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BigRed0427 posted:Uhhh...are you guys ahead or something? It was when he was listing all the things he'd rather do than watch that C-Span section. It's just...you know how John said it was about a bald child who has nothing ever happen? NOTHING EVER HAPPENS. It's just insipid and painfully cheery. There's no conflict, no drama, no nothing. It's inoffensive to a fault.
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GOONS! TO BATTLE!  Edit: Holy poo poo! You have my sympathy Australasia.
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Jun 2, 2014 04:21
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Jun 2, 2014 04:27
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CNN. Never loving change.
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Jun 2, 2014 04:28
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Jun 2, 2014 04:30
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God, this show just gets better every week. The net neutrality section was dynamite and focused on an important issue in a way that made it accessible; the Australian piece was absolutely hilarious; he gave a gloriously deadpan rap lyric reading; he ended in a wonderfully positive way; AND he trash-talked Caillou. Rapidly becoming my favorite show of the week.
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Jun 2, 2014 04:36
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Yeah this show is fuckin great. http://www.fcc.gov/comments
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texaholic posted:Yeah this show is fuckin great. So what do you hit to leave a comment? And what should I say, I Want it to be more than just "gently caress you, Comcast."
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Jun 2, 2014 04:45
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BigRed0427 posted:So what do you hit to leave a comment? And what should I say, I Want it to be more than just "gently caress you, Comcast." Does gently caress you Chris work?
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Jun 2, 2014 06:32
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bobkatt013 posted:Does gently caress you Chris work? Chris would be more offended by a pun run.
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This show is really good and cool. Is there a set number of episodes? I want this to be my regular Sunday night thing
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Jun 2, 2014 07:08
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PLEEEEASE DON'T EAAAT MAHHH BAY BAYYYYY
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Joey Gladstone posted:This show is really good and cool. Is there a set number of episodes? I want this to be my regular Sunday night thing Usually HBO does 10 episode seasons, but I haven't heard one way or another how many episodes Last Week is going to get.
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Jun 2, 2014 07:14
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I think the show is fun but 30 minutes sure feels pretty limiting for a week.
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Drifter posted:I think the show is fun but 30 minutes sure feels pretty limiting for a week. I don't know, to me a full hour straight might get overwhelming. Imagine this episode, then him covering the same amount of topics with the same amount of detail after that.
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Joey Gladstone posted:This show is really good and cool. Is there a set number of episodes? I want this to be my regular Sunday night thing HBO effectively wrote John a blank check to do whatever the hell he wants for a half hour on Sunday nights for two years. If HBO subscribers want more, then HBO will give him the option of either doing the show multiple days a week, or doing an hour-long program, whatever he (and his writers) would be more comfortable with. His show obviously does not suck, and I fully expect to tune in to HBO two years from now to still see him on the air.
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Unibrow posted:HBO effectively wrote John a blank check to do whatever the hell he wants for a half hour on Sunday nights for two years. If HBO subscribers want more, then HBO will give him the option of either doing the show multiple days a week, or doing an hour-long program, whatever he (and his writers) would be more comfortable with. Beats the hell out of Bill Maher.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:I don't know, to me a full hour straight might get overwhelming. Imagine this episode, then him covering the same amount of topics with the same amount of detail after that. That's what I'd like, yes. There's so much in the world/US going on I'd like to see more than "spelling bee", "Tony Abott's an rear end in a top hat (he really is, though)", and "internet providers are really pretty much the worst thing not currently giving us cancer or slavery". I'm not ungrateful, but a once a week thing for this short a period makes me more want to check out a clip on youtube than sit through an episode. It's not an 'event'. But it's better than Maher, yes. Drifter fucked around with this message at 08:01 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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Unibrow posted:HBO effectively wrote John a blank check to do whatever the hell he wants for a half hour on Sunday nights for two years. If HBO subscribers want more, then HBO will give him the option of either doing the show multiple days a week, or doing an hour-long program, whatever he (and his writers) would be more comfortable with. This is exactly what I wanted to hear, thanks
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Drifter posted:That's what I'd like, yes. There's so much in the world/US going on I'd like to see more than "spelling bee", "Tony Abott's an rear end in a top hat (he really is, though)", and "internet providers are really pretty much the worst thing not currently giving us cancer or slavery". Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing I don't want more John Oliver, I loving love the dude. I just wonder if maybe a half hour twice a week would be preferable to an hour in one sitting.
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Lumberjack Bonanza posted:Don't get me wrong, I'm not arguing I don't want more John Oliver, I loving love the dude. I just wonder if maybe a half hour twice a week would be preferable to an hour in one sitting. I would accept two or three times a week, yes (as if I had the power to effect that in any shape or form). An hour one night would be easiest, however. I really don't understand the mental fatigue you guys all mention. 
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Unibrow posted:His show obviously does not suck, and I fully expect to tune in to HBO two years from now to still see him on the air. This show is quite great and fun and evokes everything I ever liked about the daily show without (hopefully) becoming the repetitive slog that TDS now is. I'm happy with a half-hour a week if it stays at this quality, I can imagine kicking it up to an hour would take a lot more resources and dilute all them jokes.
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BigRed0427 posted:GOONS! There's a reason the Ausgoon thread mostly involves us drinking ourselves into oblivion. It's the only way to dull the pain. That package was just the tip of the Abbott idiocy - if John Oliver had waited a week, he could have added how Tony Abbott just linked D-Day with repealing the carbon tax.
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Jun 2, 2014 11:32
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Tornhelm posted:There's a reason the Ausgoon thread mostly involves us drinking ourselves into oblivion. It's the only way to dull the pain. That package was just the tip of the Abbott idiocy - if John Oliver had waited a week, he could have added how Tony Abbott just linked D-Day with repealing the carbon tax. This is dangerously close to Godwin-ing his argument.
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I like John Oliver but hadn't got around to watching this show yet, if that Abbott video is typical of the quality then I will have to get onto watching this every week. The Abbott segment has been everywhere on Australian social media tonight, it's insane. edit: fixed up some horrendous grammar, drat phone posting. Senor Tron fucked around with this message at 16:34 on Jun 2, 2014 |
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Jun 2, 2014 14:20
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Senor Tron posted:The Abbott segment has been everywhere on Australian social media tonight, it's insane.
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Burkion posted:So I think the FCC comment section is straight up broken. I can't imagine why you'd expect to be able to communicate with the Federal Communications Commission.
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Jun 2, 2014 16:26
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I just tried to leave a comment and couldn't. John Oliver broke the FCC.
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Kristofenpheiffer posted:Is the FCC's connection still being throttled or did they work that out?
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sleepingbuddha posted:I just tried to leave a comment and couldn't.
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I guess that Abbot thing is John's way to ask for forgiveness after he said the whole country was casually racist.
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ultratmiraculous posted:This is dangerously close to Godwin-ing his argument. Godwin himself has said its okay to Godwin Abbott over his asylum seeker policies. That's how bad poo poo is at the moment.
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The more segments like this in international media there are, the better, right? Make him a complete laughing stock and even my crazy, racist uncle won't vote for him out of national embarrassment. Right? Right?!
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radlum posted:I guess that Abbot thing is John's way to ask for forgiveness after he said the whole country was casually racist. They elected him 
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Exclamation Marx posted:They elected him Honestly though, the "average" Australian voter tends to be either criminally apathetic or complete scum.
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Rougey posted:I'd like to think that we didn't elect him so much as he did a Steven Bradbury and wound up in the top seat.
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