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John Oliver Calls Attention To Air Traffic Control Crisis With FAA Ad Spoof Featuring Lil Rel Howery, Keyla Monterroso Mejia & H. Jon Benjamin
John Oliver tackled the air traffic control crisis via a Tom Cruise joke and a fake ad spoofing an FAA recruitment video featuring H. Jon Benjamin
Back after the Memorial Day weekend break, John Oliver wasted no time soaring through a topic needing urgent attention: the air traffic control crisis that has been looming and ongoing for years due to lack of investment. Thus the segment culminated in an ad spoofing a real FAA spot played earlier in the evening, featuring actors H. Jon Benjamin ( Bob’s Burgers), Lauren Adams ( Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Lil Rel Howery( Get Out) and Keyla Monterroso Mejia( The Studio) as beleaguered workers. “My father was an air traffic controller, and I feel a real connection with him here at this job, especially because this is the exact same computer he used,” Benjamin’s character remarks as he points to a sticker that reads “Dukakis for President ’88.” “He had to retire because the doctor said he had more ulcer than stomach.
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