John Oliver Ridicules NBC’s Olympic Coverage
If you’re caught up in Olympic fever, you’re not the only one. John Oliver dedicated the first segment of his show to the Rio Games and NBC’s coverage of them.
During the Parade of Nations — a hopeful, inspiring event showcasing the best of the global community — anchors Hoda Kotb, Meredith Vieira, and Matt Lauer decided to point out some pretty unfortunate things about several nations. Sample topics: Turkey’s military coup, France’s terrorist attacks, and Nepal’s devastating earthquake. Noted Oliver, “It’s a good thing those anchors don’t behave like that during the Macy’s [Thanksgiving] Day Parade. There goes Shrek, obviously jaundiced and beset by weight problems stemming from chronic diabetes. Here’s Charlie Brown, clearly losing his battle with leukemia. And here’s Snoopy, who, of course, is going to be put down later today.”
When the coverage made light of the nation Djibouti’s name, Oliver was clearly annoyed. “I mean, Djibouti is a country with a rich cultural history and multiethnic population of over 850,000 people, but you are right,” he said. “It does also sound like a butt.”
Today interviews Opening Ceremony star Pita Taufatofua, promptly covers him with oil:
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