Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Matsayin ƙaura na Oliver ya sanya wasu ƙuntatawa kan abin da zai iya yi a ƙasar da ya ɗauka, amma kuma ya ba shi kayan wasan kwaikwayo yayin da yake ba'a game da rashin gaskiya da kuma rashin hankali na lokaci-lokaci na tsarin samun zama a Amurka. Oliver yana daya daga cikin marubutan da ke kan layi a lokacin yajin aikin Writers 'Guild
, wanda ya kawo "The Daily Show" ga dakatarwa; ya bayyana a wasan kwaikwayon a lokacin da aka sake samar da shi a ranar 7 ga Janairu 2008. A lokacin wani zane, ya nuna cewa a lokacin yana Amurka ne a kan takardar izinin baƙo wanda ke buƙatarsa kada ya yi yaƙi yayin da ake nuna wasan kwaikwayon, saboda keta ka'idodin biza zai zama dalilin fitarwa. Lokacin da aka tambaye shi game da matsayinsa na zama a farkon 2009, Oliver ya ce, "Yana da ci gaba, da ɗan damuwa, yaƙi don zama mai gaskiya. Na yi kokarin sassaƙa 'Ku ba ni gajiyarku, talakawanku, da masu burin wasan kwaikwayo' a cikin tushe na Statue of Liberty, amma a fili wannan ba doka ba ce".