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John Oliver Steps Up on ‘Last Week Tonight’

John Oliver Steps Up on 'Last Week Tonight'

Any man who can make Right Said Fred politically resonant is clearly doing something right. And John Oliver is such a man. He certainly dreamed up a novel way to trash Syria’s Bashar al-Assad on his HBO show, Last Week Tonight With John Oliver . After news reports that the dictator downloaded iTunes tracks from LMFAO, Chris Brown and Right Said Fred, Oliver noted, “He’s half mass murderer and half your creepy sophomore-year roommate.” But then he brought on Right Said Fred to rework their Nineties-cheese classic “I’m Too Sexy” into an anti-Assad number.

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Dave Hill

dave hill

David kicks off the show with a rant about the NRA, then Howie Klein joins us to talk about this week’s election results. Then, Jimmy Lee Wirt and Laura House sit down to talk with musician/comedian/author/actor Dave Hill about all of the fun and interesting projects he’s involved in, including his awesome band Valley Lodge. Plus, movie reviews with Michael Snyder, then David ends the show with more talk about the NRA with KPFK’s John Matthews.

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