- John Oliver (Self - Host)
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver — S1E24
Episode: The Lottery
Air Date: 2014-11-09
Runtime: 30 min
Rating: 8.2 (8 votes)
Overview
The Lottery: State lotteries claim to be good for education and the general wellbeing of citizens. But are they? (Spoiler alert: No.) Also, there is a cannon that shoots salmon over dams. It’s awesome. Check it out.
Main Cast ▼
Guest Stars ▼
- David Kaye (Voice Over (voice))
- Nate Begle (Puppeteer)
- Stephanie D'Abruzzo (Curly Bear (voice))
- David Fino (Puppeteer)
- Angela Struck (Miss First Contestant)
- Haley Jenkins (Puppeteer)
- Paul McGinnis (Unicorn)
- Kyle Ploof (Space Gecko)
- Michael Schupbach (Puppeteer)
- Allison Wardwell (Pole Dancer)
- James Wojtal (Unicorn)
- J.J. Abrams (Self)
- Mario Batali (Self)
- Michelle Beadle (Self)
- Wayne Brady (Self)
- Sharon Case (Sharon Collins)
- Stephen Colbert (Self)
- Dan Castellaneta (Homer Simpson (voice))
- Anderson Cooper (Self)
- Jimmy Fallon (Self)
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson (Mitchell Pritchett)
- Tom Hanks (Self)
- Dwight Howard (Self)
- David Letterman (Self)
- Joel McHale (Self)
- Seth Meyers (Self)
- Joshua Morrow (Nicholas Newman)
- Ellen Pompeo (Meredith Grey)
- Rachael Ray (Self)
- Kelly Ripa (Self)
- Jon Stewart (Self)
- Eric Stonestreet (Cameron Tucker)
- Wanda Sykes (Self)
- Meredith Vieira (Self)
- Noel MacNeal (Puppeteer)
- Adam Newman (Mascot)
Crew ▼
- Jill Twiss — Writer
- Jeff Maurer — Writer
- Dan Gurewitch — Writer
- Juli Weiner — Writer
- Kevin Avery — Writer
- Will Tracy — Writer
- John Oliver — Writer
- Geoff Haggerty — Writer
- Scott Sherman — Writer
- Joe Perota — Director