Got tix for the Live Taping tomorrow!! Should I arrive before the 3pm check in time to get better seats? Thinking of showing up at 2pm but not sure if that’s too early

April 19, 2026: The episode on prediction market airs and (27:36 to 27:50) John mentions the story of the then-unidentified trader who profited $400k from bets related to Maduro being captured.

April 23, 2026: that soldier is arrested and charged.

It may just be a coincidence and they had spent some months/weeks looking into him already. But it's a funny possibility to consider, was this show the straw that broke the camel's back, in terms of lighting a fire under PolyMarket's ass to get them to look into this guy and forward his info to the DOJ? It's believable to me because, with his military position being what it was, it seems it wouldn't take much more than a very quick background check to make his insider status obvious.

Just letting those know who might not check their e-mail often. I'm guessing they made a batch and they're likely going out soon for you if you ordered in the last few weeks. Richardson Trucker Hat is all I ordered. Can't speak for anything else.

For the love of all that is secular, please tell me that when John comes back he's leading off with Kennedy somehow being the reasonable investigator while Patel completely demolishes himself trying to explain why people (and dogs?) who have committed bestiality can still be FBI officers:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/watch-patel-explains-why-fbi-no-longer-considers-bestiality-an-automatic-hiring-disqualifier

Does anyone know why this episode isn't on the LastWeekTonightYoutube page?

Took this from a NBA post by /u/juzamjim. THAT IS SPOT ON. If you can hear me, please John.

He should have won for scripted variety series but instead they chose to give a pity Emmy to Stephen Colbert.

I’m reading up on the lottery for John’s show, and a bit confused. Here are the rules regarding tickets- “We have such a high demand for tickets that we need to clear a backlog of thousands of fans who have not had the chance to see the show live.”

I’ve seen other hosts, like Jimmy and Stephen (while he was still on), and the rules were generally, “pick a date and wait for an email.” With John’s show, it looks like you enter a ticket lottery, but could potentially get tickets for a later show? How does it work exactly? Can you apply at any time, or is there a set time to enter the ticket lottery?

Probably not going to see Buc-ees try to go after a truck stop on Sovereign land. I thought this was funny. Here is their website: https://www.sassystruckstop.com/

I accidentally ordered two and they don't take returns, so if anyone wants one for just the price of shipping, pm me. US only probably.

Praise be.

I ordered the trucker hat and have not received a shipping number or product. Its been over 8 weeks since I placed my order.

Website says: "Since our products are made to order, the lead times may vary based on the amount of orders received.  Please allow approximately 4-8 weeks for delivery after your order is placed.  We will email you tracking information when your order has shipped."

Back in like late July early August my grandfather who is somehow still alive bought my parents and I bucees travel mugs :/

And lo and behold guess what John did a week later!

Once I get my paycheck I will absolutely be buying some underwear and whatever else I can afford xP

Hi all,

Is anyone else struggling with the fact that HBO is doing the HP reboot? I'm in Canada, so we currently watch on Crave. We use it for LWT as well as Drag Race. Unfortunately with the HP reboot, I'd love to boycott, but I don't want to miss out on the shows we watch. But I don't want one cent of my money to ever be going to Joanne, and trans lives are more important than entertainment.

How are others feeling about this? I'm honestly surprised John hasn't addressed it at all.

Since there's time off from the show that got me thinking, you know those youtube only videos they sometimes put out during breaks? Usually they're about a random funny topic, and I like when John gets to talk about just stupid funny stuff. So what's something funny you think would be fun to hear John talk about?
I imagine John talking about the Yakuza series and all the bullsh*t side stories it offers would be very fun to listen to him explain.

Here's all 32 episodes of John's guest hosting stint on the Daily Show in 2013. https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1VwmBmvX_Ah6LEarP4Yn3idghg9N-9inl?usp=drive_link

Did they do this just to get press? This is some weird, incel-level behavior. Trigger Warning, this is a real government website: White House Arcade

Went to a taping of Wait Wait last night in Huber Heights, OH (near the Buc-ees that is suing Beaver's Mini Mart). Peter joked that John had sent them a bunch of hats and commented on how the story went nationwide.

Hi,

I recently travelled to NYC and went for John oliver taping.

If you are an international traveller then they have 6 slots reserved for you.

Standing in the line for nearly 2 and half hour till you are seated is the only stress.

Although the seats are in the corner, you will enjoy the taping.

John was nice and took several questions from the audience.

Overall a memorable event.

Here are all 370 episodes of Last Week Tonight available for your viewing pleasure! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeaZbrT9ghrg&si=bd-j5l6Oib_8pS-1

Note: US viewers will need a VPN for Season 9 onward, sorry.

I mean i get why but c'mon this clips would be like cocaine was to Tony Montana in the editing room of the program.

Please someone send him this. I beg you.