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John Oliver, host of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver," had a hilarious response to some stunning claims made by Colorado governor candidates.

The HBO Max late-night talk show host revealed why the important election was raising so many eyebrows — and what some of the candidates had recently said.

"Perhaps the craziest race this year is for governor of Colorado," Oliver said. "For the Democrats, the leading contenders are Colorado's AG, and one of its senators. But on the Republican side, things are much wilder. There are three candidates. State Senator Barbara Kirkmeyer's been painted as the 'adult in the room,' which is striking since she once led an 'attempt to pursue state succession and form a 51st state.' But the other two candidates are something else. Take Scott Bottoms. At this week's candidate debate, he had this alarming exchange with the moderator."...

A week ago, John Oliver's main story was about New Zealand and its "Bird of the Century" contest.

"Every year, New Zealanders vote for their favorite bird and ultimately elect a new bird king," he explained.

The late-night host has an affinity for poking at the small islands that make up one of the safest countries in the world. While there are many birds that have campaigns for "Bird of the Century," it appears the pūteketeke did not. Thus, Oliver named himself the head of the movement, placed posters and ads all over the world, and was joined on stage by a massive mechanical pūteketeke. ...

ON HBO's Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver stepped up his battle with the Federal Communications Commission over net neutrality, challenging FCC head Tom Wheeler to prove that he is not a dingo.

On HBO's Last Week Tonight, host John Oliver explained to American audiences how Europe resolves their differences each year with the Eurovision Song Contest, calling the performances "3-minute songtastrophes" before celebrating the winner, bearded diva Conchita Wurst.

Addressing a recently released report on climate change, John Oliver invited the ubiquitous Bill Nye the Science Guy on to Last Week Tonight to debate a generic climate change denier before adding more panel members to mathematically represent scientific consensus.