-Welcome back to "Late Night." We're here with John Oliver.
Very exciting. We are going to be spending
New Year's Eve together. -Yeah we are.
We're going to be doing stand-up in Las Vegas.
-Yeah, we are. [ Audience cheers ] -And you've noticed
that it's very funny, the room they have us
doing stand-up in. -Yes, because
it's Adele's theater. [ Laughter ] And so for one night only Adele
ain't going to be there. And I hope that's made
very clear to the people that turn up
to that theater. -And it's just you and Adele
are this Venn diagram where just a tiny slice
of British... [ Laughter ] That's it. Just like...
-That's it. That's it. That's it. -I'm fascinated. I mean, you do New Year's Eve
shows every year. -Yeah, I love it.
-And you've always said it's the best way to spend New
Year's, and you've been kind. -Yeah, because you're not
really spending it. You're kind of basically
doing something else instead. It's classic
displacement activity, right? -Yeah.
-So I love it. I hate New Year's
as an evening, I hate it. And so now I do stand-up,
which I love, and they cancel each other out.
It's great. -I'm very excited to be
doing it with you. Our friend Brooks Wheelan
will be there as well. -Yes, he's going to be there.
-Literally the greatest person
to be on the road with. You're on the road with him
all the time. -Yeah. He's the absolute
greatest, funniest, nicest, fantastic human being.
-Where do you think we'll be at midnight? -[ Laughing ] I mean, listen,
the high-percentage guess is back in our rooms alone.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ] -But having --
-That's what the money -- That's what house money is on.
-House money is saying having a nice, quiet night, getting extra sleep
and getting an early flight out back to our families.
I will say, having said that, the tradition of coming
on this show and things turning out other
than I might otherwise imagine, there is a chance you're going
to be able to cut from this that it's just you and me
in our underwear, just running down the Strip,
unloading firearms in the air. -Yeah.
-We're golden gods! [ Cheers and applause ] 2024 is going to be great!
Pow pow! -Pow pow! To the sphere! [ Laughter ] -Where's Bono?
-Yeah! -We find him.
-We find -- -We got to find Bono. -There's nothing worse
than an English person saying, "Where's Bono?" with a gun
in his hand as well. [ Laughter ] "Bring me an Irishman!"
Yeah. -You and I, we were --
we podcasted together. -Yeah.
-Strike Force Five, which I heard
very nice things about. -Yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah, yeah, yeah. -I didn't know if it would work
when we first started doing it. -I was almost sure it wouldn't.
-Yeah. -So, yeah, it's a very,
very pleasant surprise that it turned out okay.
People seem to like it. Even if I did wonder
that some people were listening with
a pathological interest. "Oh, wow. Let's just see
what these five lab rats do when they talk to each other."
[ Laughter ] -Or talk over each other. -That's right. Absolutely.
In many, many ways. -My favorite thing
about the podcast was, and I should say
we should both shout out. We've talked about it a lot. Jimmy Fallon
hosted episode five. -It's a masterpiece.
-It's a masterpiece. It's genuinely --
-I'm so grateful to him. I am so grateful to him
for what he gave us. I needed those laughs
so much at that point and only he could provide it.
It's just perfect. -It was a very poorly run and yet, because of that
exceptionally funny, basically "Newlywed Game"
where Fallon texted our wives. But we did find out super-fun
things about our wives, including the angriest you
ever were with your wife was when you went
to a pirate party. -Yeah.
-Pirate-themed party. -Yeah, because I dressed
like a pirate. -Yeah.
-And we were there first. And I remember
the host of the party not really being dressed
like a pirate and thinking, "oh, that's a shame, but at least there's lots of
pirates coming." [ Laughter ] Then... Then another couple turn up.
Very much not pirate-based, and I'm getting a sinking
feeling in my stomach saying, "The third one
will be the key here." Not dressed like a pirate.
And I really was dressed, like, very much like a pirate. -Yeah.
-So I spent a pretty angry afternoon and evening dressed
like a pirate among non-pirates. -Now, I also want to stress. I want to say even if everybody
dressed like a pirate... -Yes.
-...I'm going to go out on a limb and say you would
have hated that. -Yes.
-Yeah. -Oh, the evening was not
going to go great for me, but at least I wanted to be able
to be among other pirates, and I really wasn't. I was among people dressed
in kind of casual way. -And this is a photo
of you and your wife. And I do want to note
she's having a grand old time, and you are the unhappiest
I've ever seen a pirate. -Now, you say that. [ Laughter ] You say that. I would say...
[ Laughs ] I would say
a pirate on a pirate ship would look that unhappy if none of the other pirates
were dressed like pirates. [ Laughter ] -If it was like Casual Friday
on Pirates of the Caribbean. -That's right. Exactly.
You go, "Hey, guys. Guys, you have to let me know.
I've pirated up over here. You can't hang me out
to dry like this. Arrr." [ Laughter ] -Also an eyepatch
is even funnier when the pirate's
wearing glasses. [ Laughter ] -That is such a -- And if you're wondering, is
an eyepatch more comfortable over the glasses
or under the glasses? It's a coin flip.
You just have to rotate. Neither is good. [ Laughter ] -Well, God love Kate. Also, it does feel like Kate's
goatee is also an eye patch. -Yes. That's right. -It does feel like you guys
bought a thing of iPads and you're like,
"We got to use them all." [ Laughter ] Whether it makes sense or not.
-That's right. Yeah. That's right.
Also, I just think she could get away
with it more than me. I don't know if it's the belt. If it's the Pirates
of the Caribbean. -Oh, everybody who's
seen this photo thinks that. [ Laughter ] You're like,
"Also, I'm going to say something you guys
might not have clocked. Kate makes a great pirate."
Yeah. No. We're there. [ Laughter ] I can't wait for
New Year's Eve, buddy, and hopefully
I'll see you before that. -I know. I never
thought I'd say that. -Yeah. No kidding.
John Oliver, everybody. "Last Week Tonight"
Sundays on HBO, streams on Max. We'll be right back with
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