Oliver is great.
It occurred to me once, in a flash of revelatory insight, that comedians (the ones that are actually funny, which is to say their observations are reality-based) are really fucking smart.
Off the top of my head I can’t think of any stupid ones - it takes a real nimble intelligence to do this kind of thing.

I can’t think of any truly funny right-wing comics off the top of my head either. I don’t think there are any, or ever have been.
:)