# John Oliver is leaving "The Daily Show" **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 15, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948 "2013-11-15T00:03:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![carlb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carlb/32/5930_2.png) [@carlb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carlb)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/1 "2013-11-15T00:03:56Z")
and is [getting his own show on HBO](http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/tv/showtracker/la-et-st-john-oliver-hbo-leaves-daily-show-20131114,0,3477291.story#axzz2kfRauW00). While I will miss him on _The Daily Show_, I will eagerly tune into his new venture on HBO. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/2 "2013-11-15T00:48:00Z")
Well, shit, now I’ll have to get HBO, even if for no other reason. I love John Oliver. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/3 "2013-11-15T00:49:48Z")
I didn’t click the link. I’ll miss his contributions to the show, but does anyone really _leave_ the Daily Show? (I mean, since Craig Kilburn or whatever the hell his name was. I think he was the last one to make a clean break.) ---
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/4 "2013-11-15T00:51:57Z")
Darn it. I’ll miss him. I do wish him well though. He deserves his own show. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/5 "2013-11-15T00:56:53Z")
He’s earned it. I’ll miss him on the Daily Show but I’ll do my best to catch this new series. I think he’s one of the very best correspondents they’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/6 "2013-11-15T01:15:15Z")
Ouch. I hope the new show puts him in the anchor chair. If so, I’ll watch it. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/7 "2013-11-15T01:24:02Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > I didn’t click the link. I’ll miss his contributions to the show, but does anyone really _leave_ the Daily Show? (I mean, since Craig Kilburn or whatever the hell his name was. I think he was the last one to make a clean break.) Besides Carrell, Colbert, and Mo Rocca? How were those exits not clean? ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/8 "2013-11-15T01:25:14Z")
I know I’m in the minority, but I’m Ok with him leaving. I’m kind of over him after having host all summer long. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/9 "2013-11-15T01:27:49Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > He’s earned it. I’ll miss him on the Daily Show but I’ll do my best to catch this new series. I think he’s one of the very best correspondents they’ve ever had. Agreed. I’m looking forward to his HBO show… ---
**Author:** ![Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e4f/32.png) [@Digital\_is\_the\_new\_Analog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Digital_is_the_new_Analog)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/10 "2013-11-15T01:28:17Z")
Damn. I don’t get HBO, and don’t want to start paying for it just for this. I did become a big John Oliver fan while he was guest hosting. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/11 "2013-11-15T01:52:06Z")
He will also be doing at least 6 \*\*Community \*\*episodes this year. I look forward to his new show. ---
**Author:** ![Made\_in\_Macau](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eada6e/32.png) [@Made\_in\_Macau](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Made_in_Macau)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/12 "2013-11-15T15:35:51Z")
Forgive me if this is something everyone knows already, but he does a weekly podcast with Andy Zaltzmann called The Bugle - very funny indeed and free on iTunes. MiM ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/13 "2013-11-15T15:42:46Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Besides Carrell, Colbert, and Mo Rocca? How were those exits not clean? I’m not sure what he was saying either. Most of them - Ed Helms and Rob Corddry and Rob Riggle and a lot of other people - are gone when they’re gone. I think Carell has reprised Produce Pete Steve Carell twice, but he left the show eight years ago. It’s not like he’s still doing field pieces for them. They still do stuff with Colbert semi-regularly, but he’s the exception since he’s still on Comedy Central and the shows film near each other. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/14 "2013-11-15T16:37:06Z")
Brian Unger, Beth Littleford and Liz Winstead all seemed to have made clean breaks with the show and one of them created it. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/15 "2013-11-15T16:46:46Z")
It seems to me that The Daily Show has replaced SNL as the incubator for up-and-coming comedy actors. ---
**Author:** ![theR](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/977dab/32.png) [@theR](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theR)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/16 "2013-11-15T17:05:23Z")
> [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > It seems to me that The Daily Show has replaced SNL as the incubator for up-and-coming comedy actors. I wouldn’t go that far. There are a number of former SNL cast members that left more recently than the successful former The Daily Show correspondents. Maya Rudolph left SNL in 2011. Amy Poehler left in 2010. Kristen Wiig left in 2012. Andy Samberg left in 2012. I’m not saying they are necessarily bigger stars than former TDS correspondents, but SNL clearly still incubates lesser-known comedians into well-known comedians. In other words, both seem to be incubating quite a bit of talent (or at least success). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/17 "2013-11-15T17:49:59Z")
> [@What\_Exit](#): > > He will also be doing at least 6 \*\*Community \*\*episodes this year. I look forward to his new show. Cool cool cool. Didn’t they have a throw-away line in an episode last season about “Has anyone seen Prof. Duncan lately?” ---
**Author:** ![deltasigma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e5b9ba/32.png) [@deltasigma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/deltasigma)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/18 "2013-11-15T19:15:02Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I’m not sure what he was saying either. Most of them - Ed Helms and Rob Corddry and Rob Riggle and a lot of other people - are gone when they’re gone. I suck with names but Riggle I recognize and can put the name to face and he’s definitely [been back a few times since 2008](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Riggle#The_Daily_Show). And that wikipedia entry I don’t think is up to date since I’m almost positive he made an appearance this past year as well. I think it was during Oliver’s final guest hosting broadcast. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/19 "2013-11-15T19:18:17Z")
> [@Shoeless](#): > > Cool cool cool. Didn’t they have a throw-away line in an episode last season about “Has anyone seen Prof. Duncan lately?” They did, I remember that. It gave me hope if they got another season, he might be back for an episode or two. Hearing at least 6 was great news. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948/20 "2013-11-15T19:21:03Z")
I think Riggle has made two cameos in five years. It’s not like he or Carell is back every other week or even every few months. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/john-oliver-is-leaving-the-daily-show/673948.md?page=2)