The 2016 presidential election or Uncle Sams Rock-Bottom Yankee-Doodle Suicide Pact 2016 has entered full-blown celebrity endorsement mode. Sadly,John Olivers British accent precludes him from taking a stance of his own. The only elected officials I can endorse are prime ministers, viceroys and magical railway controllers, he jokes in a new Last Week Tonight web exclusive. Instead, the host endorses a handful of random concepts, people and films outside the realm of politics.
First up: animals wearing people clothes. You are charming and a wholesome delight, he says. Unlike people wearing animal clothes, which is generally a specific sex thing. He also spotlights interspecies friendships, including dog and goat BFFs and an unlikely pairing of Tilda Swinton and a human from Earth.
He saves his most conventional endorsement for last, hyping 1999 film drama Pushing Tin, starring John Cusack and Billy Bob Thornton. If you are looking for a snooze in the middle of an overcast Sunday afternoon, Pushing Tin will knock you the fuck out, he says.
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