On this week’s episode of Last Week Tonight, John Oliver decided to have some “summer fun” with his main segment.“It’s been getting hotter and hotter outside…so tonight, we’re going to talk about popsicles.
There are tons of them in America, and when they get too hot, it can be a real problem,” said the talk show host. “Sorry, did I say popsicles?
I meant prisons.”The host then segued to the “real problem” heat poses in America’s prisons. “Don’t be surprised. You knew no fun was happening here,” he deadpanned. “Don’t be mad at me; be mad at yourself.
You chose to be here.”Oliver noted that he has talked many times on his show about “the injustices of mass incarceration, and how little society seems to care” about this subject.
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