Television Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

The intro about still finding Trump funny was brilliant :lol:

Edit: the ending :lol:
 
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Lewinsky came out of that interview really well.

That was the best ep he's done in a few weeks. Really good.

If you take Redcafe to be social media, the pile on mentality happens here all the time, too.
 
Dante said:
Lewinsky came out of that interview really well.

That was the best ep he's done in a few weeks. Really good.

If you take Redcafe to be social media, the pile on mentality happens here all the time, too.
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Yeah, I've noticed it a lot. Especially people picking up a torch for an issue they'd normally probably not go anywhere near because someone with a high post count has sided one way or another.
 
Such a poorly researched episode on WWE, he didn't even go into detail on painkiller abuse, completely ignored the steroid use, spousal abuse amongst wrestlers, the Chris Benoit incident etc. There are plenty of top wrestlers from the old like Kevin Nash who would have been eager to speak more if he had even tried to get to them.

Great subject ahead of Wrestle Mania but unfortunately he relied too much on shock jock than actual research work and interviews.
 
Wednesday at Stoke said:
Such a poorly researched episode on WWE, he didn't even go into detail on painkiller abuse, completely ignored the steroid use, spousal abuse amongst wrestlers, the Chris Benoit incident etc. There are plenty of top wrestlers from the old like Kevin Nash who would have been eager to speak more if he had even tried to get to them.

Great subject ahead of Wrestle Mania but unfortunately he relied too much on shock jock than actual research work and interviews.
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That wasn't the issue he wanted to address though - the issue was in the contracts.

Remember he only has about 15 minutes... you could spend hours going through all the shit on WWE.
 
Wednesday at Stoke said:
Such a poorly researched episode on WWE, he didn't even go into detail on painkiller abuse, completely ignored the steroid use, spousal abuse amongst wrestlers, the Chris Benoit incident etc. There are plenty of top wrestlers from the old like Kevin Nash who would have been eager to speak more if he had even tried to get to them.

Great subject ahead of Wrestle Mania but unfortunately he relied too much on shock jock than actual research work and interviews.
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He was doing a segment on it, not a documentary..
 
Wednesday at Stoke said:
Such a poorly researched episode on WWE, he didn't even go into detail on painkiller abuse, completely ignored the steroid use, spousal abuse amongst wrestlers, the Chris Benoit incident etc. There are plenty of top wrestlers from the old like Kevin Nash who would have been eager to speak more if he had even tried to get to them.

Great subject ahead of Wrestle Mania but unfortunately he relied too much on shock jock than actual research work and interviews.
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That would need hours and is just not limited to WWE. Think the focus was more towards contracts and health care
 
Wednesday at Stoke said:
Such a poorly researched episode on WWE, he didn't even go into detail on painkiller abuse, completely ignored the steroid use, spousal abuse amongst wrestlers, the Chris Benoit incident etc. There are plenty of top wrestlers from the old like Kevin Nash who would have been eager to speak more if he had even tried to get to them.

Great subject ahead of Wrestle Mania but unfortunately he relied too much on shock jock than actual research work and interviews.
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He had 20 minutes.
 
Annihilate Now! said:
That wasn't the issue he wanted to address though - the issue was in the contracts.

Remember he only has about 15 minutes... you could spend hours going through all the shit on WWE.
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starman said:
He was doing a segment on it, not a documentary..
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He did better in similar time on other subjects before. If he had spent less time with the Roman Reigns bit, reduced one of the many Vince McMahon montages etc he could have added more material. It just felt so superficial compared to his other bits, especially on a topic that isn't very hard to research.
 
Wednesday at Stoke said:
He did better in similar time on other subjects before. If he had spent less time with the Roman Reigns bit, reduced one of the many Vince McMahon montages etc he could have added more material. It just felt so superficial compared to his other bits, especially on a topic that isn't very hard to research.
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Think you need to re watch it again as your missing the points being raised about contracts, insurance, vince and the fans role, rather than focusing on specific drugs abuses. And its pretty self evident in issues of overworking, wrestler deaths and how drug abuse lies into that.
 
The Roman Reigns bit was dumb, he made it sound like Vince listens to fans. He doesn't. The only way people widely accepted Roman in the end was he beat cancer in real life, the poor fecker.

People hijacking shows with chants won't make a blind bit of difference.

What he does listen to is sponsors. Last year they named a match after a woman who pimped out her wrestling students in the 60's-70's. Fans complained, no response. Fans sent thousands of emails to Wrestlemania sponsor, Snickers. Snickers responded and the woman's name was dropped from the match in a matter of days.

It's one thing getting an old dead woman's name removed from a match, it's another taking on the hellspawn that is American healthcare.
 
Yeah i laughed at the idea that Vince listens to fans, probably the biggest thing fans bitch about is not being listened to. They were aware of fans booing Roman but didnt know that he just ignored it all and had him main event WM 4 years in a row and made him the conquering hero time after time. And the one clip they show is of the rare time he was actually acting like a heel.

Still it was a good segment and with AEW providing health care maybe it could force some changes.
 
Shane88 said:
The Roman Reigns bit was dumb, he made it sound like Vince listens to fans. He doesn't. The only way people widely accepted Roman in the end was he beat cancer in real life, the poor fecker.

People hijacking shows with chants won't make a blind bit of difference.

What he does listen to is sponsors. Last year they named a match after a woman who pimped out her wrestling students in the 60's-70's. Fans complained, no response. Fans sent thousands of emails to Wrestlemania sponsor, Snickers. Snickers responded and the woman's name was dropped from the match in a matter of days.

It's one thing getting an old dead woman's name removed from a match, it's another taking on the hellspawn that is American healthcare.
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Mystry said:
Yeah i laughed at the idea that Vince listens to fans, probably the biggest thing fans bitch about is not being listened to. They were aware of fans booing Roman but didnt know that he just ignored it all and had him main event WM 4 years in a row and made him the conquering hero time after time. And the one clip they show is of the rare time he was actually acting like a heel.

Still it was a good segment and with AEW providing health care maybe it could force some changes.
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You guys seem to be mixing up not listening to fans regarding storylines as opposed to fans putting pressure on the company which puts it in a bad light. If the company is portrayed badly in the media of course Vince is going to listen to that.
The bit about Roman was Oliver pointing how fans can use their voice regarding real world problems, it was not about fans voicing their opinions about a storyline and whether or not it influences Vince
 
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starman said:
You guys seem to be mixing up not listening to fans regarding storylines as opposed to fans putting pressure on the company which puts it in a bad light. If the company is portrayed badly in the media of course Vince is going to listen to that.
The bit about Roman was Oliver pointing how fans can use their voice regarding real world problems, it was not about fans voicing their opinions about a storyline and whether or not it influences Vince
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Correct.
 
The mobile home episode was brilliant, its amazing how little regard government has for the poorest demographics.
 
I like how they cut through the noise and re-center what's going on at the moment in US politics so as not to get too desensitized, and then fully embrace absurdity.
 
Thought "oh no, not another John Oliver rant" when he started on the one-year-old's inability to get his own birthday cake until "…this is the worst birthday, EVER!" just cracked me up :lol:

Did I miss an episode? What are the references to GOT and the network being fecked in two weeks time?

EDIT: Anyone else try the web site to make the frog squeak? ;)
 
SqueakyWeasel said:
Thought "oh no, not another John Oliver rant" when he started on the one-year-old's inability to get his own birthday cake until "…this is the worst birthday, EVER!" just cracked me up :lol:

Did I miss an episode? What are the references to GOT and the network being fecked in two weeks time?

EDIT: Anyone else try the web site to make the frog squeak? ;)
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All I can think of is that got finishes in two weeks time. Not watched any of got yet as I’m saving it up for a binge. So if any one else answers, be kind and lay a spoiler tag down.

That frog though :lol:.
 
SqueakyWeasel said:
Thought "oh no, not another John Oliver rant" when he started on the one-year-old's inability to get his own birthday cake until "…this is the worst birthday, EVER!" just cracked me up :lol:

Did I miss an episode? What are the references to GOT and the network being fecked in two weeks time?

EDIT: Anyone else try the web site to make the frog squeak? ;)
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GoT is over for good in two weeks and it's by far HBOs biggest cash cow, they've been trying and failing for years to make shows that can replace the gap when it's gone e.g. Westworld.
 
Massive Spanner said:
GoT is over for good in two weeks and it's by far HBOs biggest cash cow, they've been trying and failing for years to make shows that can replace the gap when it's gone e.g. Westworld.
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I think that JO has some sort of GOT themed exposé planned … the way it was reported, it just seemed like something that had been touched on before that I'd perhaps missed.
 
SqueakyWeasel said:
Thought "oh no, not another John Oliver rant" when he started on the one-year-old's inability to get his own birthday cake until "…this is the worst birthday, EVER!" just cracked me up :lol:

Did I miss an episode? What are the references to GOT and the network being fecked in two weeks time?

EDIT: Anyone else try the web site to make the frog squeak? ;)
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They’re predicting a mass cancellation of HBO subscriptions once GoT is done.
 
This episode was great and the analogy of death penalty with fecking your mother was hilarious.
 
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