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What does 'games' and 'thrones' mean in this sentence? Hi, everyone, first post here. I can understand every word of the following sentence, but I don't get the underlying meaning. What does 'games' and 'thrones' mean in this context? Can someone help me? Many thanks! Hello, there. I’m John Oliver, host of Last Week Tonight, the HBO series, containing the fewest games and least impressive thrones.

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For the show Game of Thrones, each character is 'playing' in the game of becoming the next king or queen. They are trying to take over the 'throne' to become the leader. They are like pawns in chess and are all trying to take over the throne. Hope this helps!
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Yeah, it's a cultural item that no one would understand unless you watched 'Game of Thrones', a VERY popular period-drama in North America. Comedy, especially word-play, is really an advanced domain of any language. I'm guessing he's joking about his show not having such a large budget, excitement, or frills (fancy things) as 'Game of Thrones'. HBO is Home Box Office, a great channel with great content.
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"games" like activities, entertaintent, like a game of chess, a game of dice "throne" is a royal chair, there were several of them
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Thank you Angela. I guess that could also be sarcasm haha.
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How come I wasn’t aware of that 😂

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