Episode
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver: Filibuster
Overview
John Oliver explains why filibusters exist, why they shouldn't, and why it's stupid to drink coffee like a cat.
Details
- Series
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 22
- Air date
- 2019-09-08
- Runtime
- 30 min
Episode context
Filibuster is Episode 22 in Season 6 of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver. It aired on 2019-09-08. The runtime is 30 min.
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