WE WERE HAVING FUN IN THE COMMERCIAL BREAK.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT, TOO.

WE'RE HERE WITH JOHN OLIVER.

JOHN, SEASON 7 SUNDAY, YOU HAVE A FANTASTIC AD CAMPAIGN COMING

OUT.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: IF THERE'S HOPE FOR HIM, THERE'S HOPE FOR ALL OF

US.

>> YES.

THAT'S OUR POST-IT.

( LAUGHTER ) ( APPLAUSE )

>> I LOVE THIS.

I LOVE THIS SO MUCH.

>> ME, TOO!

>> Stephen: THIS IS THE MOST HONEST AD I'VE EVER SEEN.

>> IT'S THE MOST HOPE I THINK WE CAN PLAUSIBLY OFFER.

I FORGOT IT WAS COMING OUT LAST WEEK AND I SAW A BUS PULLED UP

IN FRONT OF ME AND THERE WAS A GUY STANDING NEXT TO ME AND HE

LOOKED AT ME AND SAID WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT TO YOURSELF?

( APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: AND IN TIMES

SQUARE!

>> IN TIMES SQUARE!

>> Stephen: THERE YOU GO.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) ( PIANO RIFF )

EVERYONE TRIES TO LOOK AS SEXY AS THEY CAN.

>> WE'VE DONE THE IMPOSSIBLE.

WE'VE MADE TIMES SQUARE A GENUINELY WORSE PLACE TO BE.

IF I WAS WALGREEN'S THERE, I WOULD BE SO MAD.

WE'VE GOT NO CONTROL OVERT IT.

IT'S AMAZING.

>> Stephen: PEOPLE GOING INTO THIS WALGREEN'S RIGHT HERE TO

BUY BIRTH CONTROL LOOK AT THAT AND GO, NEVER MIND.

WE'RE GOOD.

>> WE'RE GOOD.

WE'RE GOOD.

>> Stephen: NO NEED.

NOT A PROBLEM.

MONEY BACK IN THE POCKET.

>> Stephen: WHO IS THIS KID'S CRUSH?

HOW OLD ARE YOU HERE?

>> I WAS THERE PROBABLY 15, 14.

>> Stephen: 14, 15?

YES.

>> Stephen: WHO WAS THIS KID'S FIRST CRUSH?

>> MY FIRST CRUSH?

I WAS ASKED THIS THE OTHER DAY.

I NEVER THOUGHT WHAT YOUR FIRST CRUSH EVER WAS AS A HUMAN BEING,

AND I THINK MINE WAS EEYORE FROM WINNIE THE POOH.

>> Stephen: REALLY?

YEAH.

>> Stephen: HE WAS LONELY AND YOU WANTED TO MAKE HIM FEEL

BETTER?

>> I LIKED HIS GENERAL AURA OF NEGATIVITY PLUS DUMPED LIKE A

TRUCK.

( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SURE.

BUT, YEAH, I THINK WHAT I REALLY RESPONDED TO WAS THIS

KIND OF -- THIS MANAGEABLE SADNESS THAT HE HAD.

SO I THINK THE FIRST THING I FELT REALLY DRAWN TO WAS

PROBABLY EEYORE FROM WIN ANY THE POOH.

>> Stephen: OKAY.

90% UNSEXUAL WAY.

>> Stephen: SURE.

SEASON 7 IS ABOUT TO LAUNCH RIGHT NOW.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: CONGRATULATIONS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) >> Stephen: HOW LONG AGO

WAS -- HOW MANY YEARS AGO WAS SEASON 1?

SEVEN YEARS?

>> SIX YEARS.

IT WAS 2014.

>> Stephen: D YOU REMEMBER WHAT THAT WAS LIKE?

WHEN YOU START OFF A NEW SHOW, A MILLION THINGS GOING ON.

>> WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT WE WERE DOING.

WE HAD NO IDEA.

I STOOD IN FOR JON STEWART THAT SUMMER ""THE "THE DAILY SHOW."

I HOPE HE WASN'T LOOKING.

( PIANO RIFF ) THAT WAS A VALID ATTEMPT.

YEAH, SO THAT SUMMER I RAN IN JON'S PLACE WITH CARVELLE.

WE WANTED TO SO 'DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT BUT WE DIDN'T KNOW

WHAT IT WOULD BE.

WE DIDN'T KNOW PEOPLE'S ATTENTION SPAN FOR THINGS WE

WOULD BE DOING.

WE HAVE BEEN PLEASANTLY SURPRISED.

PEOPLE SEEM WILLING TO SIT FOR A WHILE AND LISTEN TO THE DRYEST

OF SUBJECTS.

>> Stephen: THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>> Stephen: SEASON 7 OF "LAST WEEK TONIGHT

WITH JOHN OLIVER" STARTS SUNDAY ON HBO.

JOHN OLIVER, EVERYBODY!

WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK!