from his awkward high school years
to the feuds he faced after becoming
famous these are things you didn't know
about john oliver
number 17 beginnings this comedian was
born in april 1977 in erdington
birmingham england
his parents are jim and carol oliver
john's dad was a social worker and
school headmaster
and his mother taught music after he
graduated from secondary school
oliver went to christ college in
cambridge he joined the cambridge
footlights a theater club during his
time there and was elected vice
president of the group in 1997.
john graduated from college in 1998 with
an english degree
number 16 outcast throughout the years
john's sense of humor and wit has grown
on everybody however
there was a time when he felt that he
didn't fit in in 2014 he said that
during his teenage years he felt
inadequate
noting that most teenagers go through
confusing phases where nothing seems to
make sense
he added that despite being an athlete
and playing the violin girls never
seemed to notice him
but like most people oliver overcame the
hardships of his youth
number 15 football no not american
football
as we stated previously john oliver has
been a huge soccer fan his entire life
in fact he used to dream of playing the
sport professionally during a 2014
interview with rolling stone he stated
that he'd gone to yankee stadium to
watch a game and got to go into the
locker room afterwards
he said he'd been thinking about that
moment since he was a child and he got
to meet some of his heroes in person
oliver further noted that many of them
weren't wearing clothes and he was still
trying to accept that he'd seen half the
liverpool players naked
number 14. mock the week you might not
have known that john oliver was on the
british comedy show
mock the week from 2005 to 2006. the
show is still on today
and features comedians who answer
questions about celebrities do i want to
say
john oliver was responding to what the
voices inside george w bush's head might
be talking about
he said that the then united states
president's inner voice would tell him
that they'd like to renounce him
but this short slint on mock the week
was only the start of oliver's many
successes
number 13 the bugle another funny thing
john oliver did was create a podcast
called the bugle in 2007 with andy
zultzman
the show was initiated by the times of
london after jon moved to new york
the first episode aired in october of
that year one of their most famous
podcasts concerned the 2011 news
international phone hacking scandal
during the installment they made fun of
their parent company as well as the news
international's director
rupert murdoch they announced in june
2016 that jon was leaving the bugle
because he didn't have enough time to
keep up
as a regular co-host number 12 stand-up
comedy
like most famous comedians john oliver
got his start in the business by doing
stand-up
his first appearance was at the
edinburgh festival fringe in 2001
performing as part of the comedy zone
the showcase was for new acts
the character he played for the show was
an oily journalist
oliver also worked at various other
venues with the chocolate milk gang
which was comprised of several other
comedians
including david odoherty russell howard
alan cochrane
and daniel kitzen when he moved to new
york city to work on the daily show with
jon stewart he continued doing stand-up
comedy he performed at small clubs and
eventually started headlining at bigger
venues
the comedian's first stand-up special
was called john oliver
terrifying times and it aired in 2008 on
comedy central
back in 2013 he even did a stand-up in
afghanistan for the troops
oliver gained a lot of popularity in the
united states and many people think it
is due to the exaggerated humor that he
takes from his british roots
number 11 the daily show john oliver
became the senior british correspondent
for the daily show with jon stewart in
july 2006
this was the first time he had been in
the united states and he was recommended
for the show by ricky gervais
another english comedian even though
they hadn't met jon received the job
about two weeks later and he flew from
london to the big apple
he won emmys for his writing in 2009
2011
and 2013 in 2013 oliver became a guest
host for the daily show while stewart
was directing rosewater
since he received many positive reviews
hbo said that they wanted to give jon
his very own late night show
which they did in 2014. number 10
stand-up show
another show that john oliver got was a
stand-up series on comedy central called
john oliver's new york stand-up show
it was announced in 2009 and the first
episode aired in january 2010.
however the show wasn't only about john
oliver he hosted it while experienced
and new comedians performed
every segment had four different
performers including one headliner
there were a total of four seasons and
the last one was in september 2013.
number nine the fame although oliver has
become a household name
since his time on the daily show and
especially through last week tonight
he stated during his 2014 rolling stone
interview that he was never really
interested in becoming famous
oliver noted that he understands what
needs to happen for the show such as
advertising
however he doesn't find the hollywood
lifestyle appealing like other
celebrities seem to
he added that he loves working and
enjoys his career but it isn't because
of the recognition that comes with it
oliver also said that he's not great at
award ceremonies he admits they're fun
but he doesn't like to go very often
number eight last week tonight one of
john oliver's most well-known
accomplishments is the show he got with
hbo called last week tonight
it started in april 2014 and has been a
hit ever since
throughout the episodes oliver talks
about various news stories
plus he has complete freedom to
criticize and talk about whoever he
wants to
including corporations although the
series is somewhat similar to the daily
show
john generally focuses on one subject
per episode
last week tonight also has its own
youtube channel where videos are added
periodically after the show airs
the very first episode received over a
million viewers and the first season got
over 4 million viewers via televisions
on demand
hbo go and dvr one of the segments from
february 2016 was about donald trump it
accumulated more than 85 million views
on youtube
and facebook making it the most popular
last week tonight episode so far
number 7. wife and sons at the 2008
republican national convention
john oliver met his now wife kate norley
he was there working on a segment for
the daily show and she was with vets for
freedom campaigning
you might not have known that norlie
herself is a veteran she served in the
iraq conflict as a united states army
combat medic
kate had enlisted after the events of 9
11 at just 19 years old
she and the rest of the veterans helped
hide john the camera crew and other
so-called journalists from security
they began emailing back and forth and
formed a friendship soon after which led
to their romance
they ended up tying the knot in october
2011. john has often described his wife
as extremely american
and said that she is unable to go home
after a long day complained that she had
a tough time at work
he noted that a rough time on the set of
last week tonight doesn't quite compare
to treating wounded soldiers out on the
field
so he doesn't whine about his job
considering that the talk show is quite
liberal
it might surprise people that kate is a
republican however if they disagree on
political matters at home
then oliver hasn't discussed it publicly
on his series but he has let everyone
know that he supports his wife
wholeheartedly
john and kate have two sons together
born in 2015 and 2018.
number 6. dustin hoffman in 2017
john oliver sparked up a feud with actor
and director dustin hoffman
hoffman had been accused of harassing a
17 year old girl he allegedly grabbed
her inappropriately and said lewd things
to her
while she was interning on the set of
death of a salesman in 1985.
so while he and hoffman were
participating in a tribeca film panel in
december of that year
john took the opportunity to confront
the actor he told hoffman that despite
his statement that the accusation
doesn't reflect who he is as a person
that it does in fact indicate what kind
of person he is
oliver noted that those type of comments
make him angry and hoffman wasn't giving
the responses he was looking for
concerning his questions about the
situation
regarding the entire conversation with
hoffman john oliver later stated that he
was upset with how things turned out
when the focus became more on his
questions than dustin's statements
number five awards john oliver is a very
successful rider and comedian and he has
the awards to prove it he has won a
total of seven primetime emmys for his
work on last week tonight and the daily
show
oliver also took home a 2015 dorian
award from the gay and lesbian
entertainment critics association
in 2016 and 2018 he won online film and
television association awards
and he holds three pga awards in
addition to those
oliver owns five awards from the writers
guild of america
according to his imdb profile he has a
total of 23 wins and 25 nominations
number four lawsuit during one of the
episodes of last week tonight john
oliver discussed the coal industry and
spoke about robert murray
murray energy corporation's chief
executive officer
he compared murray to dr evil and talked
about the maltreatment of his employees
concerning their health
so robert and his company sued oliver
and hbo claiming that he had been
portrayed as a villain by the host
the case was sent to the state court in
west virginia and two motions were
submitted that asked the judge to
dismiss it they argued that john oliver
and hbo
were protected under the first amendment
the judge ultimately ruled that roy's
claims had no legal backing and
dismissed the case
number three other roles in addition to
a successful television career john
oliver has been in a few movies
he voiced vanity in the smurfs and the
smurfs too plus
oliver played a character in the love
guru recently he completed his work
voicing
zazu in the lion king live-action film
besides his movie roles oliver has made
guest appearances in various other
television shows
including danger mouse bob's burgers the
simpsons rick and morty and the late
night show with stephen colbert
number two hawking and robots john
oliver has made an impact on people
everywhere whether it be making them
laugh or truly making sense
during one of the 2014 segments he
interviewed stephen hawking
oliver asked hawking's opinion on the
dangers of artificial intelligence and
he noted that it could be a problem
fairly soon in society which elon musk
believes as well
the sarcasm and joking between the two
men made a really popular episode
more recently oliver brought up robots
in another installment
he had children interviewing about what
they want to be when they grow up from
mermaid doctor to rockstar ballerina the
kids were dreaming big
however with the expanding automation
industry oliver noted that robots could
at least partially take over numerous
human jobs an example is mcdonald's
self-ordering touch screens
during the segment he discussed that
many people are worried about losing
their careers
due to automation like truck drivers
throughout the humorous episode
oliver touches on many important news
topics which is the running theme of
last week tonight
number one the john oliver effect
because john oliver's last week
tonight's show is both comical and
informative
it has made more impact on various
aspects of american culture
he has influenced court rulings
legislation and many other things
and this impact is called the john
oliver effect in the fifth episode of a
series he talked about
net neutrality which concerns the
accessibility of websites applications
and content on the internet the segment
ultimately led to a change in the
federal communications commission's net
neutrality rules
and john was given credit for
significantly changing the debate
regarding the subject
currently the episode has over 14
million views on youtube
a ninth circuit court judge even cited a
last week tonight installment concerning
the rights of people living in the
united states territories members of
congress and a council member of
washington dc have credited john oliver
as well
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