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Last Week On Late Night, 6/12/15: John Oliver on torture, Seinfeld on political correctness, and Chris Pratt on our minds

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. Since Dave retired and the Summer weekly talk-show break eased into Summer talk-show down time, mostly occupied by a few …

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/19/15: Hanks talks to Letterman and Hugh Jackman teaches Fallon how to eat Vegemite

Last night on late night, Tom Hanks and Dave talked dodging drones with Ron Howard, a “sex mathematician” explained hormones to Conan, Hugh Jackman and Nick Offerman were on The Tonight Show, Mariah Carey went on Kimmel, and The Men in Blazers broke down Premier League relegation battle drama.

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/15/15-5/18/15: ‘Last Week Tonight’ on Chicken Farming, and recap of Friday

Last night on late night, John Oliver talked NSA, FIFA, and contract chicken farming. On Friday, Oprah and Norm MacDonald came on Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel interviewed a UCSB student whose flute recital invite went viral, and Anna Kendrick hates her “resting bitchy face”. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver  Oliver was surprised to report that the …

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/11/15: Howard Stern kisses Dave and Louis CK talks to Seth Meyers

Real comedy still happens on late night, we can prove it. If you like Conan comedy gold, Fallon friendliness, cutesy Corden, list-making Letterman, kneedy Kimmel, and all the rest, I hope you’ll enjoy this column too. Last night on late night, Don Rickles and Howard Stern were on Late Show, Louis CK spoke with Seth Meyers about working …

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/8/15-5/10/15: Oliver on maternity leave and a recap of Friday

Last night on late night, John Oliver took America to task for being the only other country, auspiciously paired with Papua New Guinea, to not have any federal mandated paid family leave for the birth of a child. May 10 was Mother’s Day in the US this year, and Last Week Tonight made the astute move of exposing a pretty horrible injustice.

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/6/15: Anna Wintour loves to laugh, Cher calls Dave an A**hole one more time

Last night on late night, Martin Short and Cher horsed around with Dave, Anna Wintour put Seth Meyers to work, Conan talked with Nick Swardson and Helen Hunt, Dana Carvey showed up on The Late Late Show, and Kimmel got the Adam Levine treatment.

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Last Night on Late Night, 5/5/15: Chris O’Dowd on Conan, Nathan Lane on Letterman

Last night on late night, Conan spoke with Ex Machina’s Alicia Vikander and Moone Boy’s Chris O’Dowd, Nathan Lane serenaded Letterman with an original song called “I’m dead inside,” James Corden played human piƱata with LL Cool J and Kaley-Cuoco Sweeting, Sofia Vergara and Jimmy Fallon played “catchphrase” on The Tonight Show, and Adam DeVine drank beers in a Man Show toast with Jimmy Kimmel! Plus, Cinco de Mayo jokes.

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