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John Oliver (born 1977[1]) is a British comedian and correspondent on The Daily Show With Jon Stewart. His previous credits include The Department with Chris Addison and Andy Zaltzman, Political Animal, Fighting Talk, My Hero, and Mock the Week. He is a graduate of Cambridge University in England, and he is an ex-member of the Cambridge Footlights where he studied English [2] and attended Mark Rutherford Upper School in Bedford. According to his biography on Comedy Central's website, his passport lists his occupation as "comedian" and a passport "never lies". A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...
The Daily Show (currently The Daily Show with Jon Stewart) is a Peabody and Emmy Award-winning American satirical television program produced by and airing on Comedy Central. ...
The Department A satirical comedy on BBC Radio 4 about a secret organisation with the power to influence every aspect of your life. ...
Chris Addison is an award-winning writer, stand up comic and actor, with a career which has spanned over a decade. ...
Andy Zaltzman is a British political comedian best known for his work with John Oliver. ...
Political Animal is a live show compered by British comedians John Oliver and Andy Zaltzman, in which the follies and vices of modern society are exposed to ridicule. ...
Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season. ...
My Hero was a British comedy television series, about a not-very-bright superhero named Thermoman from the planet Ultron. ...
Mock the Week is a British topical panel game, hosted by Dara Ó Briain. ...
The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective sets of entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...
Motto (French) God and my right Anthem No official anthem specific to England — the United Kingdom anthem is God Save the Queen. ...
The ADC Theatre is the home of the Footlights. ...
Mark Rutherford Upper School is an upper school located on Wentworth Drive in Bedford, England, named after the writer and civil servant. ...
, Bedford is the county town of Bedfordshire, England. ...
Comedy Central is an American cable television and satellite television channel in the United States. ...
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On the Daily Show episode that aired May 7, 2007 it was shown that Oliver briefly interrupted Joe Scarborough's report on the 2007 Republican Primaries Debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library with an excited cry, causing Scarborough to exclaim to the now off-screen Oliver, "Who the hell was that?" Scarborough and Oliver have worked together on Daily Show pieces in the past. is the 127th day of the year (128th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
Charles Joseph Joe Scarborough (born April 9, 1963) is the host of the programs Morning Joe and Scarborough Country on MSNBC and served in the United States House of Representatives, from 1995 to 2001, as a Republican from Florida. ...
The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library. ...
While filming for the October 11, 2006 segment "War: What It Is Good For," Oliver fell and broke his nose. He declined to have it set out of fear that it would prevent future appearances on The Daily Show. "It’s all about timing. If they fix it, I’ll be out for a week with black eyes."[3] is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays full 2006 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Oliver also wrote and presented the current BBC America campaign to have viewers use close captioning. Shown in brief segments before shows, "The following program contains accents you would have heard a lot more if you hadn't thrown our tea into Boston Harbor," says one. "Not even British people can follow the British accent 100 percent of the time. Therefore you, like me, might want to use closed-captioning." Oliver has begun using some of these jokes in his current stand up routine. [4] BBC America is an American television network, owned and operated by BBC Worldwide, which was launched on March 29, 1998, available on both cable and satellite. ...
Memorable Daily Show Line
Wednesday, July 18, 2007, in his new one-time role as theater critic, slamming the "political theater" of the U.S. Senate's all-night anti-filibuster filibuster on the Iraq war. ". . . this was so derivative! It's the same old, old story. America meets war. America gets war. War turns out to be somewhat different than what America thought it was when it first fell in love with war. But now war won't leave America alone."
Trivia A player (wearing the red kit) has penetrated the defence (in the white kit) and is taking a shot at goal. ...
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References The New York Times is a daily newspaper published in New York City by Arthur Ochs Sulzberger Jr. ...
Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ...
April 23 is the 113th day of the year (114th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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