John Oliver continued to fight the good fight Sunday, despite the fact that Last Week Tonight was technically on a brief Memorial Day hiatus. Sensing the time was ripe for change, Oliver introduced dedicated fans of evisceration to a prospective new Last Week Tonight segment in a web exclusive. That segment, the inquisitively named "How Is This Not a Thing," got off to a rousing start and should (with any justice) become a regular source of Oliver awesomeness.
"While there are many things in this world that should no longer be things, there are also many non-things that should absolutely be thing-ified," Oliver explained, proving his point by highlighting the baffling nonexistence of an all-dog version of the Blue Man Group. "How is that not a thing?"
But Oliver, who also expressed frustration with the equally baffling nonexistence of Ambien for when you're awake in addition to pitching a biodegradable treadmill, saved the bulk of his impassioned rhetoric for something that may very well turn this nation around: breadpants, i.e. pants made of bread.
"In my experience, if you're wearing sweatpants you're probably concurrently eating something messy like a big plate of nachos or a fistful of hummus," Oliver said, breaking down this should-be-real invention's similarities to sweatpants. "With breadpants, if you spill, you don't wash the pants. You simply tear a piece off the leg and you eat that too. How are those not a thing?" Well said.
Oliver returns to his usual topic (things that actually exist) next week. In the meantime, join him in lobbying for the widespread adoption of breadpants.
