Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: The US Democratic National Convention
August 3, 2016 11:38 PM - Season 3, Episode 19 - Subscribe
This week:
Turkey: "A.K.A. Diet Syria"
2016 Election: "Or as you probably know it, America's Shit Salad Fuckstravaganza 2016"
Also: "A Horrifying Glimpse at Satan's Pinterest Board 2016"
Intro image: Bill Clinton playing with star-spangled balloons, with the captions "Balloonus Amorus" and "F. 37 DNC."
- Restrictive voting laws struck down in Wisconsin, Texas and North Carolina. (4m)
- A military coup fails in Turkey, and the Turkish President Erdogan seeks revenge. (4m)
- How Is This Still A Thing: Tanning Beds
- The 2016 Democratic National Convention (18m)
- And Now: Some More Highlights from the Democratic National Convention
Turkey: "A.K.A. Diet Syria"
2016 Election: "Or as you probably know it, America's Shit Salad Fuckstravaganza 2016"
Also: "A Horrifying Glimpse at Satan's Pinterest Board 2016"
Intro image: Bill Clinton playing with star-spangled balloons, with the captions "Balloonus Amorus" and "F. 37 DNC."
Also, John Oliver is my #1, but I have to say I also loved Samantha Bee's coverage of the conventions.
posted by triggerfinger at 9:33 PM on August 4, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by triggerfinger at 9:33 PM on August 4, 2016 [4 favorites]
Full Frontal has also been great, and arguably funnier. LWT takes a long-form digressive explanation of a problem and peppers it with jokes to make it more palatable; Full Frontal is sharper and more topical, sometimes blistering. They're both terrific.
I don't know if any of you have noticed, but Steven Colbert's been bringing his old character out on the Late Show once in a while lately, and Jon Stewart has joined him sometimes. Because really, election season is too great a field of ridiculousness to pass up.
posted by JHarris at 5:43 AM on August 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
I don't know if any of you have noticed, but Steven Colbert's been bringing his old character out on the Late Show once in a while lately, and Jon Stewart has joined him sometimes. Because really, election season is too great a field of ridiculousness to pass up.
posted by JHarris at 5:43 AM on August 5, 2016 [1 favorite]
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The US Election, or as you may know it:
Holy Shit, Please Make It Stop, Trash Fire Two Thousand Fuckteen
America's Shit Salad Fuckstravaganza 2016
America's 3-D IMAX Shit-Fit Dumpster Fire 2016
The Fiery Two-Party Pileup on the Hellbound Fuckspressway.
Clowntown Fuck-the-World Shitshow 2016
America's Fucktastic Cirque de Dismay
posted by triggerfinger at 9:25 PM on August 4, 2016 [2 favorites]