jokes on them

Ugh, almost everyone I know love those shows, I puke eeeverytime i just get a glimpse of it(No, not literally). Too propaganda for me

he is not funny. dumb people find him funny.

You'd be surprised; its not really just dumb people.

I like to watch him for the same reason I like to watch that 70’s show. sometimes a brain needs a rest from doing high functioning tasks. Dumb works for me. Gets us to equilibrium agains.

Understandable. I am the same.

Yeah John Oliver's monologues about corporate prisons, net neutrality, imprisoning people for token fines, etc. is really corporatist shilling and propaganda. These are issues people here feel strongly about... but yes, he is laughing at you.

John Oliver is why this country is being plundered by a kleptocracy...

You don't get it do you? He gets the fee fees going about serious issues then makes light of them, turns them into jokes instead of demanding his audience get off their asses and do something.

He opens people who otherwise are unaware of these issues to these issues. I don't think he prevents anyone from acting... his preachy monlogues are not very funny so he is not very successful on the joke part...

But I never got the feeling Oliver trivialized issues even when he is joking...

So he is just like this sub, except with a sense of humor?

Ain't nothing worse than the right wing propaganda apparatus. How many murders have been committed because people watch that shit?

Sounds like this conservative guy doesn't like liberal comedians. Awww sorry bud.

So, interestingly, OP is right... they are laughing at him.

Removed. Rule 5

I'll write a John Oliver joke for you-- "Trump this week signed an executive order banning drones from flying near reservoirs. It was the worst thing done to our drinking water since your college roommate Steve drank too many Bud Lights! [insert bad photoshop of male staffer "Steve" peeing in lake] Audience chuckles. John really drives the laughs home with some great follow-ups - - "Thanks STEVE". "Is there anything worse than STEVE??" "Way to go... STEVE!!"

John Oliver is objectively not funny

Audience chuckles

They have a sign "applause/Laugh" which a hype man brainwashes the audience to follow

He's extremely cringeworthy and I never liked talking weasels pretending to be human.

The reason it is so easy to write a John Oliver sketch is that the show literally follows an extremely rigid, hypnotic pacing.

Not to mention all the intentional vocal tonality, neuro linguistic programming, and other more obscure topics. It's a very interesting science

He's intelligent, clearly the accent proves he knows what hes talking about!

I don't recall any laughing on Maddow's show aside from herself and maybe a producer giggling now and then.... she could prolly use a laugh track though so it ain't so awkward when she tries to deliver a zinger.

So I'm guessing you also have a huge problem with Rush Limbaugh and Hannity and other right wing guys that make millions stoking up fires and divisiveness.

And your not being divisive?

Your post is basically look at all these liberal sheep watching talk shows and then a bunch of extreme rhetoric.

I think conservatives are just jealous they don’t get to have comedians, personally.

idk, the shit isn’t really that funny. Trump is a goldmine for comedy, he does so much outlandish shit on a day to day basis that it’s really easy to make fun of. But the mainstream comedians jokes are just soooo tired! remember will Ferrell’s impersonation of president bush? That was the funniest skit ive ever seen. But the jokes they run about Trump are just non stop, and not even funny any more. The phrase “beating a dead horse” was coined just for situations like this.

What?

The difference is they don’t need to hire comedians to deliver their message.

Trump does his own shitposting, no middle man.

Who hires this ring of comedians to spew propaganda? What’s the moral difference between hiring a guy to shitpost for you versus doing it yourself?

Or maybe, you know, they’re just professional comedians and conservatism doesn’t lend itself well to comedy.

There is no moral judgement here, only making an ironic stab at the Left needing someone else to make things funny.

Who hires them?

HBO pays Oliver, rather elementary... HBO is owned buy some guys I don’t feel like looking up... most likely they, like 99% of the rest of film and television executives support the Liberals.

And I am sure Oliver is pretty free to say what he wants, and he is a liberal, so... Would he have been hired if he was not a liberal, maybe that is the question.

Man, this is way more words than intended for a throwaway quip originally.

My point is that Oliver couldn’t not be a liberal, because conservatism doesn’t lend itself well to humor; being a fear-based ideology.

Correlation, not causation.

Then how is Trump hilarious?

Conservatism can be funny, it is just a different kind of humor more Socratean irony than plain sarcasm.

lol

I'll be laughing at them when 2020 approaches and they have to choose between ratings $$$ or a new president and bankruptcy.

Yeah, hard to believe none of these shows existed before Trump became president

They existed, barely. The hated Alex Jones has more viewers than the average CNN show. Maddow was averaging 250k viewers before Trump. Colbert was a huge disappointment, there was even talk of trying to get Letterman back.

Short memories.

The irony is actually slightly amusing.

Just remember, they do not know you personally and logically can not be attacking you. Some just like to spread fear, thats all.

Na a little television entertainment every now and then isnt bad for. And the sound editors and laughing aidience arent laughing at future viewers. Maddow has canned laughter now?

Canned laughter? You know they have live audiences right?

Canned laughter is pre recorded laughing tracks, not applicable here

So many people I know watch right wing media exclusively, and act like they're privy to some higher truth when half of what they say is complete nonsense. The "facts" they give are usually Fox News bullshit like, "did you know America is the only country without tariffs" or something that could be googled in 20 seconds. If you think infowars or some conservative-eagle-news.ru website is informing you then you are wrong. Not believing what you hear if it comes from the MSM doesn't make you wise, especially if you instead believe things coming from some right wing blog-rag like breitbart that was designed to be propaganda. So many people think that the popular MSM narrative must be wrong solely because it is popular, but that's not how facts work.

Maybe you'd prefer conservative or libertarian comedi... wait, oh.

I'm pretty sure these shows are loosing viewers (would love a source if someone has one). The slack is being picked up by YT personalities. I personally know many young people (GenZ) that exclusively watch YT/twitch/etc.

All of them produce content that their audience wants to consume. Sensationalism is in popular demand. Once they garner a significant audience that usually trends on one side of the aisle, they have absolutely no incentive to attack the other side. Gone are the days of Craig Kilborne / early-Jon Stewart where nobody was safe from ridicule (at least how I remember them - I could be wrong).

I used to like Oliver because he covered some pretty obscure topics no one else was talking about but saw his true colors during the election

They existed, barely. The hated Alex Jones has more viewers than the average CNN show. Maddow was averaging 250k viewers before Trump. Colbert was a huge disappointment, there was even talk of trying to get Letterman back.

Short memories.

You forgot Maher. That smug son of a bitch needs to be taken down a few pegs.

One of the greatest late night moments this year was when Colbert announced the firing of Comey and his audience cheered. The look on his face was priceless.

Is there a point to this post other than you whining that people watch different media than you?

Fun fact that recorded laughter you hear is a record from the early 50s. All those people you hear laughing are dead. 😜

A couple of years ago on US TV John Oliver championed former Australian Prime Minister, John Howard, for the success of the 1996 Australian gun buyback program, which was introduced immediately following the Port Arthur massacre. (The Port Arthur massacre is alleged by many--not without evidence--to have been a black op/false flag with the intention of removing guns from the Australian public.)

Watch out for John Oliver. He's definitely pushing the NWO agenda.

Those shows make my stomach turn , my parents never used to watch crap Like that. The. Trump caused hysteria.

I like to watch him for the same reason I like to watch that 70’s show. sometimes a brain needs a rest from doing high functioning tasks. Dumb works for me. Gets us to equilibrium agains.