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Last Night on Late Night, 8/10/15: Jon Stewart signs off, John Oliver on sex ed, and Don Rickles

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. The muddled on-again off-again summer schedule of late night shows continues, and last week Kimmel sat out again. There was still a lot …

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Last Week On Late Night, 7/20/15: Conan says teens don’t like weed, and John Oliver says Americans need to eat more food

The summer is a confusing time for late night shows. With vacation time, shows are often off, then on, seemingly at random. When shows do air, there’s fewer dangerous animals on, and more affect-less athletes. And yet, some really funny things happen on late night during these lesser watched months. Jimmy Fallon nearly lost a hand, …

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Last Week On Late Night, 6/12/15: John Oliver on torture, Seinfeld on political correctness, and Chris Pratt on our minds

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. Since Dave retired and the Summer weekly talk-show break eased into Summer talk-show down time, mostly occupied by a few …

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/15/15-5/18/15: ‘Last Week Tonight’ on Chicken Farming, and recap of Friday

Last night on late night, John Oliver talked NSA, FIFA, and contract chicken farming. On Friday, Oprah and Norm MacDonald came on Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel interviewed a UCSB student whose flute recital invite went viral, and Anna Kendrick hates her “resting bitchy face”. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver  Oliver was surprised to report that the …

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/8/15-5/10/15: Oliver on maternity leave and a recap of Friday

Last night on late night, John Oliver took America to task for being the only other country, auspiciously paired with Papua New Guinea, to not have any federal mandated paid family leave for the birth of a child. May 10 was Mother’s Day in the US this year, and Last Week Tonight made the astute move of exposing a pretty horrible injustice.

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/3/15

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. Sunday features only one major nightly talk show, so this post is about Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. John …

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