Courtesy of Comedy Central

Comedian and “The Daily Show” correspondent John Oliver will visit campus to perform the annual campus comedy show.

“He was a name that had been thrown around for a while…We got our budget in the spring, and we were looking through our contacts, [thinking], ‘What kind of big name can we get for our budget range?’,” CPC Comedy Chair Evan Cory, a junior, said. “John Oliver really stuck out, and we try to put on a great show, so we went with him.”

According to Student Union president John Harrison York, the budget appeal, totaling $47,000, will be approved on Friday.

Oliver is best known for his work as a leading correspondent on “The Daily Show.” In 2008, he covered the Vice Presidential debate, which took place in the Wash. U. Athletic Complex, for the show.

“Our goal is always to bring the person who, we believe, will put on the best show and will have the biggest impact with the students,” senior and CPC President Morgan Loewith said. “We know that [John Oliver is] a big name, and we thought he would do a great job, and I think him coming to campus in 2008 definitely helped with our decision just because there was still that name recognition.”

Oliver, who has been with “The Daily Show” since 2006, also appears as Dr. Ian Duncan in NBC’s “Community” and hosts “John Oliver’s New York Stand-Up Show” on Comedy Central.

“A lot of the people on this campus are pretty big fans of ‘The Daily Show’ and ‘The Colbert Report’, so I think that they’ll really enjoy that [CPC is] getting this big name comedian,” junior Mitch Eagles said.

In recent years, CPC has brought Seth Meyers, Brian Regan and BJ Novak to the annual performance. Comedian, actor and rapper Donald Glover did stand-up in Graham Chapel last April, also put on by CPC.

“I’ve never seen [Oliver] do stand-up; I’ve seen him act, and he’s a very funny actor, but people tend to be very different character-wise in stand up,” senior Jed Jackoway said. “I was pretty surprised when Donald Glover came, because I had seen [his acting], but hadn’t seen him do stand-up, and it was totally different.”

The show, “CPC Presents … John Oliver,” is free to students and will take place in Edison Theater on Friday, Sept. 2 at 8 p.m. Stand-up comedian Mike Lawrence will open for Oliver.