John Oliver Doubles Down on Mike Richards Criticism Following ‘Jeopardy!’ Brouhaha

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The 'Last Week Tonight' host calls Richards a 'smirking golf bag [who] was demoted from hosting 'Jeopardy!' to merely running it.'

The opening sequence of his HBO show featured an image of Richards fading out with the words “Postus Hostus.” Oliver then went on to call Richards — who is also the show’s executive producer — a “smirking golf bag [who] was demoted from hostingOliver threw Richards’ name into a segment

about parents who are angry about schools that are requiring their kids to wear masks. In that episode, Oliver showed a video where a school board member who voted in favor of masks was harassed outside the meeting afterward by people yelling things like, “You can leave freely, but we will find you, and we know who you are” and “You will never be allowed in public again.”

Said Oliver in response: “Holy shit! It is genuinely hard to imagine a five-word phrase less welcome than ‘We know who you are’ — aside from, obviously,

 

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has john oliver ever considered trying to be funny?

I love John Oliver. Jeopardy really f*cked up. Thinking they rectified that f*ck up by letting the guy still run the show is FUBAR

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