Back in 1999, then-unknown actor Joel McHale participated in a pledge drive for his local public broadcasting station, encouraging viewers to lend their financial support. On Sunday night, now-very-known actor Joel McHale re-created that endorsement, this time to help out John Oliver.
The HBO host devoted his last main story of the season to covering public media, highlighting its struggles and noting that they’ve been going on for years. That’s why, Oliver explained, public broadcasting stations have always held pledge drives, as their support comes from “viewers like you.” But McHale’s ringing endorsement from 26 years ago stood out to Oliver, as the actor really touted “Mr. Bean” in his encouragement to donate.
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