Sunday was a big night for HBO’s John Oliver. In addition to his regular show, the Last Week Tonight host was also the subject of a gushing profile from CBS’s Bill Whitaker on 60 Minutes. Whitaker fawned over Oliver’s “unique take on politics,” the “twinkle in his eye,” his “mischievous smile,” and “takedown” of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, where Oliver tried to bribe Thomas off the Court.
After running through Oliver’s early career, Whitaker declared how, “He decided to stop going for the easy laughs.”
Oliver then recalled how, “When I started off, I just wanted to make people laugh. Then I wanted to make people laugh about things I cared about, and, for me, that was politics in its broadest form.”
A captivated Whitaker added, “And it worked. On his weekly HBO show taped in New York City, his unique take on…
