When you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.
John OliverWow. Losing 95 percent of your audience in just five years. That basically makes Obama the NBC of presidents.
John OliverI think the best analogy for where we are right now is that America is Elvis Presley -- the most beautiful, talented, rebellious nation in the history of Earth. And now, you're in your Vegas years. You've squeezed yourself into a white jumpsuit, you're wheezing your way through 'Love Me Tender' and you might be about to pass away bloated on the toilet. But you're still the King.
John Oliver