John Oliver on FIFA Soccer World Cup

[jakeXT]

1. You didn't catch him on the Daily Show ? Ricky Gervais recommended him for the job in the US in 2006

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/cthyr1/good-news--you-re-not-paranoid---nsa-oversight

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/news-team/john-oliver/kovgs5/sir-archibald-mapsalot-iii

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/news-team/john-oliver


When Ricky Gervais recommended fellow British comic John Oliver to Jon Stewart in 2006, Oliver had never been to America before. Four score and seven years later (more or less), Oliver will be taking over as host of Comedy Central's The Daily Show for an entire summer (starting on June 10) while Stewart directs a drama called Rosewater in the Middle East. Oliver swears that there’s no trace of a Benedict Arnold nor a Jay Leno in him, and he just wants to be a good custodian, with the goal of “returning Jon’s baby in one piece.” But we’re red-blooded Americans, so we interrogated him anyway, and found out how many apologies he edits out of his segments, why he needs to soften his deskside manner, and the difference between Michael Caine and the Queen of England.

http://www.vulture.com/2013/06/john-oliver-the-daily-show-interview.html