Back in 1999, then-unknown actor Joel McHale participated in a pledge drive for his local public broadcasting station, encouraging viewers to lend their financial support. On Sunday night, now-very-known actor Joel McHale re-created that endorsement, this time to help out John Oliver. “Yeah, that is a young Joel McHale going all out to raise money for his local PBS station. “Thanks, John,” McHale said via video clip that was made to look like it was still from 1999. “As you’ve seen tonight, public media is so amazing.