Sometimes, as a comedian, you never really know what extremes you yourself will go to get a laugh until you’re presented with those extremes in real life. John Oliver found out that he would indeed follow through pretty far in that regard at a recent show and told the story on Letterman. 

Oliver also gave his take on our most American of days here in America, The Super Bowl.

Enjoy these clips for now until next Sun., Feb 8th when Last Week Tonight returns to HBO at 11PM.