John Oliver - Finding a Place for Satire & Immigration as a Comedian | The Daily Show

You can really feel the respect Ronnie has for John here. Great interview!

I have always loved how immigrants have so much passion for being part of this country. It is literally what makes America what it is.

what a sweet and earnest line of questioning from Ronnie

America is so happy and so lucky that you both came here for the Daily Show. We are the winners here. Thank you both ~

Such an excellent and hilarious exchange between two guys who came here from other countries and made it as comedians in the US. This just made me inordinately happy.

I'm glad these guys talked about how difficult it was to gain a green card & citizenship for the USA. It took my BFF's Mom 20 years & $20,000, to get her citizenship for the USA. She was 66 when she first arrived in this country. Her 3 daughters were already here, had USA citizenship, & were going to take care of her financially.

This is a side of Ronny id like to see more often.

John Oliver is a hero of mine; his deep dives into topics that often go unnoticed have compelled me to watch his show regularly. Additionally, no one hires a band to grieve the death of geckos, buys five wax statues of presidents, and mocks dictators around the world quite like he does.

John Oliver going to America to join the Daily Show ended up being an amazing move. Instead of being just another UK panel show comedian (with peace and love), he really found his calling with political satire. His show is so meticulously crafted. Funny and informative in equal parts. He was amazing as a Daily Show correspondent and killed it as the first temporary host. He's been a great gift to American political comedy.

Ronnie and John in the same video? This is pure gold they just gave us.

Protect Jon Oliver...AT ALL COSTS.

12:48 "immigrants--we get the job done" somehow wasn't expecting a Hamilton reference there

I so love this exchange. It was like witnessing a private but hilarious conversation btw a mentor and his mentee 😅

Ronny Chieng is a natural interviewer! Conversational, laid back, actually responds to what the guests says without going on a tangent. Reminds me more of Jon Stewart and Seth Meyers’ conversational styles than Trevor Noah’s storytelling style. This dude’s gonna go far whether he gets the gig or not-John’s evidence of that! He filled in hosting TDS, got his own show without taking over this one, and succeeded so much.

I love how John helped Ronny get out of his near collapse, which started around 5:40. You could tell Ronny was nervous, & it got worse when he started bashing TikTok users. Then, John seamlessly changed the subject & got Ronny to talk about something he knew well & felt comfortable with - his monogram. John didn’t care about it - he was just helping his fellow comedian & knew it would calm Ronny’s nerves & help him shine. Love him!

What a duo! It’s great to see Ronnie actually have some reverence for once 😂😂 such a great interview. Smiling the whole time

John and Ronny we need your humor more than ever,

I’ve never seen “kind” Ronnie. This is awesome. And he has a lot of love and respect for John. This was a nice peek behind the curtain of his character. Love both of them even more.

Facing the green card struggle on an H1B visa is a tough journey, underscoring the challenges immigrants endure despite their valuable contributions. Many may never see the day they receive the green card they deserve.

I immigrated with my family from Ireland when I was 3 years old in 1989 so I went through the entire American schooling system. I still had to take the English test as well as the citizenship test despite having earned a 5 on the AP United States History exam as well as both AP English exams and graduated with two Master's degrees from an American university. My older brother is a high school history teacher in America who used to give the citizenship test in his classes and he still had to take the citizenship test. To be honest, the worst part of my citizenship interview was, because I've grown up in America, I've absorbed the cynical attitude Americans have about the country. My interview was right before the 2016 election so I asked if I would eligible to vote in time. I was not so, forgetting where I was, I quipped, "Oh, I guess I'll vote in the next one if Trump will let me!" I immediately realized that I f*cked up so I started laughing nervously and insisting, "Just kidding!" to the stone-faced interviewer and her trainee. I had my naturalization ceremony only a few days after Trump won - I almost didn't go but I went and got naturalized. Now I vote in every. single. election.