You don't really know when stand-up material is TV ready; it's just at what point you're willing to let it go and not work on it anymore. I'm not sure there is a point at which you think: 'And that is finished.'
John OliverWhen you're doing stand-up, you want to stand onstage and, to the extent that you can, uncomplicatedly entertain.
John OliverYou're sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent.
John Oliver