Wait John Oliver is leaving the Daily Show?

[Vice honcho room temperature]

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Can he at least take Samantha Bee with him?

[Welfare Willis]

Yes, he just got the spot following Bill Maher on HBO I believe.

[Mayonnaise]

Ahh son of bitch. He was the last thing I liked about the show. I was hoping CC would come up with something for him like a weekly wrap up show or anything really to take advantage of his talent other than the NY Stand Up Special. Guess I'll have to DVR the midnight replay to see the end.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Well, damn. I really liked Oliver. I even thought he did a good job filling in for Stewart this summer.

On a side note, "The Daily Show" did blow their chance to pull a great joke on Stewart when he came back. The first guest on his first night back should have sat down at the desk and said "Oh... I thought it was going to be the other guy..." and look disappointed for a minute or two, until the laughing started.

[RowdyRobbyPiper]

My wife will be crushed to find this out.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I finally saw the bit where they told the audience about Oliver leaving. Apparently they rehearsed a different bit about the British phone hacking scandal, and the staff turned that around into the tribute to Oliver. I gotta say, nicely done!

[wisdomwizard]

Dec 21, 2013 0:38:11 GMT -5 El Pollo Guerrera said:

I finally saw the bit where they told the audience about Oliver leaving. Apparently they rehearsed a different bit about the British phone hacking scandal, and the staff turned that around into the tribute to Oliver. I gotta say, nicely done!

Link?

[Cranjis McBasketball]

Dec 21, 2013 3:10:03 GMT -5 wisdomwizard said:

Dec 21, 2013 0:38:11 GMT -5 El Pollo Guerrera said:

I finally saw the bit where they told the audience about Oliver leaving. Apparently they rehearsed a different bit about the British phone hacking scandal, and the staff turned that around into the tribute to Oliver. I gotta say, nicely done!

Link?

comedycentral.com

If you live in the States.

[Deleted]

I'm okay with it. I actually did like him a bit as a host, but as a correspondent I didn't enjoy him. I don't like any of the correpsondents anymore, they need to clean house and find some good ones.

[Jedi-El of Tomorrow]

Dec 19, 2013 23:05:41 GMT -5 Vice honcho room temperature said:

NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!

Can he at least take Samantha Bee with him?

But if Sam leaves, that means Jason Jones might leave, and that can't happen.

I'll miss John on The Daily Show, I liked him as a correspondent and thought he did an excellent job filling in for Jon Stewart. His rant about the PayPal founder being called the inspiration for Tony Stark was hilarious, and one of the best moments on television in 2013. Great job by the staff to surprise Ollie with the tribute.

He also gave us the best Moment of Zen in recent memory.

[G✇JI☈A]

Good luck to John.

At least he is still doing the Bugle podcast.

[Cyno]

I'm going to miss him a lot, but getting his own show on HBO is very well deserved. Looking forward to watching it. He was my favorite correspondent along with Wyatt Cenac (who sadly left a couple of years ago) and he did an incredible job filling in for Jon during the summer.

That pretty much leaves Al Madrigal as the only correspondent left that I like. Never been much of a Bee or Jones fan and Williams is just horrible outside of a few shining bits.

[El Pollo Guerrera]

Dec 22, 2013 0:44:07 GMT -5 Cyno said:

I'm going to miss him a lot, but getting his own show on HBO is very well deserved. Looking forward to watching it. He was my favorite correspondent along with Wyatt Cenac (who sadly left a couple of years ago) and he did an incredible job filling in for Jon during the summer.

That pretty much leaves Al Madrigal as the only correspondent left that I like. Never been much of a Bee or Jones fan and Williams is just horrible outside of a few shining bits.

You forgot Aasif Mandvi. He's comedy gold.

[Cyno]

Oh yeah. Aasif Mandvi is pretty awesome.