And now, this: John Oliver is headed to Port Charles.
Almost 4 months after an on-air plea to be solid on a cleaning soap opera, Oliver has certainly landed a visitor function on the ABC sudser “Basic Hospital,” which he introduced on Sunday’s episode of “Final Week Tonight.”
Actual particulars about Oliver’s character are being saved beneath wraps, however it’s mentioned to be a “important” visitor function. He’ll seem in a three-episode arc that begins Thursday, July 2, and wraps Monday, July 6.
This is a full first-look snapshot of Oliver’s stint on the present:
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John Oliver requested to be solid on a cleaning soap opera again in March
Oliver lobbied for his personal visitor function on “Basic Hospital” — or any prepared cleaning soap opera, for that matter — throughout a March “Final Week Tonight” section on cleaning soap opera cameos, which highlighted the “insane” antics that sports activities commentator Stephen A. Smith has gotten as much as in his recurring “GH” function of Brick, right-hand man to Maurice Benard’s Sonny.
“I’ll admit right here, the explanation I am bringing this up is as a result of I’m jealous,” Oliver conceded on the time. “I’ve a real love for soaps. … So, to all of the cleaning soap operas on the market, let me say this: I’m formally providing myself to you. Write me a task, and I will probably be in your set so quick, it is going to make your head spin.”
Oliver went on to record a handful of situations for showing on a cleaning soap, together with that he should play a fictional character with a “ridiculous” title, reasonably than showing as himself. (Sadly, the title of his “Basic Hospital” character has but to be revealed.) Plus, he needed a “juicy” storyline, which might contain “homicide, or slapping, or being slapped, or being somebody’s long-lost one thing.”
“When John Oliver publicly threw down the gauntlet and mentioned he needed to look on a cleaning soap, we did not hesitate for a second,” mentioned “Basic Hospital” EP Frank Valentini. “He was all the things you’d hope he’d be: ready, skilled, humorous, and genuinely type to everybody on set. He performs an integral character within the story, and I can not watch for followers to see who he crosses paths with in Port Charles.”
Added Oliver in a separate assertion: “‘Basic Hospital’ was all the things I hoped it might be. It is a true honor to be a small stain on the historical past of this illustrious present.”
Revisit Oliver’s full “Cleaning soap Opera Cameos” section under, then drop a remark and inform us: Will you tune in for his visitor look?