John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on 'Last Week Tonight'

Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by dannypgh on Monday June 06, 2016 @09:50AM (#11846716)

You're proud of the fact you've pre-judged Trevor Noah's performance without watching a single episode?

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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by 67726e on Monday June 06, 2016 @09:59AM (#11846779)

I saw Trevor Noah do the "Africa or America"[0] bit on The Daily Show back when the news about him taking over was out. I loved it and went and found all the stand-up of his I could find. I thought it was similarly great. He's actually a large part of why I decided to sign up for Hulu, but to be honest it lacks the punch I was expecting. Maybe he'll grow into the role, but it's turned into a show I just watch in the background while I'm working.

[0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHO1a1kvZGo

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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by EGreg on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:04AM (#11846819)

I think he means that, after watching show X, he wasn't feeling an urge to watch show X+N, for multiple values of X.

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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by qmr on Monday June 06, 2016 @02:24PM (#11849001)

I've watched clips. Just doesn't do it for me.

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Re:John Oliver buys $15M in debt and forgives all of it on '... by hyperbovine on Monday June 06, 2016 @10:35AM (#11847062)

You mean like you pre-judged him to be prideful of this fact?

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