John Oliver spent Sunday imploring everyone to shut it down with all this Mount Everest overcrowding. The HBO personality also used the opportunity to (again) rip parent company AT&T — he also Rickrolled the hell out of us.
To accomplish both the Everest thing and probably get himself fired, the “Last Week Tonight” host pulled up footage from Discovery Channel’s 2007 docuseries “Everest: Beyond the Limit,” where a climber named Rod Baber was determined to make the world’s highest cell phone call.
“Nice work, Rod. The highest ever cell phone call — that’s incredible,” Oliver said sarcastically. “Or it would’ve been, but unfortunately, Rod had AT&T, so the phone call never went through.”
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That’s gonna make the holiday party uncomfortable. Oliver then got more sincere — for like eight seconds.
“I know I give you a hard time,...
To accomplish both the Everest thing and probably get himself fired, the “Last Week Tonight” host pulled up footage from Discovery Channel’s 2007 docuseries “Everest: Beyond the Limit,” where a climber named Rod Baber was determined to make the world’s highest cell phone call.
“Nice work, Rod. The highest ever cell phone call — that’s incredible,” Oliver said sarcastically. “Or it would’ve been, but unfortunately, Rod had AT&T, so the phone call never went through.”
Also Read: John Oliver Pushes the Case to Impeach Donald Trump (Video)
That’s gonna make the holiday party uncomfortable. Oliver then got more sincere — for like eight seconds.
“I know I give you a hard time,...
- 6/24/2019
- by Tony Maglio
- The Wrap
Producer Bridget Ikin sets off for Nepal next week to shoot a feature documentary knowing she has already scaled one mountain: a Us studio has bought worldwide rights to Sherpa: In the Shadow of the Mountain.
Co-produced by Ikin and John Maynard.s Felix Media and John Smithson of London-based Arrow Media, the film will follow an Everest expedition from the viewpoints of the Sherpas and their sometimes uneasy relationships with foreign climbers.
Writer/director Jennifer Peedom approached Smithson, who produced Touching the Void and 127 Hours. He agreed to serve as co-producer and introduced Ikin and Peedom to the Us studio.
That studio has yet to announce the deal but it guarantees worldwide cinema release excluding Australia and New Zealand, where Maynard and Rob Connolly.s Footprint Films retains the rights.
Peedom had been thinking about a docu on the Sherpas given the unrest among their ranks and the idea...
Co-produced by Ikin and John Maynard.s Felix Media and John Smithson of London-based Arrow Media, the film will follow an Everest expedition from the viewpoints of the Sherpas and their sometimes uneasy relationships with foreign climbers.
Writer/director Jennifer Peedom approached Smithson, who produced Touching the Void and 127 Hours. He agreed to serve as co-producer and introduced Ikin and Peedom to the Us studio.
That studio has yet to announce the deal but it guarantees worldwide cinema release excluding Australia and New Zealand, where Maynard and Rob Connolly.s Footprint Films retains the rights.
Peedom had been thinking about a docu on the Sherpas given the unrest among their ranks and the idea...
- 3/19/2014
- by Don Groves
- IF.com.au
Cher: Oscar winner, iconic diva and...biker bride? London's Sun is reporting that the 66-year-old Moonstruck star is planning to tie the knot in a quickie Vegas ceremony with her on-again beau, 42-year-old Hell's Angel Tim Medvetz, sometime this fall. But is Cher really gearing up to go down the marital road for the third time? If only the tabloids could turn back time, because Cher's rep assures E! News that the engagement story is not true. The singer-actress first dated Medvetz, who appeared on the second season of the Discovery Channel's Everest: Beyond the Limit, back in 2008. She was linked for some time to comedy writer Ron Zimmerman, but apparently she and Medvetz have since...
- 8/22/2012
- E! Online
Travel Channel has a Man vs. Food marathon all night. At 8, ABC has Happy New Year, Charlie Brown. Espn has the Pacific Life Holiday Bowl at 8, Arizona vs. Nebraska. At 9, PBS has a new P.O.V. Discovery has two new episodes of Everest: Beyond the Limit at 9. History Channel has two new episodes of Jobsite at 9. Also at 9: Showtime has a new Inside The NFL. At 9:30, A&E has a new Dog The Bounty Hunter, followed by a new Steven Seagal: Lawman. At 10, ABC has a new Eastwick. TBS has two new episodes of Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns at 10. MTV has the season premiere of The Real World at 10. Tlc has a new episode of The Imploders at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
After the jump, the late night talk shows.
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After the jump, the late night talk shows.
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- 12/30/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
Hello, my pretties. Rusty's on vacation until New Year's, so buckle your chin straps because I'm steering this ride until then and I'm almost as crazy about television as I am about dessert foods. Today is Sunday and it's also a holiday weekend, so I hope none of you have big television-watching plans tonight, because there ain't shit on. I'll probably be watching Seven Brides for Seven Brothers again, which I finally (Finally!) got on DVD for Christmas and have basically been watching on repeat for the past two days straight. Try to contain your jealousy.
Tonight's brain candy menu:
7:00pm Est
ABC: The Sound of Music (the hills are alive, yo)
Fox: Some show I've never even heard of called "Brothers" is having its season finale. It's about a mother meddling in the love lives of her sons, one of whom is apparently named "Chill." I don't...
Tonight's brain candy menu:
7:00pm Est
ABC: The Sound of Music (the hills are alive, yo)
Fox: Some show I've never even heard of called "Brothers" is having its season finale. It's about a mother meddling in the love lives of her sons, one of whom is apparently named "Chill." I don't...
- 12/27/2009
- by Dustin Rowles
Discovery has a marathon of new Everest: Beyond the Limit episodes all night. Bravo has a Law and Order: Criminal Intent marathon all night. At 7, ABC has The Sound of Music. CBS has a new 60 Minutes at 7. NBC has a new Football Night in America at 7, followed by the Cowboys vs. the Redskins. Fox has two new episodes of Brothers at 7. Nickelodeon has a new Nick News at 8. TNT has The Wizard of Oz at 8. At 8:30, Espn has the Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl, Clemson vs. Kentucky. At 9, Retro TV has two episodes of the 1950s Mike Hammer. Animal Planet has two new episodes of Untamed and Uncut starting at 9. At 10, History Channel has two new episodes of Pawn Stars. Food Network has Cupcake Wars at 10.
Check your local TV listings for more.
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- 12/27/2009
- by Bob Sassone
- Aol TV.
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