.
