Wednesday, February 4, 2015

John Oliver talks net neutrality, salmon cannons, and the future of Last Week Tonight

“I can only assume there were lines upon lines of cocaine up and down this table at some point.”


John Oliver is sitting at the end of a comically large table at HBO’s New York offices. Flanking him on each side are maybe a dozen journalists and HBO representatives, which in total don’t quite fill half of the chairs. HBO chairman and CEO Richard Plepler, sitting to his immediate right, is quick to clarify that this room was designed prior to his tenure. “It was when it was run by a Mexican drug cartel,” quips Oliver.


Last Week Tonight premiered just nine months ago. In less than a week, the show will return for its second season debut. It will run for 35 shows this year, at a pace of about seven weeks on the air / one week off, until...


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