#DCPublicSchools Trends on Twitter After John Oliver Asks Emmy Viewers To Make It Happen

Joseph A. WulfsohnSep 17th, 2017, 10:14 pm
 

#DCPublicSchools dominated Twitter thanks to John Oliver at the 69th Emmy Awards.

The subject of D.C. public schools began after Dave Chappelle and Melissa McCarthy seemed to have gone off-script presenting an award earlier in the telecast.

After the hilarious (and perhaps uncomfortable for McCarthy) moment when Chappelle said he was “amazed” at how many black people were at the Emmys, he acknowledged that he “skipped rehearsal.”

“Shoutout to D.C. public schools,” Chappelle added before going back to the teleprompter.

Later on, John Oliver took the stage to accept the award for Best Writing of a Variety Series for his HBO progam Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

While giving a haphazard acceptance speech which included thanking Oprah Winfrey because she was sitting in the front row and it “seemed inappropriate not to,” he made a reference to Chappelle and his shoutout.

“Like Dave Chappelle, I would like to unexpectedly thank D.C. public schools because — I think it would be great to get it started trending on Twitter for no reason tonight whatsoever,” Oliver said. “So if you are tweeting about the Emmys at home,  please use the #DCPublicSchools.”

And within minutes, #DCPublicSchools began trending.

Watch the clips above, via CBS.

 

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