Name: John Oliver's Quest For U.S. Citizenship Culminated In An "Utterly Petrifying" Citizenship Test
Uploaded: 2020-03-11T16:03:57.000Z
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FOLKS, LET'S GET STRAIGHT TO OUR MARQUEE GUEST.

I'VE HAD THE PLEASURE OF INTERVIEWING MY FIRST

GUEST MANY TIMES, BUT THIS IS HIS FIRST LATE SHOW INTERVIEW AS

PLEASE WELCOME BRIT-TURNED-YANK, JOHN OLIVER!

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( YANK DOODLE DANDY PLAYING )

>> St( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: GOOD TO SEE YOU.

>> Stephen: NOW, WAS THIS A LONG TIME COMING?

HOW LONG -- HOW LONG -- >> THIS WAS A LONG TIME COMING.

I CAME TO AMERICA, MUCH LIKE EDDY MURPHY --

( LAUGHTER ) I, TOO, AM A FICTIONAL AFRICAN

I CAME HERE IN 2006 AND, SO, I HAVE BEEN KIND OF WANTING THIS

IT TAKES A LONG TIME TO BECOME AN AMERICAN CITIZEN.

I HAD TO GO THROUGH A NUMBER OF VISAS, GREEN CARD, I STARTED

APPLYING FOR CITIZENSHIP AND IT TAKES LONGER BECAUSE THERE ARE

SAND IN THE GEARS, AND I HAD TO GET A SECOND GREEN CAMPLETD IT

>> Stephen: I UNDERSTAND THERE'S A TEST YOU HAVE TO TAKE.

>> I'M SLIGHTLY OUT OF BREATH, AND THAT IS ALARMING CONSIDERING

I DON'T KNOW WHAT A MEDICAL WARNING SIGN IS.

>> Stephen: YOU DON'T HAVE TO EXERCISE ANYMORE.

AS A PROSPECTIVE AMERICAN CITIZEN, DO YOU HAVE TO TAKE A

>> Stephen: I NAVIGATED THE BIRTH CANAL AND THEY HANDED ME

>> IT'S NOT EXACTLY THAT, BUT IT'S WHAT'S THE STATE CAPITOL,

THE FIRST QUESTION IS WHAT IS YOUR PHONE NUMBER.

SHE SAID, LET ME JUST CHECK YOUR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

>> Stephen: DID THEY IMAGINE JOHN OLIVER WAS IMPERSONATING

>> I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO THEM WHY I WAS SO FRIGHTENED.

I WAS TRYING TO EXPLAIN TO MY WIFE, I HAVE BEEN ANXIOUS ABOUT

THIS FOR A DECADE, SO IT'S BEEN EVER PRESENT HUNG IN THE BACK OF

THERE WAS PART OF ME EVEN THE AT A OF THE CEREMONY, I THOUGHT

THERE WAS A PART OF ME THAT LITERALLY THOUGHT THEY WOULD

OPEN THE DOOR AND THERE WOULD BE PLASTIC SHEETING ON THE GROUND

AND JARED KUSHNER WOULD BE SITTING THERE STROKING A

HAIRLESS CAT, SAYING, OH -- THAT WOULD HAVE MADE MORE SENSE TO ME

>> Stephen: DID YOU HAVE TO RENOUNCE THE QUEEN AND HER

I'M A DUAL CITIZEN SO I HAVE TWO PASSPORTS LIKE JASON BOURNE.

>> Stephen: I BELIEVE THAT'S WHAT IT IS, DUAL CITIZENSHIP.

>> I THINK HIS CONFIDENCE IN GETTING STRONG AND HURTING

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John Oliver's Quest For U.S. Citizenship Culminated In An "Utterly Petrifying" Citizenship Test

literally

incredibly

anxious

applause