Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Over-expensive sports stadiums
July 13, 2015 3:30 PM - Season 2, Episode 20 - Subscribe

This week.... Iran may be about to make a deal over their nuclear program. Greece may default on loans and possibly exit from the Euro currency. South Carolina finally lowers the Confederate battle flag flying over their state capitol. Last Week Tonight offers, to any team with an offensive mascot costume, to replace it with one of their previously-made mascot costumes. And Now: Whoopi Goldberg Defends Ten Surprising Things. Main story: On lavish sports stations built using public money. (YouTube 19m) John Oliver makes an impassioned sports speech to convince cities to make teams pay for their own stadiums.

The list of things Whoopi Goldberg defended: Bill Cosby, Roman Polanski, Ray Rice, Chris Brown, Torture, Jesse James Cheating On Sandra Bullock, Her Decision to Appear in the in the 2014 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Film, Moon Landing Conspiracy Theories, Mel Gibson, and Her Own Career Goals.
posted by JHarris (6 comments total) 2 users marked this as a favorite
 
John Oliver makes an impassioned sports speech to convince cities to make teams pay for their own stadiums.

I just listened to the old Marc Maron interview with John Oliver where they talk about their sports-related dreams and experiences growing up, and I can say with authority that this segment is about Oliver's complicated relationship with sports as much as it is about stadiums. :D
posted by Ashenmote at 12:52 AM on July 14, 2015 [1 favorite]


I feel sorry for the extra in a Rams Sam Bradford jersey.
posted by Holy Zarquon's Singing Fish at 5:28 AM on July 14, 2015


I was expecting Kyle Chandler to do the speech. Because who wouldn't want Coach Taylor one more time?
posted by lmfsilva at 5:28 AM on July 14, 2015 [1 favorite]


Wow, did I loose respect for Whoopi Goldberg. I had no idea.

Not the best ep ever, but a solid effort. And I too was hoping for Kyle Chandler!
posted by Frayed Knot at 7:27 AM on July 14, 2015


I knew about half of the Whoopi Goldberg moments (the Roman Polanski 'rape rape' one, for example), but they kept on going on and on...
posted by dinty_moore at 7:50 AM on July 14, 2015 [1 favorite]




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