S1 E6: FIFA, Syria & Tiananmen Square: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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  • Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
  • Season 1, Episode 6, June 8th, 2014. Take a look back at the show's first deep dive on FIFA, plus a look at Bashar Al-Asaad's personal history, Angela Merkel on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" and a rare Last Week Tonight performance by ... Right Said Fred. Of course.
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  • @ethanganes9266
    @ethanganes9266 29 дней назад +647

    Little does S1 John know how his relationship with horses would develop

  • @ultimatehawkeyefangirl
    @ultimatehawkeyefangirl 29 дней назад +579

    Man, how the tone of “Fuck that horse!” has changed in this show!

    • @tomokolovecraft3792
      @tomokolovecraft3792 28 дней назад

      John went from Fuck That Horse >:[ to Fuck That Horse ;3

    • @publicuser2534
      @publicuser2534 21 день назад +5

      That horse love though 😂

    • @JuanPerez-cs1gx
      @JuanPerez-cs1gx 11 дней назад +6

      🤣
      Season 1 -> Figuratively
      Current season -> Literally

  • @Izandaia
    @Izandaia 29 дней назад +364

    Ah, the first time they spent a silly amount of money on a gag. History in the making.

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 28 дней назад +33

      I wonder how weird it was, before this was a known thing, to receive the email explaining what they wanted to do.

    • @LianteakaLia
      @LianteakaLia 26 дней назад +6

      I was just thinking exactly that as I saw that. :D And it didn't take long did it? Episode 6, season 1.

    • @ZT1ST
      @ZT1ST 15 дней назад +2

      @@0Clewi0 What's the over/under that the email chain was where John Oliver developed his desire to joke about people not knowing *where* a country they were talking about was situated?

    • @ZT1ST
      @ZT1ST 15 дней назад

      @@0Clewi0 On the other hand, it does also make me wonder how much convincing they needed to get the musicians on board.

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 15 дней назад +1

      @@ZT1ST musicians likely are one of the easiest one to get on board, at least when it comes to politicians like another video about campaign trail music.

  • @milkgrapes6420
    @milkgrapes6420 Месяц назад +433

    You know. I was thinking of pirating episodes for LWT. Turns out I don't need to anymore. Thank you HBO and John Oliver. This is how you destroy piracy

    • @sujimtangerines
      @sujimtangerines 29 дней назад +14

      Literally just commented on how I used to wait for The Internet Truck™ to drop off episodes... rarely have to resort to that now.

    • @rebeccaholder668
      @rebeccaholder668 29 дней назад +28

      Lol. I think it is less destroying privacy and current business daddy giving the finger to old business daddy.

    • @angielott83
      @angielott83 29 дней назад +1

      AMEN!

    • @sujimtangerines
      @sujimtangerines 29 дней назад +4

      @@rebeccaholder668 Why not both? Kinda sounds like 6 of one, half dozen of the other.

    • @superiorjrn1604
      @superiorjrn1604 28 дней назад +2

      @@rebeccaholder668my first thought was subscriptions aren’t what they want and they are helping that out with ad revenue

  • @LoveDiveChannel
    @LoveDiveChannel 29 дней назад +196

    The way John Oliver converted how hot the temperature in Qatar is into American perspective and being understand by the audience is such a mind blowing

    • @0Clewi0
      @0Clewi0 28 дней назад +10

      I feel it should at least be common knowledge to know around which temperature it's a fever in the other system.

    • @Vysair
      @Vysair 27 дней назад +1

      I thought that was in the script or teleprompter lol

    • @gustavouchida1
      @gustavouchida1 25 дней назад +7

      The temperature in Qatar in the summer is 50 DEGREES CELSIUS
      ( silence )
      50 degrees Celsius is a 100 Fahrenheit
      (OOOOOhhhh)

    • @airellevan9684
      @airellevan9684 25 дней назад +2

      i like how john did it again in the 2022 world cup and the audience reaction is unchanged haha

    • @thegameshowgeek
      @thegameshowgeek 25 дней назад +2

      That’s why I intend to encourage my future children to learn Celsius to Fahrenheit conversions.

  • @iamscythed
    @iamscythed 28 дней назад +103

    From an exiled Syrian whom lost everything and almost everyone: I know it's the least you could do, thank you for it.

    • @y_fam_goeglyd
      @y_fam_goeglyd 7 дней назад +5

      Hope you're rebuilding your life in peace and love. ❤

  • @xelefonte
    @xelefonte Месяц назад +208

    John Oliver looks a million years younger but he’s still in his prime.

    • @sevenprovinces
      @sevenprovinces 29 дней назад +15

      He's a silver fox now really and, that being said, it is no wonder he fled the UK! Fleeing before turning into said fox.

    • @TheJohtaja
      @TheJohtaja 28 дней назад +2

      *In his HBO

    • @Dr.Spatula
      @Dr.Spatula 28 дней назад +1

      Well, this was season 1...

  • @forgiveman
    @forgiveman 24 дня назад +32

    This episode shows how much we have lost when we were not able to see the complete show. The song at the end was chef's kiss.

  • @TheDriedfrogpills
    @TheDriedfrogpills 29 дней назад +78

    I love that even in the first season, the lengths John and his crew was willing to go has remained consistently beautiful. Thank you all

  • @LSnicket
    @LSnicket 14 дней назад +9

    I'm Brazilian and this episode went viral in Brazil, and that's how I met John Oliver. So thanks so much for this, John! Thanks for saying to the world what we were trying to say with the protests, and thanks so much to Last Week Tonight for putting this episode and making me a fan since then.

  • @andtherewerenone-ID
    @andtherewerenone-ID 29 дней назад +50

    26:20 Whoever screams with full power, thank you, I fucking laughed

  • @JJGGYT
    @JJGGYT 29 дней назад +62

    In my flawed human memory I thought these were always two separate episodes. One where the main story was FIFA and the other where the main story was Syria. It’s interesting to see how the show started and what it’s evolved into over ten years

  • @TangoCharlie-mz8lh
    @TangoCharlie-mz8lh 29 дней назад +70

    Holy shit that D-Day stray caught me like a Private Ryan extra

  • @akamoreno
    @akamoreno Месяц назад +144

    The noise in the crowd lets you know, times where happier back then! Much love to all of you who get the message! ❤

    • @Viviorkogaming
      @Viviorkogaming 29 дней назад +4

      It’s the same.

    • @JJGGYT
      @JJGGYT 29 дней назад +12

      There was certainly a lot more hope for liberal/leftist people in 2014. I don’t think anyone in that audience could’ve imagined the Trump presidency, Covid, January 6th, or Biden being president at 80

    • @Viviorkogaming
      @Viviorkogaming 29 дней назад +5

      @@JJGGYT what amazes me, we still have many of the same problems. Technically more.
      What the hell are those idiots in government doing!

    • @simgem
      @simgem 22 дня назад +1

      ​@@Viviorkogamingcollecting a paycheck

  • @dr.braxygilkeycruises1460
    @dr.braxygilkeycruises1460 29 дней назад +50

    *John Oliver should get another Emmy award just for these full uploads of season one!!!!* 🥰🤗🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

  • @eflarsen
    @eflarsen 28 дней назад +24

    FIFA did the same in Qatar for the recent world cup, where alcohol is actually illegal but FIFA was still allowed to sell beer in the stadiums.

    • @steveng2896
      @steveng2896 27 дней назад +6

      Actually I think Qatar was allowed to backtrack. Originally yes they said alcohol could be served in stadiums but Qatar changed that and it only allowed alcohol to be purchased in special facilities that weren't in the stadium. Also fifa just awarded the 2034 games to saudi arabia of all places

    • @publicuser2534
      @publicuser2534 21 день назад

      If it was changed, would’ve been smart from a health standpoint. It’s too bloody hot in Qatar! I felt like I was getting broiled when I was there.
      The U.S. Military is allowed to have alcohol on Al Udied Air Base…three beers a day was the limit when I flew through.

  • @ringo1692
    @ringo1692 29 дней назад +26

    "you're a mom fearing asshole" best lyrics ever!!! 🤣😂😂

  • @adv4287
    @adv4287 29 дней назад +57

    Oh young John Oliver. There’s so many things I want to warn you about.

  • @stanis_gaming
    @stanis_gaming 29 дней назад +52

    I have a feeling I’m about to see John Oliver age rapidly in my feed

  • @v8wr253
    @v8wr253 29 дней назад +38

    rewatcching these makes it hit home how relevant a lot of this stuff still is...

  • @nicole81678
    @nicole81678 27 дней назад +9

    Pretty incredible going back and watching this FIFA segment after the recent one he made after the World Cup was held in Qatar, and all those predictions came true...

  • @pacolemus2938
    @pacolemus2938 29 дней назад +17

    Thanks so much for uploading the complete show, I never knew Right Said Fred was here

    • @coalblooded
      @coalblooded 22 дня назад

      Right, I'm so excited to finally see all of these things we didn't know we were missing!

    • @Jozman2005
      @Jozman2005 День назад

      This was obviously before their brains shrank in the great bullshit palaver of 2020…

  • @transsnack
    @transsnack 28 дней назад +7

    That one guy who yelled "YEAH" when John said "I'm too sexy" was a good song... I wonder how he's doing.
    It is a good song, tbh.

  • @lumioX
    @lumioX 24 дня назад +4

    Why does almost all of Oliver's episodes ends with me, almost to tears in laughter?

  • @piedpiper1172
    @piedpiper1172 28 дней назад +12

    It really is cosmically unjust that the Qatar World Cup produced one of the all time greatest finals. It tacitly legitimizes the venue and ensures memories of the event will often diminish the suffering that went into preparing for it as the timelessness of the final looms large.

    • @publicuser2534
      @publicuser2534 21 день назад +1

      Young Mbappe losing to the seasoned Messi in penalties was a fantastic finish for sure.

  • @non0113
    @non0113 28 дней назад +14

    The play back guitar that we don’t even hear is just amazing

  • @DMBLaan
    @DMBLaan 26 дней назад +5

    Tim Roth is a great actor. I feel like his role in the FIFA movie was a similar experience to Michel Cain in Jaws 4 lol.

    • @StefanMedici
      @StefanMedici 17 дней назад +1

      You know he got that bank, and in the words of Vincent Price "Someone's got to pay the bills".

  • @DeathMelodies
    @DeathMelodies 29 дней назад +12

    God. John has so much liveliness here. The past decade has done many of us in.

  • @norsemaiden1108
    @norsemaiden1108 29 дней назад +12

    Wow. A Prairie Home Companion reference. Which did in fact actually go the fuck away.

  • @sportsfreakize
    @sportsfreakize 29 дней назад +11

    As a California Chrome and horse racing fan, when LWT announced that it would be uploading full episodes for Season 1, I could not wait for this specific episode so that I could finally watch the California Chrome segment (I had never seen it).

  • @yes-fx3pq
    @yes-fx3pq Месяц назад +66

    Can you guys please categorize the episodes into a playlist for each season?

    • @vonriel1822
      @vonriel1822 29 дней назад +31

      Sometime in the past 5 hours, they did just that.

    • @Dr.Spatula
      @Dr.Spatula 28 дней назад +3

      It already was when the seasons were on sale

  • @tee_es_bee
    @tee_es_bee 29 дней назад +12

    Thank you for releasing the entire first season from a current HBO subscriber! 🧡💛🧡

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Месяц назад +42

    S1 E6 (aired June 8, 2014)

  • @misledprops
    @misledprops 29 дней назад +21

    Right said Fred coming in so badass

  • @SurfingTacoMedia
    @SurfingTacoMedia 28 дней назад +6

    You guys should put the original air date in the description of all these. I've watched all the main stories for the past few years and I'm "re watching" so I can see the full episodes. I wonder how much ad revenue this is generating for HBO...worth it!

  • @harinisridharan1188
    @harinisridharan1188 27 дней назад +4

    Gawds! Their writing has been top-notch since the get-go!

  • @TroubledTrooper
    @TroubledTrooper 26 дней назад +4

    And now in 2026 we will have world cup in North America, with finals in
    *DALLAS* 💀

  • @KGI_KlikoNL
    @KGI_KlikoNL 29 дней назад +13

    Qatar WC was different. There suddenly it is possible to ban beer in the stadiums.

    • @a3-radio
      @a3-radio 28 дней назад +5

      Qatar government played fifa like a fiddle, they promised them EVERYTHING fifa wanted and then they said "nup you have to follow our rules, if you don't like it you can leave" and by that point fifa really had no other option, fifa thought they were the ruthless in control ones, turns out that against a government of uber rich oil oligarchs they can't do jack shit but bend the knee

    • @billclockwell
      @billclockwell 21 день назад

      Qatar has more money than budweiser

  • @joshuaharyono
    @joshuaharyono 29 дней назад +9

    the songs mentioned are: Sexy and I Know It, Bizarre Love Triangle, Look at Me Now.... literally f*ck, marry, k*ll

  • @im2cre8iv2
    @im2cre8iv2 Месяц назад +42

    I was here when it happened

    • @shepinchains1
      @shepinchains1 Месяц назад +3

      I was not. As with the rest of us.

    • @wgooetrik
      @wgooetrik Месяц назад +15

      As john oliver would say "cool"

    • @The_Sleepiest_Socialist
      @The_Sleepiest_Socialist Месяц назад

      I was not.

    • @DNGNDriver
      @DNGNDriver 29 дней назад +1

      I remember watching this in high school... this takes me back!

  • @aliaamustafaaltabbaa4958
    @aliaamustafaaltabbaa4958 29 дней назад +5

    On Syria God bless you...
    We need an update of everything throughout this decade

    • @hagestad
      @hagestad 29 дней назад

      Yea US and Israel are at it for at least 6 decades. They even had original Jeffrey Epstein on the case en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Cohen . They also occupy Syrian oil fields as we speak. How not unlike Iraq.

  • @dianaponce7314
    @dianaponce7314 Месяц назад +10

    John Fn Oliver ❤️ one of the best comedians to ever exist

  • @EndPoliticalCorruption
    @EndPoliticalCorruption 24 дня назад +3

    Milestone episode!
    First real deep dive on an issue.
    First time spending nontrivial amount of money to do something ostentatious.

  • @veggigoddess
    @veggigoddess 29 дней назад +2

    This is great, as I've never seen earlier episodes and I've never seen an episode in its entirety before this

  • @greciaedaenperezaguilera2386
    @greciaedaenperezaguilera2386 29 дней назад +3

    I guess my life is officially over after now I am morally driven to rewatch everything

  • @ElementalofAir
    @ElementalofAir 28 дней назад +2

    I remember John talking about LMFAO on the Bugle 😂

    • @jenelaina5665
      @jenelaina5665 26 дней назад +1

      It's on RUclips. Either Syria Update or The President's Playlist. My favorite episode ever lol.
      ("BISHAR! TURN THAT SHIT OFF!")

  • @nepenthe4929
    @nepenthe4929 18 часов назад

    Nothing is so cathartic and hilarious! This show is the best. Thank you, Last Week Tonight team, for always delivering such insightful and entertaining content!

  • @iceofwolf
    @iceofwolf 12 дней назад +2

    Finally, a good reason for Friends to exist.

  • @ogb1923
    @ogb1923 14 дней назад +1

    "Even Hitler could paint" is a wild line

  • @JakeTPE
    @JakeTPE 28 дней назад +2

    haha West Ham catching a stray @14:00 in that graphic

  • @billymckeon9762
    @billymckeon9762 Месяц назад +12

    I miss the studio from this era

  • @aaronwurtzel7287
    @aaronwurtzel7287 28 дней назад +3

    The line... at least Hitler could paint.
    Wow that's dark.

  • @birbluv9595
    @birbluv9595 15 дней назад

    I cannot thank you enough for reposting these old episodes, which i didn’t get to see originally.

  • @user-je1sp3tn4x
    @user-je1sp3tn4x 27 дней назад +3

    I am so so glad you guys were aired this I missed this episode I can't believe it this is awesome I've always loved I'm too sexy shout out Right Said Fred

  • @jiedcogahilme676
    @jiedcogahilme676 2 дня назад

    #ThankyouHBO for making the complete episodes available. I can't even access HBO where I live.

  • @jeromedyson5247
    @jeromedyson5247 29 дней назад +4

    I find it both incredible and horrifying that these same issues are still persistent 10 years later. Syria is practically destroyed and still at war with Bashar al-Assad at the helm. FIFA still sucks. its crazy

  • @tuckerbowen4626
    @tuckerbowen4626 28 дней назад +2

    ironically the 2022 world cup actually DID ban alcohol, but people wouldn't shut the fvck up about how much they hated it

  • @lauren8135
    @lauren8135 29 дней назад +4

    We are being blessed with fun tonight.

  • @xophyrvaio1123
    @xophyrvaio1123 28 дней назад +2

    ouch, i miss 'a prairie home companion '. too soon

  • @jssmith0225
    @jssmith0225 29 дней назад +3

    John before he discovered his true love of horses

  • @Damagedbyher
    @Damagedbyher 24 дня назад +1

    I like how he took the extra second to hang up the fake phone

  • @Lord_Reset
    @Lord_Reset Месяц назад +5

    That intro!😊

  • @Whalebarf79
    @Whalebarf79 15 дней назад

    I am thrilled that Fred still has a career! That song is classic.

  • @morganmay9149
    @morganmay9149 Месяц назад +4

    “Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back”

  • @wendydabee
    @wendydabee 18 дней назад

    John' s 'We'll be there for you *clapclapclapclap*' was criminally under-reacted to and deserved a much bigger laugh, IMO.

  • @KeithChadwick-oc9xc
    @KeithChadwick-oc9xc 19 дней назад

    In recent weeks, I have been watching John Oliver on RUclips. He makes me laugh like no other. And the points he makes are spot on. I do so love the fact that he doesn't play political favorites. If the country/party or person says or does anything wrong or stupid. He calls them out on it. Well done to John and his crew.

  • @Vysair
    @Vysair 27 дней назад +1

    9:48 HAHAHA JOOHNNN WTH 😭😭😭😭

  • @HeisntLegend
    @HeisntLegend 9 дней назад

    That guitarist was definitely essential.

  • @liliflower1376
    @liliflower1376 20 дней назад

    The beginning of the expensive spectacles, amazing

  • @timstram
    @timstram 29 дней назад +10

    Episode hits different with the student protests going on right now. Any time I try to make the connection in a comment it gets deleted somehow.

    • @ultimatehawkeyefangirl
      @ultimatehawkeyefangirl 29 дней назад +6

      RUclips auto censors have always been iffy. I’ve had completely innocent comments using the q word on gay TikTok compilations be deleted automatically. I actually timed it out as an experiment once, if your comment is going to get deleted, it will take about forty seconds. I mean, maybe the time has changed, it’s been a few years since I timed it lol

  • @Zeb364
    @Zeb364 17 дней назад

    Is it weird that that’s the best episode of Friends I’ve ever seen?

  • @yoyojoe618
    @yoyojoe618 Месяц назад +7

    Potatoes are good

  • @dx5soundlabs939
    @dx5soundlabs939 21 день назад

    The D Day line was foul lmfaooooo

  • @alsostephenking
    @alsostephenking 14 дней назад

    massive shoutout to the guitarist of right said fred, not playing a single note but nevertheless giving it his all

  • @brianwiltshire3847
    @brianwiltshire3847 7 дней назад

    'Speaking of Germans losing things, it was the 70th anniversary of D-Day this week'

  • @TheRealEvilkitten3
    @TheRealEvilkitten3 21 день назад

    man i haven't thought about right said fred in forever lol. they look like they had fun there tho

  • @Primo_extracts
    @Primo_extracts Месяц назад +2

    Legendary 😂😂

  • @CHill-42
    @CHill-42 День назад

    Hereing that a dictator looks like the mouse from The Tales of Despereaux is something I would never imagine would happen in 2024. Nonetheless, releasing the old episodes has led me here, and I'm grateful for that

  • @jim6170
    @jim6170 29 дней назад

    it's scary how nothings changed except our lack of patience and morality

  • @rasaagresti1268
    @rasaagresti1268 29 дней назад +2

    Oh you can still see the light in his eyes, the world has ruined him..

  • @yyyy-uv3po
    @yyyy-uv3po 26 дней назад

    Pootin just pulled a Bachar recently.

  • @gustavouchida1
    @gustavouchida1 25 дней назад +1

    00:41 - Recap of the Week: Californian Crown race horse
    01:29 - Fuck this horse!
    03:08 - Germany's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire
    04:47 - 25th Anniversary of Tian'anmen Square Massacre
    06:53 - Friends so popular in China
    07:26 - Friends: The One With The Chinese Massacre Trivia
    08:20 - I would like to show you my Sausage
    08:29 - FIFA 2014 Word Cup
    08:33 - Most excited Englishman you'll ever see on TV
    08:52 - Soccer's a religion
    09:59 - Brazil!
    13:01 - FIFA pushing Budweiser
    14:53 - Sepp Blatter & Corruption
    17:11 - $27M on a film about FIFA starring Tim Robbins
    18:05 - Best film about Sepp Blatter ever
    18:34 - 2022 FIFA Worldcup in Qatar
    19:24 - Truth about Working conditions in Qatar
    20:36 - The church of FIFA
    21:21 - And Now This - Chris Mattews & Tip O'Neal
    21:41 - Syria
    23:33 - Backstory
    24:49 - The Whys
    25:35 - iTunes playlist: LMFAO
    26:12 - Right Said Fred's I'm Too Sexy
    27:25 - Right Said Fred's You're Too Awful
    28:30 - URADick

  • @joannejohnson7006
    @joannejohnson7006 2 дня назад

    Another fascinating show
    And 😂

  • @pavelmacek282
    @pavelmacek282 12 дней назад

    I´m no football fan but the decission to host the world cup in quatar made me agry again...

  • @DANNYonPC
    @DANNYonPC 29 дней назад +1

    12:20 Amsterdam spotted let gooo

    • @DANNYonPC
      @DANNYonPC 29 дней назад +1

      Reguliersgracht to be exact

  • @sissiwzx
    @sissiwzx 18 дней назад

    Oh dear can't believe it's almost the 35th anniversary...

  • @saltedpork647
    @saltedpork647 28 дней назад +2

    *that's why Brazil threw that 1-7 game with Germany in the finals.*

  • @Daichi82
    @Daichi82 25 дней назад

    Brazil was about to eat 7 goals from Germany and see the biggest soccer fans (Argentina) play in the finals.

  • @Easy_n_Fun
    @Easy_n_Fun 29 дней назад +1

    Okie, I got the context of the song now. Listened to it before but so not get it.

  • @MrCityslickerktm
    @MrCityslickerktm 15 часов назад

    Wish they had put the lyrics on screen as he was singing them

  • @TheKageRyu
    @TheKageRyu 27 дней назад

    Cheap shot man - what do you have against Cocaine and Chainsaws?

  • @KelsaRavenlock
    @KelsaRavenlock 21 день назад

    Brazil already has a bad history with athletic stadiums for international sporting events built by the government.

  • @BrandonHardaker
    @BrandonHardaker 29 дней назад +1

    The world cup and FIFA are appalling!

  • @trennelstewart7698
    @trennelstewart7698 15 дней назад

    Catchy

  • @michaelg3088
    @michaelg3088 29 дней назад +1

    Not that I'm complaining. But why are they giving us the full episodes for this season?

  • @JuanPerez-cs1gx
    @JuanPerez-cs1gx 11 дней назад

    Even MAFIA... I mean FIFA's controversies are one of those things that you don't know if it's something from the past or a recent event.

  • @anthonyfanchin1144
    @anthonyfanchin1144 24 дня назад

    That FIFA Qatar story aged like milk

  • @entasisab
    @entasisab 27 дней назад

    19:58 The Lady failed for 2,500

  • @MitchellTF
    @MitchellTF 5 дней назад

    I can only assume Syria does not broadcast this episode, because there was not a record of their dictator killing himself in shame 10 years ago.

  • @aestevalis0
    @aestevalis0 27 дней назад

    FIFA makes a dollar, I make a dime. That's why I shit on the midfield line.