John Oliver Calls Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert the ‘High-Water Mark for Satire’

“One of the laziest stereotypes that British people have of Americans is that they don’t get irony. And that has never been true and it’s definitely not true now. … It’s very hard to make that case when Jon [Stewart] and Stephen [Colbert] are doing what they’re doing. They’re the high-water mark for satire now.”

- John Oliver in a new interview with the Washington Post ahead of the premiere of his HBO show Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, which airs on HBO on April 27th.

John Oliver Calls Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert the […]