-We're back with John Oliver,
everybody. Your YouTube page just started
doing something very cool. You're uploading
all your episodes through the history of the show.
-Yes. -You're also a 10-year show,
just like us. -That's right.
We came of age at the same time. What?
-Yep. -We started at the same time.
We didn't come of age. -But you made a massive mistake,
because you -- I mean, you look back, it literally has,
like, Season 1, and I don't think you've
changed the way you look. But then you look
at the YouTube page, you're like,
"Oh, you older now." -It is...
[ Laughter ] It is amazing.
There's some comments saying, "You need to tell people
that these are old shows." You go, "Do I?!"
[ Laughter ] "Are you [bleep] sure
about that?" Look at my face, body,
general demeanor. Some [bleep] happened that
hasn't happened yet to this boy. [ Laughter ]
Pandemic, kids, Trump presidency.
It escalated over a decade. [ Laughter ]
Yeah. -It is very cool
to be able to go back. And it's very nice
that you guys have that library available
for everybody. -Yeah. It's amazing, yeah.
So, yeah, we own the shows now.
So [Chuckles] -- So they don't get deleted, now
we're giving them to YouTube. So, yeah, every week
we're off now, we'll do a new --
a new season. -There is something
that has not happened yet that you threw out
into the universe. He basically offered
Clarence Thomas $1 million a year -- not just $1 million --
$1 million a year -- if he resigned
from the Supreme Court. -I did do that. I did, yeah.
[ Cheers and applause ] Yeah. Easy. -Easy.
-Easy. So easy to feel that way
when you didn't make the offer. [ Laughter ] And I felt exactly like you
until the offer went out on TV. I was so excited.
"Oh, that was fun. That show went really well. Oh, [bleep] it's about to happen
now, isn't it?" -Now, I imagine there's
multiple people you just have to talk to
about that. People -- lawyers.
-For sure. -Your wife?
-Definitely. Yeah. -Were they -- Were they
as applaud-y as this group? -I would say my wife was on
the low side of the applaud-y. It's more,
"What did you just tell me?" I did say to her,
"It's until one of us dies." And I think
that if he takes the offer -- -Not you or your wife.
You or Clarence Thomas. -Yeah. That's not --
No, no, no. -Yeah.
-[ Laughter ] Well, you diagnosed
the awkwardness in that room. "Well, why would you put that
in the offer, you sociopath?" Yeah, until I or
Clarence Thomas die. And I did feel like,
if he took the deal, that there were going to be
some people so angry with me that they were going to kill me. Therefore, my wife wouldn't be
on the hook for the money. But she didn't take that
as the reassuring statement that I hoped. "Oh, I won't be around for that. Don't worry, it's fine."
[ Laughter ] It would -- If he'd said --
It was kind of -- It was both a huge relief
and massively disappointing that he didn't
take us up on it. -What was the window of time
you gave him? -It was -- We gave him 30 days. Honestly, I'd open it up again
if it -- ahead of -- as long as...
[ Cheers and applause ] -Yeah.
-As long as he gets out before the, uh -- before they're
doing the June decisions, I would be willing
to open discussions again. So, Clarence, I know
I keep -- every time I'm talking to Clarence
through the camera here. -Sure, yeah, yeah, of course.
-Clarence, I know you're a big fan of Seth.
-Yeah. [ Laughter ] I think he's not,
but Ginni has it on. [ Laughter ]
-Ginni. Ginni's just a fan of
just the canon of late night. -Oh, just loves it, yeah.
-Um, yeah, if you want to get in touch and
open up the negotiations again, I still have the contract
in the drawer in my desk, and I'd be willing to do that.
-That's really cool. -Again, until one of us dies.
And hopefully, that will be you. [ Laughter ]
-More than fair. -Well, you know, like...
-That's just self-preservation. -...one of Siegfried and Roy.
-Yeah, yeah. Um, Met Gala tonight.
-Yeah! Am I going to see you there?
-Eh, man? -Am I going to see you?
-[ Laughs ] -Am I going to see you there?
-I love when you -- -Johnny loves --
Johnny loves dressing up. [ Laughter ]
Johnny loves banana tux. You're going to be there,
Johnny. Come on. Johnny.
[ Laughter ] Johnny, come to the Met Gala,
baby! -I do.
I love fancy occasions and socializing
with people I don't know. Yeah, and it's a win-win for me.
You know that. -You love museums where
everything was given as a gift. [ Laughter ] I know that. -I know you love it.
-That's true. -I know you love stuff that's
where it's supposed to be. -That's true.
I do not -- I don't have complicated
feelings about the Met at all. -Nope.
-Do you know what? This year, I'm
not going to be there, Seth. -Are you not?
-All previous years... -Oh, no.
-...all future years. -Alright.
[ Laughter ] -But I'm so happy
that you're going. Is this --
-Can I call you as soon as I leave,
to tell you everybody I met? [ Laughter ] -What are you, uh -- What
story is your outfit telling? -Oh, [Sighs]...
[ Laughter ] [ Cheers and applause ] -I just want to get you
warmed up for the red carpet. Seth, Seth, Seth! Huge fan. Um, what story's
your outfit telling? [ Laughter ] -"Fashion..."
-Mm-hmm. -"...brings us together."
-Oh, sorry, sorry! Jennifer Coolidge is over here.
No. [ Laughter ]
That's right. Fashion -- Doesn't fashion
bring us together? -You've been invited.
-I've been invited before. Yeah, but I've said no because I don't think I'm
going to elevate that evening. Mm-hmm.
[ Laughter ] I don't think I'm a net
positive to a night like that. It was a mercy refusal
on my part. "I think
you think you want this. I know, in practice, you don't. Let's just squash
this invite right now." Yeah, I don't, but
I'm very, very, very much looking forward to seeing you
on the carpet. -Thank you.
-Do you eat there? -Do I eat there?
-Does one eat there? -It's the best
because nobody does. And so I just go to town.
[ Laughter ] Everybody's, like, so --
Everybody's in, like, such tight-fitting
clothing. It's, like, maybe the most
dinners I have in a night. [ Laughter ] -Do you know what
you're going to eat tonight? -Whatever they have.
-Oh, yeah? I'm not picky, yeah.
I'm cool at the Met. [ Laughter ] -So, just to be clear,
you're fine, as well, with where they've been getting
their stuff? Is it a good custodian?
-I think a lot of it was just there.
-Yeah, yeah, yeah. -I think the Temple of Dendur
was, like -- was actually originally built
there, and they put the museum
around it. -So much of the stuff, just
invading armies stumbled over. -Yeah. -And then found
a good home for, like a kind of adopted puppy
that actually had an owner. -Yeah.
-Yeah. -The good news is, there's
no way of ever knowing. There's no way of ever...
[ Laughter ] You guys, John Oliver!
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