John Oliver visited Erie, Pennsylvania over the weekend to help rename the city’s minor league baseball team to the Moon Mammoths. The Last Week Tonight host had announced in May that he would give a fresh identity to the Detroit Tigers’ Double-A affiliate, which was earlier called the Erie SeaWolves.
While in Erie, he also honored his longtime friend Stephen Colbert, whose Late Show was canceled earlier this week by CBS.
I love Stephen, I love his staff. I love that show. It’s incredibly sad. I am partly excited to see what they’re going to do for the next 10 months. It’s terrible, terrible news for the world of comedy. Late-night shows mean a lot to me, not just because I work in them, but because even growing up in England, I would watch [David] Letterman’s show, which of course was Stephen’s show, and think about what a glamorous world that was. So, to have got to be on Letterman’s show and Stephen’s show has been always one of the most fun things, so it’s very, very, very sad news. I look forward to seeing what he’s going to do next because that man will not stop.
he reportedly said, per local news.
Oliver has been a guest several times on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, as well as on the earlier version hosted by David Letterman in 2015.
He is the most recent comedian and TV host to show his support, joining others from late-night TV like Jimmy Fallon, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, and Andy Cohen, along with Anderson Cooper.
Source: Deadline