John Oliver was in Erie, Pennsylvania over the weekend to rebrand town’s minor league baseball to the Moon Mammoths.
The Final Week Tonight host revealed in Could that he would assist convey a brand new look to the Detroit Tigers Double-A affiliate workforce, which was beforehand often known as the Erie SeaWolves.
Whereas he was in Erie, he paid tribute to his previous good friend Stephen Colbert, whose Late Present was axed earlier this week by CBS.
“I like Stephen, I like his employees. I like that present. It’s extremely unhappy. I’m partly excited to see what they’re going to do for the following 10 months,” he reportedly mentioned, per native information.
“It’s horrible, horrible information for the world of comedy. Late-night exhibits imply so much to me, not simply because I work in them, however as a result of even rising up in England, I might watch [David] Letterman’s present, which in fact was Stephen’s present, and take into consideration what a glamorous world that was. So, to have gotten to be on Letterman’s present and Stephen’s present has been all the time probably the most enjoyable issues, so it’s very, very, very unhappy information. I sit up for seeing what he’s going to do subsequent as a result of that man won’t cease,” he added.
Oliver has appeared a number of occasions on The Late Present with Stephen Colbert in addition to the sooner iteration with David Letterman in 2015.
He’s the most recent comic and tv host to supply his assist following feedback from different late-night friends together with Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers and Andy Cohen in addition to the likes of Anderson Cooper.