S1 E18: Miss America, Cuba Embargo & Scotland Update: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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  • Season 1, Episode 18, September 21st, 2014. Kathy Griffin helps John Oliver stage his own version of a Miss America pageant, and he discusses the embargo in Cuba, an update on Scottish independence, more disappointing news from the NFL, and a weird election in New Zealand.
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  • @swordswaltzing
    @swordswaltzing 29 дней назад +172

    10:55 “ah yes, the us and israel together alone again” these episodes really are being released at the right time

  • @smac1706
    @smac1706 Месяц назад +132

    Watching this from 2024 is honestly terrifying. The amount of issues we were having back then that are still going on, and in some cases have gotten worse, is absolutely ridiculous. I wish people would grow up....😢

    • @ianriggs
      @ianriggs 24 дня назад +2

      I thought exactly the same thing 🙄

    • @emvv3784
      @emvv3784 23 дня назад

      It’s almost like the fundamental problem is capitalism and until that changes nothing else will

    • @HashknightGaming
      @HashknightGaming 22 дня назад +1

      Hopeful thinking.

    • @Britt4770
      @Britt4770 8 дней назад

      And it's sad to see some of the outcomes 😢.

  • @thinkingoverage12
    @thinkingoverage12 Месяц назад +432

    This is AMAZING. The Miss America story is the first segment I ever saw from this show, and I’ve been hooked ever since. Happy I get to see whole episodes now.

    • @sweetpealee056
      @sweetpealee056 Месяц назад

      Consider the fact that at that time the organization was owned by Donald Trump! Now does the fraud/grift sound familiar?!

    • @u3u_o3o
      @u3u_o3o Месяц назад +5

      It's one of their best segments to this day!!

    • @pesmerga4862
      @pesmerga4862 Месяц назад +2

      i heard Shaxx saying this

    • @jaymiller5669
      @jaymiller5669 Месяц назад +1

      Same!

    • @Mjbjr666
      @Mjbjr666 Месяц назад +2

      It's easily one of my favorite shows!

  • @jannetteberends8730
    @jannetteberends8730 Месяц назад +188

    The Scot’s regretted their choice a lot. They wanted to stay in the EU, and now have to deal with all those Brexit miseries.

    • @kareningram6093
      @kareningram6093 Месяц назад +37

      I had totally forgotten about this election, and while I was watching this I realized, "Oh no... this is pre-Brexit." Poor Scotland.

    • @mikeharris1987
      @mikeharris1987 29 дней назад +22

      John Oliver has since said he changed his position on this too, also citing Brexit

    • @thestorytellingmathematician
      @thestorytellingmathematician 27 дней назад +11

      yh me and all my friends really hope theres another referendum At Some Point cause none of us wanna stay in the uk

    • @IJayAmLegend
      @IJayAmLegend 27 дней назад

      the Scots were lied to, on paper, a written agreement, vote for UK, as 'the only way to avoid brexit' ...and now, Rishi

    • @DrMcFly28
      @DrMcFly28 23 дня назад +11

      "Yes, we decided we'd rather stay, you truly suck England, but the perks of being in a priviliged position in EU are just too great."
      "Cool, thanks Scotland! By the way, since you mentioned it..." 😗

  • @tylerwieczorek6011
    @tylerwieczorek6011 Месяц назад +263

    Oh John, if only you knew you were talking about a future president 🤣🤣

    • @trinafirey1175
      @trinafirey1175 Месяц назад +48

      What a depressing fact.

    • @ianriggs
      @ianriggs 24 дня назад

      Oh he does in the newer shows and man does he have fun with Trump. He's such a moron it's easy for this show to get lots of material

    • @maryroberts589
      @maryroberts589 22 дня назад +9

      I thought the same thing. This did not age well at all!

    • @bwv668
      @bwv668 18 дней назад +7

      ​@@maryroberts589 What do you mean, if anything he should have leaned even more into it. The only thing that didn't age well are America's voting results.

    • @MKEDANFAM
      @MKEDANFAM 17 дней назад +1

      This guy✊️

  • @Ex_ordium
    @Ex_ordium Месяц назад +182

    This was the moment where organizations and corporations realized that if they heard their name on Last Week Tonight, their Legal, PR, and Executive teams were going to have a very, very long week.

    • @switchmuso
      @switchmuso 22 дня назад +2

      HOOOAAAAAA! best comment mate!

    • @OnyxLee
      @OnyxLee 17 дней назад +3

      Not really. They just need to take a vacation. When they come back, nothing will change. History has told us again and again that all these issues still exist, some even more serious.

  • @jerrys.9895
    @jerrys.9895 Месяц назад +34

    On Nov 2, 2023 The U.N. General Assembly called for the ending of the Cuban embargo. For the 31st time.

  • @walterfristoe4643
    @walterfristoe4643 Месяц назад +78

    If you think "almost dead" isn't a thing, you've obviously not seen The Princess Bride! 🤣

    • @CJFerg81
      @CJFerg81 11 дней назад +2

      Inconceivable!

  • @Dog_gone_it
    @Dog_gone_it Месяц назад +206

    Who else is binge watching John Oliver reruns on RUclips in 2024? 😅

    • @rayla1780
      @rayla1780 Месяц назад +1

      Not I 🚫.

    • @coalblooded
      @coalblooded Месяц назад +4

      Probably at least 97% of his fanbase?
      I can't tell if your comment is serious or not...

    • @mylesserry6219
      @mylesserry6219 28 дней назад +1

      Me

    • @andrewm1857
      @andrewm1857 28 дней назад +1

      Me :)

    • @ChrisJones-bx8dj
      @ChrisJones-bx8dj 26 дней назад +4

      I discovered John Oliver about two years ago. He and...his staff dig deep to gather actual facts about anything you see on his show. I doubt just about anything I see in the news, but nothing I see on "Last week tonight".

  • @paddle_my_mad_laddle
    @paddle_my_mad_laddle Месяц назад +102

    I remember pirating these episodes 10 years ago! So glad to have them back on youtube!

    • @Viviorkogaming
      @Viviorkogaming Месяц назад +2

      I remember paying and really enjoying it live.

    • @acedianihil8208
      @acedianihil8208 Месяц назад +8

      @@Viviorkogaming so like, did that comment make you feel real good? this is a nearly 10 year old episode, no one is young here now.

    • @Satsujinki1973
      @Satsujinki1973 26 дней назад +1

      I think it was 2016 or 2017 I started watching the illegal uploads on RUclips before they got copyright claimed. I don't think it was available in NZ yet then.
      Now I still occasionally pirate it an hour or two before it hits the streaming service it is on here because I can't be bothered waiting lol.

    • @merryme9766
      @merryme9766 21 день назад

      Teachable headline news🥋......🎱All women's lawn care service topless fare way wacked parks and wrecking b-all Park City budget is this a great state or what when you can bury river dump-stir cops preachers journalist church goers unless lucky enough to get one walking on bike trails after sun down budget spent well⛸️....🍞just for them🥌.....🛼to hobby ire-Rack lobby A-Z let tax payer figure it out themselves........🇦🇱

  • @KY_CPA
    @KY_CPA Месяц назад +47

    Yay for getting to binge season 1 in a day 🥹

  • @T.C.-st8uz
    @T.C.-st8uz Месяц назад +40

    You can tell how much John loves his job when he gets into it about Miss America.

  • @calliopeshif7581
    @calliopeshif7581 Месяц назад +147

    Kinda hard hearing him refer to Canada as having a "perfect human rights record" in the joke at 12:57, given how they treated their indigenous population.

    • @Machobunni
      @Machobunni Месяц назад +14

      America: "hold my beer"

    • @mrwassef
      @mrwassef Месяц назад +10

      And also that whole war crimes issue during WWI 😂

    • @seymourdemonica9264
      @seymourdemonica9264 Месяц назад +14

      Don't think too much about it. It's probably just a play on the stereotype that Canadians are polite. If they wanted a more thorough bit, they could have comedically provided the asterisk about their indigenous population, though it's not always necessary.

    • @Forrealnow09
      @Forrealnow09 Месяц назад +28

      I believe he was referring to the score Freedom House gave Canada in 2014 as opposed to China, Cuba, and Saudi Arabia. Canada received a 1.0 and a rating of “free.” I just looked it up out of curiosity. I think it was their records as measured by freedom house rather than history or John’s opinion.

    • @calliopeshif7581
      @calliopeshif7581 Месяц назад

      @@vera5203 I'm well aware of their actions in the Congo as well, you're right about that - though I don't think that was meant to be the joke.

  • @QuadraticPerplexity
    @QuadraticPerplexity 26 дней назад +10

    "Pretty Legal" sounds like a competing film studio's sitcom response to the success of "Legally Blonde".

  • @kimberknutson831
    @kimberknutson831 Месяц назад +39

    This man is a National Treasure. Thank you. : ) 💚

    • @HLBear
      @HLBear Месяц назад +4

      Even international! He's just the best. 😊

    • @kimberknutson831
      @kimberknutson831 Месяц назад +1

      @@HLBear Agreed. : )

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Месяц назад +86

    S1 E18 (aired September 21, 2014)

    • @maddie5412
      @maddie5412 Месяц назад +2

      Ty🙏🙏

    • @249aaa
      @249aaa Месяц назад +2

      THANK YOU oh my god you’d think they’ve have at least posted the yr it aired

    • @kareningram6093
      @kareningram6093 Месяц назад +2

      Thank you for posting these on each episode. Much appreciated.

  • @carterf3585
    @carterf3585 Месяц назад +13

    Weird to see him use a metric like “Freedom House score” without interrogating how it gets measured. The jokes were funnier back in season 1 but their investigative journalism has improved by leaps and bounds since then. 2024 LWT would have torn a report like that to shreds.

  • @o.mcneely4424
    @o.mcneely4424 27 дней назад +6

    That cheering for Scotland staying in the UK aged really poorly after 2016 😬

  • @stevenbollinger9776
    @stevenbollinger9776 4 дня назад

    "I FEEL BAD ABOUT MYSELF!" Stuck the landing. Nicely done, John.

  • @seymourdemonica9264
    @seymourdemonica9264 Месяц назад +49

    Haha. The "deez nuts" gag is 10+ years old? Time flies.

    • @DrewSavo
      @DrewSavo 28 дней назад

      The best part of these gags is you never see them coming, you hate that someone brought it back, but you love that they happened.

    • @Tonyhouse1168
      @Tonyhouse1168 24 дня назад +1

      That gag goes back to at least 1991 on Dr Dre’s album The Chronic

  • @AnkyloSolo
    @AnkyloSolo Месяц назад +19

    8:01 is this where the hamster obsession come from, John?

  • @michaeladams5332
    @michaeladams5332 Месяц назад +27

    Funny we were at war with north Vietnam and now we are great buddies but Cuba who never went to war with us are still out

    • @jimm6810
      @jimm6810 Месяц назад +12

      We have a bunch of Cuban exiles living in Florida that refuse to allow normalization of diplomatic and trade relations with Cuba.

    • @rhunt0210
      @rhunt0210 Месяц назад +2

      ​@jimm6810. Which makes no sense to me.

    • @zachgoldwater957
      @zachgoldwater957 Месяц назад +1

      @@rhunt0210 arent there a bunch of students protesting their colleges affiliation with Isreal right now?

    • @ruekurei88
      @ruekurei88 Месяц назад +13

      @@rhunt0210It’s still a dictatorship. But since Cuba doesn’t have my oil or vital resources that the US needs, the government sees no point in being friendly with them unlike other dictatorships they cozy up with.
      They say there is a national security issue there because of Cubas close relationship with Russia and their proximity to the US, but I don’t know how much of that is a concern on this day and age.

  • @oregonvibez
    @oregonvibez Месяц назад +17

    17:16 sounds familiar - oh wait this is 10 years old 😂

  • @geoffchurchill5492
    @geoffchurchill5492 Месяц назад +14

    no like UK, we don't call him eminem, we call him Smarties

  • @thekneethief3288
    @thekneethief3288 Месяц назад +1

    It's lovely to see the full episodes. I got hooked when my highschool social teacher showed us the scotland piece, and it's been years now. I still come back to the old pieces.

  • @UnicornCentaur
    @UnicornCentaur Месяц назад +10

    Giuseppe is so wholesome lol

  • @calumproctor981
    @calumproctor981 13 дней назад +1

    Belgium having "a perfect human rights record"?!

  • @davidbelen7199
    @davidbelen7199 Месяц назад +4

    That dos xx joke had me seriously cracking up 😂😂😂

  • @odorousobject8165
    @odorousobject8165 Месяц назад +7

    RIP anthony bourdain lmao

  • @LunaryxDiarmait
    @LunaryxDiarmait Месяц назад +18

    That Trump statement is true to this day. Ironic.

  • @ecritdelajaponographie8565
    @ecritdelajaponographie8565 Месяц назад +13

    12:59 I hope someone eventually told John about the forced-duplicitous sterilization of indigenous women...

  • @jaymiller5669
    @jaymiller5669 Месяц назад

    My favorite News outlet. Love you guys writing and working on this show!

  • @RabidAmoeba
    @RabidAmoeba Месяц назад +9

    A 🤡made of Mummified Foreskin and Cotton🍬👍

  • @morganmay9149
    @morganmay9149 Месяц назад +5

    “Yeah, I’m thinking I’m back”

  • @kddicks5115
    @kddicks5115 25 дней назад +1

    Nothing finer than vintage Oliver😎😎

  • @e.enriquez4589
    @e.enriquez4589 Месяц назад +4

    Eff you Giuseppe! Team John all the way

  • @Satsujinki1973
    @Satsujinki1973 26 дней назад +1

    Yay!! New Zealand's first mention!
    I wonder if John regrets any tiny bit of influence he might have had on Scotland voting to stay given how the next 10 years played out.

  • @AG-ld6rv
    @AG-ld6rv Месяц назад +2

    23:30 I wonder what it looks like back there. How many people are pulling these forms and making calls? 🤣

  • @jiedcogahilme676
    @jiedcogahilme676 14 дней назад

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

  • @Rice-bowl214
    @Rice-bowl214 Месяц назад +4

    Love you John

  • @pleappleappleap
    @pleappleappleap Месяц назад +15

    Does anyone remember why the Jetsons lived in apartments on stilts?
    It was AIR POLLUTION!

    • @hardenedvictory
      @hardenedvictory Месяц назад +3

      There’s also a fan theory that it occurs at the same time as the flintstones, and the surface of the earth is post apocalyptic.

    • @Onigirli
      @Onigirli 26 дней назад +2

      @@hardenedvictory God I hate those "dark" theories so much. I blame my fellow millennials

  • @kimmariefaber4636
    @kimmariefaber4636 28 дней назад +1

    As a Canadian I visit Cuba regularly, love it there for its lack-of-Americanism; it’s clean, safe, no guns and almost no crime!😊

  • @Onigirli
    @Onigirli 26 дней назад +1

    I hope they re-do the episodes shot during lockdown but with the audience this time... I like hearing their reactions

  • @benvallentine7197
    @benvallentine7197 Месяц назад +8

    She did say “$44m MADE AVAILABLE”.. not that they do spend $44m.

    • @Krystal109
      @Krystal109 27 дней назад

      I feel like nowadays LWT's team would have caught that almost immediately... they've gotten so much better at understanding and seeing through BS.

  • @hoodiesticks
    @hoodiesticks 21 день назад +1

    I've had many "Oh God I'm old" moments over the years, but none hit quite as hard as realizing Deez Nuts jokes are 10 years old

  • @tee_es_bee
    @tee_es_bee Месяц назад

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

  • @HinekoAkahi
    @HinekoAkahi Месяц назад +9

    DJT Jumpscare 😬

  • @joannejohnson7006
    @joannejohnson7006 15 дней назад

    😂this is the best thing on cable or anywhere 😂

  • @oregonvibez
    @oregonvibez Месяц назад +5

    7:07 WHAT A NIGHTMARE, ITS SAM SEDER 😰

  • @switchmuso
    @switchmuso 22 дня назад

    BEST.EPISODE.EVER.

  • @michaelyoung6381
    @michaelyoung6381 27 дней назад

    Congratulations Josepi!!!

  • @morganthomas1835
    @morganthomas1835 28 дней назад

    Awesome!

  • @dimtool
    @dimtool Месяц назад

    I need to find that clip to see what Sam Seder's response was to "The Jetsons" lmao

  • @tim8323
    @tim8323 Месяц назад +2

    10:40 How could they have messed up that China overlay? The borders are right there.

  • @hanzflackshnack1158
    @hanzflackshnack1158 Месяц назад

    "My client pleas... probably not. Just having a crack." 😂 Sentence wouldn't matter. I'd die laughing

  • @MrDarling1502
    @MrDarling1502 Месяц назад +2

    Can these include the original air date?

    • @AR-ed3xw
      @AR-ed3xw Месяц назад

      What will that do for you? If you really feel you need to know, just type the season and episode number into Google and you can find out!

  • @jinh605
    @jinh605 4 дня назад

    17:05 hearing beatrice horseman ask a question at the miss america pageant about government surveillance is quite bizarre.

  • @hitthegoat
    @hitthegoat 5 дней назад

    Here’s the rub though: they said they make $45 million AVAILABLE. That doesn’t mean they give out that much. I’m sure somewhere in their budget is that “available” scholarship fund, but they don’t actually pay any of that out

  • @DMT4Dinner
    @DMT4Dinner Месяц назад

    That’s how I laugh 😂

  • @jasonjimerson7046
    @jasonjimerson7046 27 дней назад +1

    19:20 - And he became the 45th President of the United States and is currently trying to become its 47th.

  • @calcal3438
    @calcal3438 27 дней назад +1

    Omg I completely forgot about John Key. Wonder where he is now

  • @ThisOrThat13
    @ThisOrThat13 Месяц назад +2

    19:10 and then he became the United States President....

  • @sharonmontag2389
    @sharonmontag2389 Месяц назад +1

    Apparently, there is a very large, very vocal, very political contingent of descendents of Cubans who were expelled from Cuba. They lost all of their property and whatever else when Castro kicked them out. They still hold a lot against Cuba.

  • @MascotTroy
    @MascotTroy 20 дней назад +1

    Does anyone else see the irony in that this piece on Miss America is sponsored by HIMS, a med for erectile disfunction?

  • @user-cs8zc6gf6t
    @user-cs8zc6gf6t Месяц назад +3

    YOU ARE WONDERFULLY INSIGHTFUL TRULY APPRECIATE YOU !!!!!!!

  • @wikidleigh
    @wikidleigh Месяц назад +3

    Oh, I'm picking John over Giuseppe any day! Rawr

    • @nebulan
      @nebulan Месяц назад +1

      I do like a guy in glasses...

  • @Sara-mf3px
    @Sara-mf3px Месяц назад

    Always down to rewatch Last Week Tonight!! 💗🫶🍷🍿

  • @namegoeshere3838
    @namegoeshere3838 Месяц назад

    Clowns are already scary but now I can never eat cotton candy again!! Thanks John

  • @motalux
    @motalux 3 дня назад

    good to know what the "wallaby kick those iminim burglars" line references

  • @smitty5890
    @smitty5890 Месяц назад +2

    Now if we could get those numbers in the US.

  • @nicklasreviews
    @nicklasreviews Месяц назад +3

    I miss the old energy of the show - more nerdy, more fun, more pointed jokes

  • @msr91331
    @msr91331 Месяц назад +2

    It is always weird when you watch older shows before Trump went into office and people just reference him as a business person or a quasi-celebrity.

  • @kerryorr2784
    @kerryorr2784 27 дней назад

    It’s like when someone says “that’s the $64,000 question”

  • @vanillathunder3024
    @vanillathunder3024 Месяц назад +5

    The guy in the background of the Ian Ziering part definitely was there with someone other than his wife, lol.

  • @heatherrockwell9012
    @heatherrockwell9012 Месяц назад +2

    They were really failing at defending from the journalism allegations early, weren't they?

  • @bwenluck9812
    @bwenluck9812 21 день назад

    Time's up, Miss America!

  • @musicauthority674
    @musicauthority674 23 дня назад +2

    The Jetsons it was, George Jetson, Jane his wife, and their boy Elroy, and their daughter Judy and their dog Astro.

    • @janeshaughnessy4543
      @janeshaughnessy4543 20 дней назад

      And daughter Judy

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 20 дней назад +1

      @@janeshaughnessy4543 that's correct, I spaced it but I corrected it in my comment. thanks.

  • @Jcewazhere
    @Jcewazhere Месяц назад +4

    Sam Seder!
    Forgot he was on MSNBC a lot back in the day.

  • @Justabadseed
    @Justabadseed Месяц назад +1

    "Kind of dead": zombies and vampires

  • @AaronHahnStudios
    @AaronHahnStudios 27 дней назад +1

    10:10 in. It was NEVER the "Cuban Missile Crisis" it was "The Turkey Missile Crisis" . America Moved it's ICBM's to Turkey FIRST!

  • @stshack
    @stshack 27 дней назад

    It’s more like Mr. Ed😂

  • @jameshauck9148
    @jameshauck9148 Месяц назад +2

    Holy shit Sam Seder looked so young in that clip

  • @AvaBrachfeld
    @AvaBrachfeld 27 дней назад

    Personally, I think it’s funny that it’s just shy of 60 years now and people are still making Jetsons references on national tv

  • @opuntiaechios9683
    @opuntiaechios9683 25 дней назад +1

    Listing Canada and Belgium as the countries with perfect human rights records 😬😅 nobody tell John about Native Americans or the Congo

    • @larah9870
      @larah9870 20 дней назад

      Congo is an independent state for more than 50 years!😉 we can’t be blamed forever for having a colony and by the way people from Congo don’t blame us as we have very cordial relationship with Congo nowadays !

  • @QueenKunta
    @QueenKunta 20 дней назад

    7:07 it’s so wild to see Sam Seder here haha

  • @GSalem-ek5zb
    @GSalem-ek5zb Месяц назад +13

    omg yay also wow I hate being alive :)

    • @calliopeshif7581
      @calliopeshif7581 Месяц назад +11

      Don't know you, but I genuinely hope things look up for you. Best wishes, internet stranger.

  • @farishanafiah8461
    @farishanafiah8461 Месяц назад

    3:39 That is cute. 🤣😂😂

  • @blakemagnus6633
    @blakemagnus6633 Месяц назад

    7:04 I think I smell some Cedar. A tree, perhaps?

  • @joshuaevans6295
    @joshuaevans6295 24 дня назад

    Remember the first time Scotland voted to remain?

  • @marziavazi
    @marziavazi 14 дней назад +1

    Can you add subtitles in more languages? 🙏🏼

  • @tarkovshmarkov8011
    @tarkovshmarkov8011 Месяц назад +1

    10 years 😂

  • @CJFerg81
    @CJFerg81 11 дней назад

    19:04 … and your future POTUS 😂

  • @user-rc2yf8kt7i
    @user-rc2yf8kt7i 18 дней назад

    Originally I was so confused why they kept bringing up Obama as if he were president.

  • @Cherokie89
    @Cherokie89 26 дней назад +1

    12:55 Canada committed genocide until pretty recently

  • @heyysimone
    @heyysimone 24 дня назад

    i dont know why but i thought the English got to vote to on the Scottish referendum as well and that most Scots voted leave and the English just had more people voting and they voted stay.
    I was kind of surprised when i heard Scotland voted to stay. Fucked that up considering the English mostly voted leave for brexit.

  • @portmantologist
    @portmantologist 22 дня назад

    12:54 I guess John hasn't heard about residential schools or the Belgian Congo.

  • @bryanergau6682
    @bryanergau6682 Месяц назад

    I just hope Guissepe is doing well....

  • @beccaandgoodman
    @beccaandgoodman Месяц назад

    Strippers can relate to a sticky ass and scholarship money lol

  • @mffmoniz2948
    @mffmoniz2948 25 дней назад

    At 17:36 one guy in the background is checking his phone, another is fighting sleep and losing, he was yawing a little before.

  • @JoseRuiz-ng3qs
    @JoseRuiz-ng3qs 24 дня назад

    8:44 Dós carájos