John Oliver Confuses St. Patrick's Day Parade For AIG Protest (VIDEO)

When you send a Brit to cover the St. Patrick's Day, something bad is probably going to happen, but it doesn't usually involve the correspondent mistaking it for an economic protest.

That was the concept of John Oliver's hilarious look at how drunk people dressed in green reacted to AIG and job loss which included, "passing out in anger, throwing up in anger, pissing up against the side of buildings in anger."

The "Daily Show" has been focusing almost exclusively on the economy and the media's reactions to it. Last night, Stewart did segments on veteran's health insurance, AIG, and populist protests to the bailout. The night before, Samantha Bee took on short-selling, and of course, the week before Stewart took on Cramer.



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Comments

[fuzzyhearts]

03:29 AM on 03/19/2009

Is this a wonderful social commentary spoof? Or is is just an English bloke taking a jab at the Irish?

[totalliberal]

06:26 AM on 03/19/2009

Both?

[Clare53]

12:25 AM on 03/19/2009

Ahahahahahahahahahahaha.

[113]

11:31 PM on 03/18/2009

J-E-T-S JETS JETS JETS!

[walk0nwalls]

10:32 PM on 03/18/2009

J- E - T - S!

[mediamarv]

06:46 PM on 03/18/2009

My head hurts in anger this morning....

[Rog49Thomas]

06:08 PM on 03/18/2009

Funny but as usual slyly on the mark.

[PW1206]

04:43 PM on 03/18/2009

That could be the best protest of all time...

[Ty90]

03:46 PM on 03/18/2009

That was pretty funny.

[dac253]

01:00 PM on 03/18/2009

I love this. Not because it's funny, but because of the social commentary.

We went after Dr. Frankenstein just for re-animating dead tissue; and now instead of tar and feathering A.I.G., we're getting loaded. I guess mobs in America are a little different than they are in Europe :)

This is a very funny piece.

[brooklyncitizen]

07:35 PM on 03/18/2009

It's why Madoff, and AIG and Bush Crime Inc. happenned.

[FrTown]

11:22 AM on 03/18/2009

Is that a hickey on that guy (in gray T)'s neck?

[learntofly]

01:55 PM on 03/18/2009

Don't think he'll remember how it got there.

[antranig]

11:20 AM on 03/18/2009

The French guy is funny.

[jeffp26]

10:08 AM on 03/18/2009

Many of my irish friends are pissing in anger today.

[Eric-in-the-Red]

09:13 AM on 03/18/2009

As always very funny.

[Jamesdean]

06:54 PM on 03/18/2009

yep, all comedy central guys are brilliant.