John Oliver Returns To The Great White Void To Dunk On Everybody About Coronavirus

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These days, the more you can do to feel normal, the better. How have I been copping, you ask? Like any rational adult would: I’ve been watching all the Pixar movies while reading up about how they’re apparently all connected and are some sort of macro-criticism of mankind’s gluttony. So, yeah, that’s where I’m at.

Maybe you like to read. Maybe you’re a health freak. Maybe you’re a gamer. Whatever hobby you have that you enjoy, I hope you’ve been enjoying the hell out of it recently.

John Oliver dunking on people qualifies as normalcy to me, as my Sunday nights were usually always concluded with his 30-minute news briefings after whatever drama HBO happens to be airing at the time (these days, it’s Westworld). Everybody has a routine and this was part of mine.

After taking last week off, Oliver returned to the “blank white void full of sad facts” to, well, deliver exactly that: sad facts. But now, more than ever (to be clear, facts are always important, but now their proliferation can save lives), facts matter, regardless of how scary they might be.

And there are few people on television who can deliver critical information in an understandable and consumable package like John Oliver and the Last Week Tonight team. It’s a sobering look at our nation’s response to this pandemic, but it’s a necessary one.

As for when Last Week Tonight will be able to return to its regular live-studio-audience, let’s just hope it’s as soon as safely possible.

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Eric is a New York City-based writer who still isn’t quite sure how he’s allowed to have this much fun for a living and will tell anyone who listens that Gotham City is canonically in New Jersey. Follow him on Twitter @eric_ital for movie and soccer takes or contact him eric@brobible.com

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