Russell Crowe, John Oliver, Blockbuster, a jockstrap, and koala chlamydia

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...oh, and five wax presidents of the USA and a new Fast & Furious movie.

What do all these things have in common?

In order to help the last remaining Blockbuster Video stores, John Oliver (and his superb show Last Week Tonight) bought a load of merchandise from Russell Crowe's divorce auction, including his jockstrap that he wore in the movie Cinderella Man.

In total, John Oliver spent almost $80,000 on Russell Crowe movie memorabilia and donated it to the last Blockbuster Video store in Alaska.

In return, Russell Crowe wanted to do "something special" that honoured Oliver's "genuine love for Australians and Australia", so he donated the money to Australia Zoo wildlife hospital, founding the John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward...

Russell Crowe names koala chlamydia clinic after John Oliver

In an unrelated story, John Oliver/Last Week Tonight had also spent a considerable sum on five wax US presidents, which they had yet to find a use for...

...until now.


I love John Oliver and Last Week Tonight so much. Got to be the best non-fiction (mostly) show in the world at the moment.

Wish we didn't have to wait the best part of a year for their YouTube channel to release them in the UK each season.
 


fyl2u said:
...oh, and five wax presidents of the USA and a new Fast & Furious movie.

What do all these things have in common?

In order to help the last remaining Blockbuster Video stores, John Oliver (and his superb show Last Week Tonight) bought a load of merchandise from Russell Crowe's divorce auction, including his jockstrap that he wore in the movie Cinderella Man.

In total, John Oliver spent almost $80,000 on Russell Crowe movie memorabilia and donated it to the last Blockbuster Video store in Alaska.

In return, Russell Crowe wanted to do "something special" that honoured Oliver's "genuine love for Australians and Australia", so he donated the money to Australia Zoo wildlife hospital, founding the John Oliver Koala Chlamydia Ward...

Russell Crowe names koala chlamydia clinic after John Oliver

In an unrelated story, John Oliver/Last Week Tonight had also spent a considerable sum on five wax US presidents, which they had yet to find a use for...

...until now.


I love John Oliver and Last Week Tonight so much. Got to be the best non-fiction (mostly) show in the world at the moment.

Wish we didn't have to wait the best part of a year for their YouTube channel to release them in the UK each season.
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It’s great alright, plenty of places to get the episodes the day after US airing if you know where to look.

The daily show with Trevor Noah while not quite as good as John Oliver is well worth watching too and is on mon-Thursday nights and afaik is on Comedy Central here too.
 
jacko100 said:
It’s great alright, plenty of places to get the episodes the day after US airing if you know where to look.

The daily show with Trevor Noah while not quite as good as John Oliver is well worth watching too and is on mon-Thursday nights and afaik is on Comedy Central here too.
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Awesome. The new series is about to start. The trailer has just been released.
 
I used to give blockbuster at least £40 per month since it opened and closed not to mention Global Video.
 
fyl2u said:
John Oliver (and his superb show Last Week Tonight)
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Ahhhh right, so THAT'S who's feeding you all this political bullshit. Makes sense now.

Edit: :lol: I take that back actually. You're a good lad, and Oliver's canny funny tbf even if he's just a scaremongerer that spouts shite occasionally.
 
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