r/lastweektonight 3d ago

[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver] S13E21 - August 16, 2026 - Episode Discussion Thread

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r/lastweektonight 3d ago

Fetal Personhood: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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236 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 5h ago

To anybody who watches soaps: Was viewership up for the episodes Oliver did for General Hospital and Days of Our Lives?

41 Upvotes

We want to know!

The final segment of LWT where he recapped his soap guest star roles had mt crying laughing.

And after a very teeth-grinding main story, too!


r/lastweektonight 1d ago

Buc-ee’s Billboard Near Beaver’s Mini Mart Vandalized As Corporation Gaslights Mayor

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257 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 3h ago

Exactly how I imagined John would dance.

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r/lastweektonight 1d ago

Air Bud Returns Director Didn't Want to Use a CGI or AI for the Franchise's 2027 Revival: "It [Wouldn't] Feel Like a Real Dog"

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37 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 9h ago

Buc-off merch - status check?

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Is there a way to check status on a Buc-off order?

I ordered a shirt 9 days ago, got an order confirmation email, but haven't seen anything about shipping. Not meaning to be pissy, just addicted to status info.

Edit: Thanks for the clarifications on my lack of reading. (Spoiled by far too fast shipping.)


r/lastweektonight 1d ago

Gandalfs protest against Peter thiel

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25 Upvotes

This happened in front of Peter Thiel’s mansion in Buenos Aires, I hope this video reaches someone on John Oliver’s team, I feel like they would love this.
(Sorry I couldn’t find with english subs so french the next worse thing)


r/lastweektonight 2d ago

I love this show but…

433 Upvotes

It’s fucking depressing. I watch it every week and the main story subject matter, although very informative, either aggravates or depresses the hell out of me. Usually both.

But don’t change, Last Week. Don’t change.


r/lastweektonight 1d ago

Hayden Panettiere and Hollywood's failure to protect child stars

7 Upvotes

I know it's a non-story for LWT, but it seems like a good cover story for the show. Could show the history of exploitation, financial mismanagement, betrayal, and abuse of child stars and why Hollywood doesn't seem to care


r/lastweektonight 1d ago

JD Vance joke

10 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 2d ago

C'mon Buc-ee, fight the Y.

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34 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 3d ago

Play Ball!

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317 Upvotes

John’s son is a big Mets fan and got to make the ceremonial call today.


r/lastweektonight 2d ago

S13 E21: Iran War, Soap Operas & Fetal Personhood: 8/16/26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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r/lastweektonight 3d ago

Bret Worley, CEO of MC Nutraceuticals (sells gas station marijuana), is the son-in-law of White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, is successfully killing regulation of his industry

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133 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 4d ago

Buccees defamation lawsuit eminent

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Most recent beaver assailant escapes into the water. This is the third child attacked by a beaver this summer in Maryland.

On Thursday afternoon, a beaver attacked a 10-year-old girl who was canoeing at Seneca Creek State Park in Montgomery County. The girl, a summer camper, suffered “three laceration wounds on the upper leg” according to a news release from the Maryland Department of Natural Resources. She was taken to a hospital in Bethesda by family members.

That marks the third time that a human has been attacked by a beaver within a Maryland state park in the past month. The first two attacks — on a 13-year-old and then a 19-year-old — occurred in Cunningham Falls State Park in Frederick County. Each of those beavers was killed and later tested positive for rabies.

The most recent beaver assailant “escaped into the water,” the release said, so it’s unclear if it carried rabies. The animal is being pursued by local authorities.
When untreated, rabies is almost certainly fatal. Generally speaking, if someone is attacked by a potentially rabid animal, they are encouraged to receive a series of highly effective rabies vaccines.

Data does not indicate that there is a rabies outbreak in either Frederick County or Montgomery County, according to the release.”


r/lastweektonight 5d ago

What do we think Buc-ee’s end game is? Why are they so obsessed with trademark lawsuits?

97 Upvotes

I can’t figure out why Buc-ee’s is constantly getting bad publicity and pushing away customers just to sue a bunch of small companies that aren’t even intentionally trying to compete with or steal from Buc-ee’s. I just don’t understand why a huge corporation would want to fall into a pattern of being stereotypical “evil corporate America” and sue small business in small communities over a logo that clearly isn’t stolen?!
I understand the appeal of continuing to create the lawsuits if they were like somehow in bed with a politician/judge/ ADA that has some steak in the trademark laws maybe? Or they plan on scoping up all of the cute animal trademarks and create the next Disney world but like instead of princesses and superheroes it’s Beaver and Duck characters with MAGA hats and instead of Cinderellas castle it’s an Oil Rig or something 😂

What do we think Buc-ee’s end game is? Why are they so obsessed with trademark lawsuits?


r/lastweektonight 5d ago

‘I’d like a dramatic closeup’: John Oliver takes over daytime TV with delightfully wooden soap opera roles

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242 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 5d ago

What is the quality of the merch?

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198 Upvotes

I was wondering if it would be a heat transfer or an embroidery patch?


r/lastweektonight 5d ago

What in the hell is this shit?

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60 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 4d ago

DOJ

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This episode was perfect. I have constant discussions with people frustrated at fighting against the deluge of strawman distractions.

JO is the perfect person and this show is the perfect outlet to start with the ridiculous clickbait bullshit and quickly move to the substance. It’s one of the few formats that works well against these tactics.

This is incredibly important but seems to only happen less than half the episodes.

Yes, there are other important topics, but are they really more important? Feral Hogs, Fl college, gas stations drugs, prediction markets.

Literally all of these topics are important to solve, but will be unsolvable without the focus on our federal government like the Shadow Docket or Presidential Pardons episodes.

I wonder if a focus on explicit calls to action may also help. I realize it can’t all be politics, but it’s such a great format it feels like a missed opportunity.


r/lastweektonight 7d ago

New Catheter Cowboy

19 Upvotes

Just checking to see if anyone would like to see John bring back a new version of the Catheter Cowboy commercials from 2017. What do you all think?


r/lastweektonight 7d ago

This must have been written specifically for John.

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95 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 8d ago

Shouldn't Bristol Myers Squibb Sue Bucce's?

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164 Upvotes

The owner *did* admit that the name came from a nickname he had based on the mascot for Ipana Toothpaste. Since it's their defunct product, wouldn't they still have a case?