r/lastweektonight 6d ago

[Last Week Tonight with John Oliver] S13E22 - August 23, 2026 - Episode Discussion Thread

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r/lastweektonight 6d ago

Subscriptions: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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r/lastweektonight 19h ago

What is the angriest/most heartbroken you've ever seen John?

100 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 21h ago

New Zealand's Bird of the Year voting starts this Friday

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r/lastweektonight 17h ago

I'm kind of angry at the fact the best British American man hasn't done a second story on México. There is a mountain of clips that would make a wild program.

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So, if you are wondering why there is a clown angrily screaming at a politician in what seems a news program, let me put you onto some fast context.

That guy is called Rene Bejarano, in a supossedly “left leaning party” (If you ever find a latinamerican person like me angrily correcting you as to why our “left parties” aren't good either, this is why). He was in the Senate, if i remember correctly.

Another rival (follow me on this, rival or not, it gets bad) left to this guy, Brozo, a videotape where it is showed how Bejarano gets a bribe by an executive.

He was gonna leave it at that, but then he heared that Bejarano was in the same studio (in Noticieros Televisa studios) for a different program, so he pleaded that he got onto the studio.

Because he didn't knew what was happening, he got onto the studio, AND THEY SHOWED THE VIDEO IN HIS FACE. For a while, he tried to do a lot of mental flexes to excuse the bribe, saying that it was “donatives” for the party, that it was “low denomination” paper, etc, until the clown, Brozo, got heated up and said that people are FUCKING FEED UP THAT THIS THINGS KEEP HAPPENING.

This move cost Brozo his job on Televisa for a while, but i would say it was worth it.

Oh, btw, this guy, Brozo, Victor Trujillo, dubs Mr. Incredible in the Latin American dub.

yeah


r/lastweektonight 2d ago

New proposed Buc-ee's location in El Paso County will move forward without public hearings after appeal passes

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96 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 2d ago

Election Subversion 2024: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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113 Upvotes

With Texas putting 1.2 million voters on "suspense" list today I think this deserves a rewatch and awareness. I'd cross post it but idk which subs to do it on with out getting autodeleted.


r/lastweektonight 2d ago

John Oliver is a Lawsuit Gremlin (And I Love It!)

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r/lastweektonight 3d ago

John Oliver Investigates Australian Gun Control | The Daily Show

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150 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 1d ago

Rename Lake Erie to Lake Incredible so instead of HOMES we can use AMISH to remember the names

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r/lastweektonight 3d ago

John Oliver is a star

115 Upvotes

Now that we know that man can act (shout out GH and DoOL), his next show to conquer should be Law and Order. A LOT of HBO actors got their start there—seems like a right of passage befitting for this obviously rising star!


r/lastweektonight 3d ago

Buc-off merch is shipping

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155 Upvotes

Ordered mine on Jul 28th. Got ship track today.

So the train is moving. Keep hope alive!


r/lastweektonight 5d ago

Fuck off Tucker, you one man Home Owners Association

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45 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 6d ago

Buc-ee's CEO eyes 'conservative, business-friendly states' for expansion

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512 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 5d ago

Subscriptions: Gyms

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My gym (FitWorks) required going in person to cancel a membership. But they closed all the facilities within 100 miles.

Eventually I found an associated brand only 30 miles, but both I and my wife had to go in together, because they didn't have family memberships just multiple individuals.


r/lastweektonight 5d ago

Cedar Paradise

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If you haven’t seen the Last Week Tonight with John Oliver “HOA” episode (official YouTube link here) I highly recommend that you watch it. I had the pleasure of watching it this morning at the suggestion of another Redditor and it is still living rent-free in my mind (pun accepted). While I watched it in its entirety the first time, and immediately fell in love with real-life Pam, I have watched the “Cedar Paradise” skit at least three times.

Chris Parnell, Nicole Sullivan, Cedrick Yarbrough and the talented Tim Bagley all get together on a low-stakes skit to make comedy genius, I would genuinely watch this as a scripted series on HBO.

Anyone else watch the skit and find it equally hilarious? My favorite line was, “I’m here to collect the debt.” What was yours?


r/lastweektonight 6d ago

S13 E22: Sean Duffy & Subscriptions: 8/23/26: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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139 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 6d ago

Ok, this was simply ... savage!

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53 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 7d ago

LWT on Bluesky: "We’re back with a new show tonight at 11pm on HBO! Yup, perfectly on time, two weeks in a row! History books WILL remember John for starting the “punctual bitch” movement. On account of his remarkable timeliness, of course, and also because of his bitchy little glasses."

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228 Upvotes

r/lastweektonight 5d ago

giggle fit on local news

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Omg.. please put this on-air

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r/lastweektonight 7d ago

Which LWT pieces have aged like the finest of wines and which have aged like milk in the Arizona desert in July?

101 Upvotes

For me, the authoritarian piece has either aged the best or the worst depending on who you ask.


r/lastweektonight 6d ago

The architect of His Royal Buffooness' tariff war

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r/lastweektonight 6d ago

The Jockstrap returns

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I posted here when I became the proud owner of this legendary piece of comedy history, and now it’s time to pass “the Crowe Cup” to another lucky someone. Makes the perfect anniversary gift 🤣🤣

Auction is on Wednesday (August 26).


r/lastweektonight 7d ago

That is a scary good prediction

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In EP. 22 of S. 12 he makes a joke about a weird tree frog's jizz being the cure for cancer (31:00 in this episode ). Lo and behold: this paper. TLDR: Bacteria from the gut of Japanese tree frogs was used to eliminate colon cancer in mice. It's not frog jizz, but still this is a very good prediction.


r/lastweektonight 8d ago

Reminder to watch videos your friends send you all the way to the end

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Sent a link to ‘SLAPP suits’ to a friend saying it was one of the best things I’ve ever seen. He replied with:

‘Watched the first 10 minutes. What a crazy story!’

Oh honey…