John Oliver Offers Blistering Response After Jay Leno Advises Comedians To Avoid Politics

Nolte: Basement-Rated John Oliver Rips Jay Leno’s Advice To Be Funny, Not Partisan

John Oliver attacked Jay Leno for daring to suggest that comedians might want to broaden their appeal beyond neurotic, dried-up, middle-aged white women who hate Trump.

John Oliver Offers Blistering Response After Jay Leno Advises Comedians To Avoid Politics

Jay Leno, the comedian who spent years talking about practically nothing but the Bill Clinton-Monica Lewinsky scandal as host of The Tonight Show in the '90s and 2000s, thinks comedians are too political these days.And John Oliver, the host of Last Week Tonight, is having none of it.Leno made his comments while bloviating about The Late Show with Stephen Colbert being canceled for political reasons.Leno seemed to blame Colbert's political humor …

Oliver Dismisses Broadening Comedic Appeal: 'Comedy Can’t Be For Everyone' - Conservative Angle

With CBS cancelling The Late Show, plenty of people, including former Tonight Show host Jay Leno, have suggested that the industry has become too partisan. During a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter published on Tuesday, HBO’s Last Week Tonight host John Oliver claimed he would not be taking advice from Leno and suggested such criticism would lead to boring comedy. Lucy Rose asked, “You’ve had success having a point of view on your sh…

John Oliver Attacks Jay Leno’s Reaction To Colbert’s Cancelation

ZUMAPRESS.com / MEGA ( John Oliver does not agree with Jay Leno’s ideas about involving politics in comedy. CBS’ cancellation of Stephen Colbert's “The Late Show” has sparked many reactions from the late-night world.  TV hosts Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, and even Leno have commented on the topic. Leno, for his part, noted that some comedians were alienating the audience with political humor. However, Oliver doesn’t see any sense in Leno’s opinio…

John Oliver takes 'hard pass' on listening to Jay Leno

John Oliver has slammed Jay Leno for his recent warning to talk show hosts and insisted he would take a "hard pass" on taking advice from the TV veteran.