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  • Опубликовано: 1 июл 2017
  • John Oliver unveils Last Week Tonight's collection of presidential wax statues and brings Warren G. Harding's incredible life story to the big screen.
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  • @brianahicks4805
    @brianahicks4805 7 лет назад +10606

    I hate to say it, but I feel like the supporting cast really carried the film. The guy who played Harding was kind of stiff.

    • @williamgee9657
      @williamgee9657 7 лет назад +78

      HA

    • @chickyjoey
      @chickyjoey 7 лет назад +503

      Well it was a... HARD role to fill.

    • @bbtest2340
      @bbtest2340 7 лет назад +23

      jajajajaja

    • @NolanLadny
      @NolanLadny 7 лет назад +11

      XD

    • @Triebi
      @Triebi 7 лет назад +20

      Anyone knows the music at the end ? Its not aquarium.

  • @jdas5842
    @jdas5842 7 лет назад +2583

    "Spending good money on a poorly made wax figure of a former president is pretty stupid" if you only use it as a show piece.
    But if you use it to make a kickass trailer starring academy award nominees then it's not stupid it's fucking marvellous .

    • @DecayedPony
      @DecayedPony 7 лет назад +83

      Ikr, that production value was great.

    • @WhatKindOfNameNow
      @WhatKindOfNameNow 7 лет назад +121

      Lawlhero The perks of being on HBO. lol

    • @Jabberwocky869
      @Jabberwocky869 7 лет назад +69

      Raycher Smith it would be hilarious if Hollywood actually made that movie starring exactly those actors

    • @XENOGOD
      @XENOGOD 7 лет назад +5

      Marvellous? Like your profile picture then!

    • @chezmoi42
      @chezmoi42 7 лет назад +4

      J McK You do realize they are synonymous, don't you?

  • @misterkingdom3571
    @misterkingdom3571 5 лет назад +2326

    I love that Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, and John Oliver are in the same talk show host cinematic universe.

    • @TheKaylich
      @TheKaylich 4 года назад +25

      The crossover episodes with Conan are also awesome.

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim 4 года назад +1

      Your personal-opinion?
      No, serious query.

    • @kumbaya69421
      @kumbaya69421 3 года назад +3

      @@TheKaylich he is like part of the extended universe

    • @easternlights3155
      @easternlights3155 3 года назад +10

      Oh yes. Jon is Iron Man, Steven is Captain America, John is Bruce Banner and Trevor Noah is Spider-man.

    • @kumbaya69421
      @kumbaya69421 3 года назад +2

      @@easternlights3155 Conan would be the 2inter soldier

  • @Mary_Jacobs
    @Mary_Jacobs 5 лет назад +2813

    Dear HBO,
    Thank you for allowing John Oliver to spend your Dragon money in utterly ridiculous and absolutely brilliant ways. I love you for it, and will always subscribe to support this content and all the amazing work John Oliver does. His resources make this show the best in late night and an invaluable resource to us all. I will listen to John Oliver explain everything from corporate taxes to Stupid Watergate, Gerrymandering to Prison Reform and absolutely everything in between for as long as you give him the incredible platform you've afforded him.
    Thank you thank you thank you,
    Sincerely,
    Intelligent Americans Everywhere.

  • @archivedanchovies3878
    @archivedanchovies3878 7 лет назад +5984

    Imagine that your a down and out museum auctioneer, and in walks Stephen Colbert, John Stewart and John Oliver.

    • @amyhull754
      @amyhull754 7 лет назад +357

      AND Rachel Maddow!

    • @loneranger718
      @loneranger718 7 лет назад +81

      Amy Hull Meh

    • @LemonadepieX
      @LemonadepieX 7 лет назад +141

      I'd spontaneously combust

    • @diptarkadas5193
      @diptarkadas5193 7 лет назад +102

      Sounds like a twist on (...) walks into a bar joke

    • @yumibunnii
      @yumibunnii 7 лет назад +72

      Gavin Strehlow Pretty sure they didn't go themselves.

  • @NewMessage
    @NewMessage 7 лет назад +3828

    I can't wait for the sequel : Harding 2 - *Harding Harder*

    • @passedjudgements4729
      @passedjudgements4729 7 лет назад +66

      You get the hollywood BAWWWM sound as Trump is elected and Harding's dead wax hand pushes it's way out of his grave. "Harding is coming. Stronger. And harder then even"

    • @riparianlife97701
      @riparianlife97701 7 лет назад +20

      Harding har har.

    • @diltonx6066
      @diltonx6066 7 лет назад +20

      Harding: The Harding.

    • @JoeShopper
      @JoeShopper 7 лет назад +18

      Harding 3: Rolled Harding and Put Away Wet.

    • @derrickgilliam6281
      @derrickgilliam6281 7 лет назад +27

      Harding 4.
      "When Push comes to shove, You get Harder"

  • @brennens8849
    @brennens8849 6 лет назад +2725

    how on earth could they play that straight

    • @DarkcIoud1111
      @DarkcIoud1111 6 лет назад +192

      Being able to play that straight is exactly what makes them great actors.

    • @adrianrobertoruizmartinez9325
      @adrianrobertoruizmartinez9325 6 лет назад +68

      BECAUSE THEY'RE FUCKING PROFESSIONAL!!!

    • @andyallwood
      @andyallwood 6 лет назад +23

      My guess would be, numerous takes.

    • @brightmoor
      @brightmoor 6 лет назад +2

      Carlos Saraiva - Huh? Please explain who, of the 4 actors, are comedians. Michael McKean is the closest to a comedian amongst them, but I don’t understand how you are saying that about Anna Kendrick, James Cromwell, and Laura F’n Linney.

    • @caseyryan1
      @caseyryan1 5 лет назад +22

      Brennen Siemens BRO HOW MUCH DID THEY PAY ANNA KENDRICK TO SIMULATE SEX WITH A WAX FIGURE

  • @genesisnieves2326
    @genesisnieves2326 7 лет назад +1626

    This will forever be Oliver's best segment.

    • @viddergrapho8488
      @viddergrapho8488 6 лет назад +16

      ruclips.net/video/seGgZp-XYdM/видео.html
      You were saying?

    • @MysteryMii
      @MysteryMii 4 года назад +5

      viddergrapho ruclips.net/video/TB_wx0dAPU0/видео.html
      What was that again?

    • @radiofuel2733
      @radiofuel2733 4 года назад +53

      Five words: Eat Shit, Bob: The Musical

    • @serenarae2359
      @serenarae2359 4 года назад +14

      @@radiofuel2733 I came here to say this but knew in my heart of hearts that it had already been said

    • @xaviotesharris891
      @xaviotesharris891 3 года назад +7

      Still, re: Eat Shit, Bob ... I believe Genesis can be forgiven for forgetting that the only one who could top this segment would be John Oliver.

  • @Jojafox
    @Jojafox 7 лет назад +1989

    While everybody freaks out about Anna Kendrick, I'm just here thinking: They got James Cromwell and Laura Fucking Linney, who obviously had a hard time trying not to burst into laughter. Now, that's impressive.

    • @Splucked
      @Splucked 7 лет назад +49

      And Campbell Scott ... also a fine actor.

    • @Eoinster
      @Eoinster 7 лет назад +53

      Spluck It While we're at it, let's not leave out Michael McKean, his performance was a real barn-burner this season on Better Call Saul.

    • @sohatanwirkhan583
      @sohatanwirkhan583 7 лет назад +4

      Johannes West EXACTLY. THANK YOU.

    • @TheArchsage74
      @TheArchsage74 7 лет назад +27

      I absolutely loved Laura Linney in the John Adams miniseries. She's amazing.

    • @Jojafox
      @Jojafox 7 лет назад +36

      TheArchsage74 I'm pretty sure that her "crying moment" was an impro, 'cause she was just about to start laughing. ^^
      Honestly, just go and watch The Truman Show. How can one not like Laura Linney?

  • @mollysloane6704
    @mollysloane6704 7 лет назад +3227

    I feel like Anna Kendrick absolutely loved doing this.

    • @guymine1233
      @guymine1233 6 лет назад +137

      Molly Sloane having sex with a wax figure of a dead president...

    • @iCyberDev
      @iCyberDev 6 лет назад +48

      .... Yes.

    • @mrnonsense1031
      @mrnonsense1031 5 лет назад +48

      I think Rowan Atkinson had fun playing Warren Harding. 😂😂😂

    • @guthax30
      @guthax30 5 лет назад +34

      Molly Sloane famous people who appear on political shows usually do it out of passion. i doubt any amount of money you could make off a production would be worth the actors political integrity. sure, bruce willis will do "die hard 25" but he'll never do "an inconvenient truth 2" no matter how much money they offered him.

    • @bertoandon9681
      @bertoandon9681 5 лет назад +5

      guthax30 what?

  • @cartersmith6628
    @cartersmith6628 5 лет назад +509

    I love how John’s show is on long ongoing statement of “you gave us way too much budget and we’re not giving it back”

    • @lightinthesky3183
      @lightinthesky3183 2 года назад

      LOL! Exactly, and it sounds as if John himself had said it.

    • @wta1518
      @wta1518 2 месяца назад

      Didn't they give him an unlimited budget?

  • @AlekWheeler
    @AlekWheeler 5 лет назад +631

    When you realize a wax sculpture has more game with Anna Kendrick than you...

  • @productplacementadz24-73
    @productplacementadz24-73 7 лет назад +2267

    This is the most stupidly expensive and...
    Amazing thing ever seen.

  • @kawallfun
    @kawallfun 7 лет назад +2492

    John Oliver constantly one ups everybody with ease. Celebrities are buying a wax president for fun? I'll buy 5 with hilarious amounts of money and produce a drama with 4 Oscar nominated actors. The greatness of Last Week Tonight represented in one video!

    • @rjfaber1991
      @rjfaber1991 7 лет назад +62

      I know. I really wish that the video conversation between John and (formerly) FIFA's Jack Warner would have continued, because John's promise to use ever more exxagerated visual effects is frankly something I wouldn't have been able to wait to see...

    • @kenichi-bk6bz
      @kenichi-bk6bz 7 лет назад

      kawallfun k

    • @bit0159
      @bit0159 7 лет назад +7

      Too bad Trump had no wax figure yet.

    • @superhavi
      @superhavi 7 лет назад +2

      Well at least he is a muppet.

    • @Tekker2234
      @Tekker2234 7 лет назад +2

      I am both afraid of what he might do and wanting to see it

  • @derptomistic
    @derptomistic 6 лет назад +503

    The accountants at HBO are looking at this like "Please! It's time to stop!"

    • @guymine1233
      @guymine1233 6 лет назад +13

      SirMan McDude really are you joking John's show is nothing compared the budget of game of thrones (probably)

    • @ArmelOenn
      @ArmelOenn 5 лет назад +7

      @@guymine1233 yes it is better to not compare John Oliver with John Snow...

    • @AB-rl8iz
      @AB-rl8iz 3 года назад

      I hope it never stops (for all our sanity)

  • @Quinntus79
    @Quinntus79 4 года назад +143

    Now we just need Lin Manuel Miranda to make a musical out of this.

    • @emilysmith2965
      @emilysmith2965 3 года назад +11

      I am not going to sign Tea...pot
      I am not going to sign Tea...pot
      I mighta got into the habit
      Of appointing friends to Cabinet
      But I’m not going to sign Teapot

  • @phlarb6505
    @phlarb6505 7 лет назад +1240

    I found the actor playing President Harding in this trailer very stiff and unconvincing. Don't even get me started on his dialog.

    • @akilasmith6063
      @akilasmith6063 7 лет назад +37

      Phlarb exactly,he has one expression the entire time. He just does not emote.

    • @bscheur7412
      @bscheur7412 7 лет назад +13

      Hahahahaha

    • @SirXdrake
      @SirXdrake 7 лет назад +58

      He has Henry Cavill syndrome.

    • @censusgary
      @censusgary 7 лет назад +22

      Phlarb, he's the life of the party compared to the real Harding.

    • @raezzordaze8021
      @raezzordaze8021 7 лет назад +7

      They could have cast Mark Wahlberg and I wouldn't have been able to tell the difference.

  • @xennial_miracle
    @xennial_miracle 7 лет назад +2554

    (2:29) I can't get over how truly happy he is to say "we bought five of them." He is truly giddy with pride to announce what he's done.

    • @LupineShadowOmega
      @LupineShadowOmega 6 лет назад +70

      It only got better when he did the John Cena Can't See Me gesture.

    • @tigerofdoom
      @tigerofdoom 3 года назад +4

      I just watched this for the first time, and I agree, his excitement is infectious

    • @orangelake2268
      @orangelake2268 Год назад +1

      That may have costed them half a million

  • @xWood4000
    @xWood4000 6 лет назад +123

    The camera movement was perfect in the trailer. It got him to seem kind of alive.

  • @jimsvideos7201
    @jimsvideos7201 6 лет назад +141

    That they got the "These United States" right is the sort of attention to detail that I like.

    • @xaviotesharris891
      @xaviotesharris891 3 года назад +2

      It took a long time for the language to wrap itself around treating "The United States" as a singular noun, but we pretty much always do. It's both weird and very cool, to a word nerd.

  • @minna4
    @minna4 7 лет назад +2802

    For a short 'trailer' this was surprisingly very well made

    • @alexthompson9516
      @alexthompson9516 7 лет назад +9

      Mina Haruna Yes

    • @santosgessy70
      @santosgessy70 7 лет назад +124

      Mina Haruna well it is HBO and they have the money

    • @MagnitudeReviews
      @MagnitudeReviews 7 лет назад +97

      all they gotta do is make a few phone calls

    • @UncleBiscuits97
      @UncleBiscuits97 7 лет назад +98

      It was very well made, especially because they got Laura FUCKING Linney to be in it!!

    • @caitlinbrewer4843
      @caitlinbrewer4843 7 лет назад +9

      The 'film' looks surprisingly good too!

  • @lauraphelan5812
    @lauraphelan5812 7 лет назад +974

    Every year this show throws their entire budget into no more than 5 minutes and I fucking love it

  • @larvitardratini5965
    @larvitardratini5965 7 лет назад +69

    0:46 that man's actual last name is Dickensheetz. Amazing.

  • @scottl4414
    @scottl4414 4 года назад +330

    As a US History teacher, this is laugh out loud funny and great, but honestly they missed a lot of opportunities with Harding jokes...
    -Harding was believed to have several affairs (thought to be 4 affairs and maybe more) before and during his presidency, not just the one mentioned.
    -He was a compulsive gambler and had weekly poker games full of alcohol - which was prohibited at that time thanks to the 18th Amendment. He was a notoriously heavy drinker and cigar smoker throughout his presidency, which once again was during the Prohibition Era.
    -At one of these poker games, he reportedly lost some of the rarest White House's fine china.
    -And how could they not make a pun on his last name regarding his affairs? I mean really? It's not that HARD!
    -I also wish they explained the Teapot Dome Scandal more as it was interesting and led to the first conviction of a Cabinet member (Sec. of Interior Albert Fall), but that's just the nerd in me :/

    • @Chibbanee
      @Chibbanee 3 года назад +16

      this comment made me search all of the above and i had fun! thanks!!!

    • @scottl4414
      @scottl4414 3 года назад +10

      @@Chibbanee Happy to educate, glad you enjoyed!

    • @PhilipDeLong
      @PhilipDeLong 3 года назад +25

      Although rightly condemned for the corruption in his administration, the Harding Presidency was not without its accomplishments. The Washington Naval Treaty, the first arms limitation treaty in world history, was completed under his watch. More important in my mind was his commitment to reintroducing civil rights which had taken an unfortunate turn during the latter part of the Wilson administration. I have a theory that Harding's poor reputation, like Grant's, could be traced to racist historians. Though unsuccessful, he is to be commended for his attempt to push anti-lynching legislation.

    • @MasterOfViewership
      @MasterOfViewership 3 года назад +11

      He also used his power to shut down an entire newspaper company that had been in competition with 1 he owned and called someone a "lick-spittle"

    • @ezelfrancisco1349
      @ezelfrancisco1349 2 года назад +10

      This is just a trailer. They’ll show all of that in the full movie and the musical that Lin Manuel Miranda will release

  • @phil7394
    @phil7394 7 лет назад +628

    I heard that Daniel Day Lewis retired from acting because he knew his portrayel of Lincoln would never hold up against this mannequin's rendition of Harding.

    • @karenwatkins655
      @karenwatkins655 3 года назад

      If I hadn’t already choked on laughing from the “trailer”, this comment would have done me in. Thanks, Phil. I am ready to be a wax figure now. Their lives are a lot more exciting than mine.

  • @genessab
    @genessab 7 лет назад +3619

    John Oliver consistently beats out all other shows in how funny and informative one person can be.

    • @minigamersurvival22
      @minigamersurvival22 7 лет назад +17

      Vikings488 PREACH IT

    • @yahboi827
      @yahboi827 7 лет назад +3

      +Andromalius Dex Needs more memes

    • @shorea27
      @shorea27 7 лет назад +25

      Oliver's format is different, there's no comparison.

    • @Rockovissi
      @Rockovissi 7 лет назад +50

      I absolutely love him, he's killing it. I think partly because he's on HBO and can get away with anything.

    • @Jon-cs9ik
      @Jon-cs9ik 7 лет назад +37

      Aw, buddy, you're trying so, so hard and it's kind of adorable. Propaganda is meant to fool you, but Oliver's not out to fool anyone. If you have to classify a comedy show that doesn't try to hide it's slant as propaganda then you're so far behind the rest of the class you should probably just give up and start over. I bet your house is jam-packed with bottles of snake oil, magic beans and a goose that's totally gonna lay a golden egg one day because you're crafty and you've got it alll figured out. You fucking nitwit.

  • @kitcoffey7194
    @kitcoffey7194 7 лет назад +56

    "Why must my greatest love also be my greatest trial?"
    genius

  • @depressocafe1322
    @depressocafe1322 5 лет назад +71

    They should bring the Nixon wax figure on every DJT is mentioned with pardoning himself. *Nixon's head slowly comes up from the table.*

  • @tigerqueen1112
    @tigerqueen1112 7 лет назад +801

    I litterally love how your relationship with colbert and stewart is perfectly summed up by wax sculptures of Presidents.

    • @Lone_Rocket
      @Lone_Rocket 7 лет назад +4

      tigerqueen1112 Litteraly the best.

  • @SamMasghati
    @SamMasghati 7 лет назад +4289

    So glad that HBO is willing to finance all this. Funniest video I've seen all week

    • @spammyhell6566
      @spammyhell6566 7 лет назад +123

      I've never before really appreciated HBO, but what other organization could/would have committed to a project like this, and commanded the production and talent that it took to make this? Abso-freaking-awesome! :O)

    • @scofield1154
      @scofield1154 7 лет назад +77

      Sam Masghati HBO and especially its CEO seems to really support Oliver with his crazy shit.
      my question is how does he even earn money with this.
      he spent 6000-7000 dollars on wax figures and made a trailer.

    • @lootmaster1337
      @lootmaster1337 7 лет назад +50

      hbo's operating income are at $583 million pretty sure they can spend 7000 on some badly made dolls :P And i am happy they did, i never knew i wanted to have such a trailer till now

    • @mayagold10
      @mayagold10 7 лет назад +57

      john oliver won awards as a newcomer host, he's a huge cultural phenomenon at this point, i am mot surprised he's the new hbo golden boy. but it's pretty admirable that they support him like that. the whole production team they have is super creative.

    • @taxiuniversum916
      @taxiuniversum916 7 лет назад +25

      lootmaster1337 The cost of the crappy dolls was the smallest part - my guess the clip cost them anywhere from a few hundred thousand to over a million.

  • @kylestubbs8867
    @kylestubbs8867 6 лет назад +29

    "WE WILL ALL BE FINISHED!!!"
    **head falls off**
    "...sir."

  • @YukimuraSanadaEmpires
    @YukimuraSanadaEmpires 7 лет назад +30

    Jesus I laughed so hard it brought me to tears in Office.
    Even this small piece looks like a triple A production Kudos to HBO and LWT

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 7 лет назад +447

    The only problem with the cast is that this Harding is far more emotive than the real Warren Harding was.

  • @maryk.cieslak9512
    @maryk.cieslak9512 7 лет назад +194

    i desperately want the audio of the call made from John Oliver to Anna Kendrick: "We want you to f*** a mannequin of Warren Harding."

  • @tinoj9661
    @tinoj9661 6 лет назад +9

    i absolutely love how john always is able to get an amazing cast for his spoofs. amazing.

    • @thejason755
      @thejason755 3 года назад +1

      And it’s always AAA actors too

  • @cosmicserpent1879
    @cosmicserpent1879 7 лет назад +42

    To be honest, when you first started substituting for John Stewart I was unsure about it. Now I find that your material is just so creative and hilarious that I truly love watching it. You're definitely my favorite of the comedic newscasters now and congratulations on all of your success

  • @thomasgaita6872
    @thomasgaita6872 7 лет назад +1402

    The staff of Last Week Tonight has an infinite budget, don't they?

    • @mestre12
      @mestre12 7 лет назад +228

      Its HBO, the same people that make Game of Thrones. Of course they have way to much money.

    • @kevinzhao3152
      @kevinzhao3152 7 лет назад +19

      Thomas Gaita Westworld is 100M an episode

    • @nadjal
      @nadjal 7 лет назад +66

      No, it's 100M for the whole first season (still a lot!!!)

    • @h3llbouy
      @h3llbouy 7 лет назад +53

      its HBO...the same people who still make tons of money on the Wire, the Sopranos and entourage.

    • @LukeMillner
      @LukeMillner 7 лет назад +281

      HBO: save money please, we were just sued for your show
      John: did someone say wax presidents?

  • @chrismatthews653
    @chrismatthews653 7 лет назад +94

    too much money was put into this segment to not put it on youtube. god bless HBO.

  • @TheZeroJoker
    @TheZeroJoker 6 лет назад +79

    I'm still dying at the Jon Stewart bit.

  • @AndrewVelonis
    @AndrewVelonis 2 года назад +27

    Fun fact: Harding gave a speech in which he advocated "a return to normality" but he was so drunk it came out "normalcy". And "normalcy" has been a word ever since.

  • @luisiana1121
    @luisiana1121 7 лет назад +759

    Y'know for a satire, that trailer was fucking amazing. Like, no joke.

    • @caitlinbrewer4843
      @caitlinbrewer4843 7 лет назад +7

      Miguel L I'd watch that movie

    • @Phoenix3573
      @Phoenix3573 7 лет назад +20

      IKR?! This illustrates how deceptive trailers can be. Laura's dialog was an awesome way to end that trailer, but they continued on to show that that would never actually work in a movie.

    • @EmilioReyes_97
      @EmilioReyes_97 6 лет назад +3

      Phoenix3573 Says you, is pay money to see that !

    • @EmilioReyes_97
      @EmilioReyes_97 6 лет назад

      Phoenix3573 Says you, is pay money to see that !

  • @swiftlymurmurs
    @swiftlymurmurs 7 лет назад +287

    Always count on John Oliver to go a little bit too far, and then say "fuck it" and run even farther across the line.

    • @Renlyn06
      @Renlyn06 7 лет назад +56

      He looks at the line, crosses it and makes it his starting line of a marathon

  • @AdelaAlonsoAlonso
    @AdelaAlonsoAlonso 3 года назад +4

    John Oliver is the best thing to happen on television.

  • @AlekWheeler
    @AlekWheeler 5 лет назад +6

    Man when HBO gave him total artistic power to do whatever he wants on his show, he goes HAM

  • @edgarr.rwilde3876
    @edgarr.rwilde3876 7 лет назад +404

    I love this English bastard.

  • @jdas5842
    @jdas5842 7 лет назад +181

    I am pretty sure neither Jon Stewart nor Stephen Colbert are using their former president wax figures in the legendary way that John Oliver used his. John clearly wins this round .

  • @immortalsun
    @immortalsun 4 года назад +6

    Laura Linney’s performance was so good that despite watching a film about a goddamn wax figure, I bloody teared up.

  • @Branchtail
    @Branchtail 6 лет назад +15

    “I’m Laura Linney and this... is Masterpiece Classic.”

    • @trypptrapp266
      @trypptrapp266 4 года назад +2

      She is pretty amazing and a very kind person. Enjoyed a brunch with her.

  • @VansangluraVanchhawng
    @VansangluraVanchhawng 7 лет назад +2198

    10/10 would watch

    • @Dzztzt
      @Dzztzt 7 лет назад +10

      Vansanglura Vanchhawng you just did.

    • @VansangluraVanchhawng
      @VansangluraVanchhawng 7 лет назад +8

      Drew Ciccotelli... Touche

    • @watchutalknboutwillis1874
      @watchutalknboutwillis1874 7 лет назад +5

      Vansanglura Vanchhawng idk it got bad ratings on Rotten Tomatoes. Not sure if at worth it

    • @Lyserdigi
      @Lyserdigi 7 лет назад +7

      i'd give that show full score of 5/7

    • @lyserberg
      @lyserberg 7 лет назад +1

      Lyserdigi Hey, we got similar names.

  • @AmethystEyes
    @AmethystEyes 7 лет назад +554

    LAURA FUCKING LINNEY!

    • @warman13x
      @warman13x 7 лет назад +60

      AmethystEyes Anyone who sees this comment needs to check Laura Linney's Wikipedia page. Under her filmography, she's credited as Florence Harding. (Although it is for Last Week Tonight; not Harding.)

    • @Condottier
      @Condottier 7 лет назад +3

      Second time she plays a Historical First Lady and third time she plays a Historical woman close to a U.S. president.

  • @Jemppu
    @Jemppu 5 лет назад +14

    okay, this feels like the correct clip to finally comment on the HBO budget.

  • @Letham316
    @Letham316 6 лет назад +5

    I loved the reaction when he said "we bought FIVE of them!" :D

  • @theunundunly5368
    @theunundunly5368 7 лет назад +689

    Stewart, Colbert and Oliver hahaha!!!!! gotta love those three!!!!!

    • @commonsense31
      @commonsense31 7 лет назад +37

      The Un Und Unly true they are funny but John Oliver in my perspective is better there are just something about his show that are truly unique and magnificent. I think it's because it's actually goes into Depth in specific Topics and delivers information that most people understand. And exposing the lies and misinformation you hear on a daily message. And makes It hilarious funny

    • @tzlawina
      @tzlawina 7 лет назад +4

      Stewart used to do this during interviews.

    • @rildank5557
      @rildank5557 7 лет назад +6

      @Common Sense: I agree with you but one show a week is easier though. colbert does 5 shows a week, ~42min each, so a lot less time to prepare

    • @RPGMel710
      @RPGMel710 7 лет назад +5

      It's the accent. 100% the accent

    • @bella-tt9hk
      @bella-tt9hk 6 лет назад

      The Un Und Unly the trinity of wax president owners

  • @daniellederer293
    @daniellederer293 7 лет назад +334

    Laura Linney deserves an Oscar nomination for this performance... especially for that final scene omg

  • @SeriousMoh
    @SeriousMoh Месяц назад

    I still come back six years later to rewatch this.
    "We bought five" has given me one of the biggest laughs of my entire life. Thank you.

  • @sanjanagupta2458
    @sanjanagupta2458 6 лет назад +49

    Seriously though, what is that beautiful piano melody towards the end?! It's so beautiful, I was genuinely moved.
    The melody that played right after the actor's names were said?

  • @jspres86
    @jspres86 7 лет назад +341

    Just shows how prominent a figure John Oliver is becoming. CBS only let Colbert have one and HBO said "Fuck it, let him have five."

    • @netraft_4435
      @netraft_4435 6 лет назад

      Phil Buckhouse of

    • @netraft_4435
      @netraft_4435 6 лет назад

      Phil Buckhouse of a certain

    • @netraft_4435
      @netraft_4435 6 лет назад

      Alright p

    • @commonsense31
      @commonsense31 6 лет назад +17

      It's the Dragon money as long as the Dragons are fine he can continue 😂😂

    • @ksad96
      @ksad96 6 лет назад +21

      Then they let him have four Academy Award Nominees make a fake trailer with one of the figurines. That couldn't be too cheap lol

  • @SportsKnut1
    @SportsKnut1 7 лет назад +407

    HOLD ON. Is that Anna Kendrick??? Did Oliver seriously get Anna Kendrick for this bit??

    • @hammersbaseball11
      @hammersbaseball11 7 лет назад +105

      TCutt Not only did he get her to act in it, he got her to do a fucking sex scene with a wax replica of a president. I'm speechless

    • @Little1Cave
      @Little1Cave 7 лет назад +23

      TCutt But of course! She was up for an Oscar you know... Gotta get the talent next year's awards!

    • @charlieni645
      @charlieni645 7 лет назад +18

      The gif and meme creators will have a good time.

    • @Doomsday-yo7lh
      @Doomsday-yo7lh 7 лет назад +88

      John: Hey Anna you wanna star in a trailer for a fake biographical movie where you have to pretend to have sex with a wax figure of a former US president?
      Anna: Depends, which president?
      John: Harding.
      Anna: I'll be in New York tomorrow

    • @somato2688
      @somato2688 7 лет назад +13

      john oliver is a high roller now

  • @DodgeTheGraveYT
    @DodgeTheGraveYT 4 года назад +9

    8:02 If that statue blinked my heart would've stopped.

  • @sunnyfok6268
    @sunnyfok6268 6 лет назад +1

    So much chemistry between these two

  • @kneelbeforezod2286
    @kneelbeforezod2286 7 лет назад +565

    oscar worthy trailer, i would watch a whole fucking movie outta that!

    • @VArsovski10
      @VArsovski10 7 лет назад +1

      y, better than most trailers there are rly

  • @Apollo9898LP
    @Apollo9898LP 7 лет назад +2368

    THEY GOT ANNA KENDRICK FOR THEIR HARDING MOVIE WHAT
    when is the musical number

    • @ConnorsYoutubeAccount
      @ConnorsYoutubeAccount 7 лет назад +58

      and Michael Mckean

    • @AdrienneM13
      @AdrienneM13 7 лет назад +86

      and James Cromwell!

    • @kuribayashi84
      @kuribayashi84 7 лет назад +13

      Probably his most important role since playing Zefram Cochrane in "Star Trek First Contact".

    • @alexgrissom3513
      @alexgrissom3513 7 лет назад +8

      Unfortunately it takes longer than a week to research for these weekly videos. He probably already has something else lined up

    • @MoeMentos
      @MoeMentos 7 лет назад +5

      Anna Kendrick looks like a baby bird that was kicked out of the nest, seriously I don't understand her appeal.

  • @DW-rw4yc
    @DW-rw4yc 7 лет назад +4

    I love the part where Harding is peeking through the door. I died laughing.😂😂😂

  • @ScootyPuffSr7
    @ScootyPuffSr7 3 года назад +1

    I've watched this a few times over the last few years and I think that John's shirt/tie combination in this piece is one of his best.

  • @TheMedicatedArtist
    @TheMedicatedArtist 7 лет назад +250

    "We don't know what we're going to do with the the other four yet"
    Give them cameos in your other segments, obviously.

    • @chipwhitley6509
      @chipwhitley6509 7 лет назад +26

      Did someone say 'Presidential Boy Band'?

  • @CerenAytekin96
    @CerenAytekin96 7 лет назад +409

    Stephen Colbert, one of my favorite humans, Jon Stewart, one of my cutie pies and John Oliver, my favorite rat-faced bastard

    • @shanez1215
      @shanez1215 7 лет назад +31

      Ceren Aytekin Praise be!

    • @theawesomeMikeMike09
      @theawesomeMikeMike09 7 лет назад +8

      Praise be unto you

    • @dremorakynval1269
      @dremorakynval1269 7 лет назад +13

      Parrot. He looks like a parrot.

    • @prodge58
      @prodge58 7 лет назад +27

      He looks like a parrot trying to do income taxes.

    • @frigginjerk
      @frigginjerk 7 лет назад +23

      A parrot who works at a bank. And probably won't exchange your roll of nickels because there's a Canadian one in there. You know there is. Stop making this so difficult, madam, you and I both know it's in there.

  • @michaelj.r457
    @michaelj.r457 4 года назад +3

    What's funny is that James Cromwell had a recurring role on HBO's Boardwalk Empire as Andrew Mellon who was the Secretary of the Treasury to Warren Harding, and in the first season of BE, Harding's mistress and baby mama Nan Britton was a character on the series.

  • @petergeyer7584
    @petergeyer7584 6 лет назад +3

    I was literally crying, I was laughing so hard at this. Thank you for brightening my day!

  • @yushatak
    @yushatak 7 лет назад +296

    You're a goddamn hero, John Oliver.

    • @LemonadepieX
      @LemonadepieX 7 лет назад +89

      He's the hero we don't deserve

  • @bernhardlabus8511
    @bernhardlabus8511 7 лет назад +145

    "The best thing: We don't even know what we do with the other four yet"
    I lost it

  • @zhuoranli4576
    @zhuoranli4576 6 лет назад +31

    If the Harding movie is this good, I can't image how amazing the Nixon and Clinton ones be.
    The amazingness will be over 9000

    • @WoundedGamerAlchemy
      @WoundedGamerAlchemy 6 лет назад +1

      Zhuoran Li
      Oh God I'd kill to see a Clinton movie like that haha

  • @TheRealLaughingGravy
    @TheRealLaughingGravy 4 года назад +2

    Warren Harding looked exactly like a President would look in a 1920's movie. He was perfectly cast.

  • @karllinhart6390
    @karllinhart6390 7 лет назад +345

    On behalf of American History teachers everywhere...THANK YOU!!!!!!!

    • @danieljohnson4530
      @danieljohnson4530 5 лет назад +23

      On behalf of history lovers, THANK YOU HISTORY TEACHERS!!

    • @sigmaballsnetwork
      @sigmaballsnetwork 3 года назад

      The history teachers seem to love the video where a girl pretended to have sex with a wax statue

  • @tiny4lurv
    @tiny4lurv 7 лет назад +591

    I am so proud of this show even though I contribute exactly zero percent of the content

    • @saphirax8965
      @saphirax8965 7 лет назад +17

      Like, I feel this so much. Exactly this

    • @Touchgrassplz
      @Touchgrassplz 7 лет назад +31

      you contribute to the ratings, which helps HBO give John and his producer ALL OF THE MONEY

  • @Nedyah74
    @Nedyah74 4 года назад +1

    I just love the idea of 43 or 44 life size wax figures of American Presidents floating all around the country somewhere.

  • @malindabful
    @malindabful 9 месяцев назад +1

    I'm crying, there are literal tears running down my face I'm laughing so hard! John Oliver is my hero ♥️

  • @divinitydamned3742
    @divinitydamned3742 7 лет назад +301

    "White House fuck cupboard."
    Thank you. From all of us.

  • @ahash717
    @ahash717 7 лет назад +4356

    two videos at once?
    that's way too many options

    • @ArticWolfv
      @ArticWolfv 7 лет назад +40

      atleast twice as many as they normally give us.

    • @Rileykard
      @Rileykard 7 лет назад +114

      If they keep doing this, soon consumer will be out of job.

    • @cheetosortiz2783
      @cheetosortiz2783 7 лет назад +9

      I was in disbelief. I'd asked for more videos and it finally came true.

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 7 лет назад +2

      lots of similarities between Warren Harding and Trump... I'd greatly appreciate it if some fellow concerned citizens would check out my 'Tube channel devoted to piano & vocal covers of 80s/90s classic songs. Real live acoustic. Covers include Sting, PRINCE, George Michael, Pete Townshend, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Michael Jackson, Supertramp, and Coldplay. Thanks and please pardon the promo.

    • @nfzeta128
      @nfzeta128 7 лет назад +13

      What do you mean by *options* ? Of course once you're subscribed you're compelled to watch both. No such thing as *options* here.

  • @theotakux5959
    @theotakux5959 Год назад +1

    I absolutely love when real, serious actors have the sense of humor to do things like this.

  • @nope_118
    @nope_118 5 лет назад +7

    I want to see the bloopers for this!

  • @shanetravel
    @shanetravel 7 лет назад +621

    "and just think... we don't even know what were doing with the other 4 yet..." hahaha.

    • @mikeonthecomputer
      @mikeonthecomputer 7 лет назад +21

      Shane Anderson I think we all have an idea of what to do with the Travolta-ish Clinton.

    • @RamblingsOfTheMe
      @RamblingsOfTheMe 7 лет назад +13

      Face-Off 2?

    • @Rainaman-
      @Rainaman- 7 лет назад +9

      Replace trump with one of them. Might do less harm.

    • @paulcasanova1909
      @paulcasanova1909 7 лет назад

      Pikajew 2 Face Off 2 Much

  • @AmethystEyes
    @AmethystEyes 7 лет назад +80

    This is why we love this FUCKING show!!!

  • @pdxnikki1
    @pdxnikki1 7 лет назад +1

    This is THE BEST episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver I've ever seen. I love it! Thank you so much for your creativity, dedication to the facts, dogged determination to the truth, and always, always making sure that we have plenty of sweet sweet humor to swallow it all down with. This was the perfect summer daycation break!

  • @Jwend392
    @Jwend392 7 лет назад +3

    My college history professor had this to say about Warren G. Harding: "Dying in office was the best career move he ever made."

  • @joynthis
    @joynthis 7 лет назад +545

    Never heard Laura Linney's middle name before. German, I guess.

    • @ichbinjasokreativ2452
      @ichbinjasokreativ2452 5 лет назад +39

      You wouldn´t be wrong about this, actually. We have a town named "Fucking" (though we pronounce it differently), meaning that, in some way, "Fucking" really is a german name.

    • @onkelpappkov2666
      @onkelpappkov2666 5 лет назад +26

      Based on some celebrities naming their kids after towns, I believe it's only a matter of time until we're hearing of Fucking West.

    • @israellai
      @israellai 5 лет назад +3

      @@ichbinjasokreativ2452 isn't Fucking Austrian?

    • @ichbinjasokreativ2452
      @ichbinjasokreativ2452 5 лет назад +6

      @@israellai I'm not sure, could be Austrian instead. But that's basically the same thing. Germany itself consists of smaller states and Austria is basically a state gone rogue, though some Austrians might disagree with that.

    • @thesilverhedgehog
      @thesilverhedgehog 5 лет назад +1

      @@israellai It really depends on whether an Austrian is involved or not, doesn't it?

  • @evanfaas2560
    @evanfaas2560 7 лет назад +252

    0:45 Dickensheetz may be the greatest last name in history.

    • @codyjolley6565
      @codyjolley6565 7 лет назад +7

      Mungus.

    • @VinceValentine
      @VinceValentine 7 лет назад +24

      It works in English and German!
      English: dick in sheets
      German: Dicker Schiet (thick poop)

  • @iancr8199
    @iancr8199 7 лет назад +1

    My gosh. Why are you and your team so brilliant??!! Love everything you guys do. You are just the best.

  • @robertabarboza6688
    @robertabarboza6688 4 года назад +9

    Imagine the sheer force of will necessary to do this without laughing at the delightful absurdity of it.

  • @WaitingxInxSilence
    @WaitingxInxSilence 7 лет назад +219

    I would watch a full length version of that movie.

  • @censusgary
    @censusgary 7 лет назад +258

    True fact: Warren G. Harding died of undetermined causes while returning from a visit to Alaska. The hotel in Alaska still exists where he ate one of his last meals, and the management proudly claims he got food poisoning there. If that's true, they did the country a favor.

    • @err0r0b0
      @err0r0b0 7 лет назад +16

      Gary Cooper
      Wouldn't want to eat anything coming from that hotel, would we? lol

    • @bigeaststarlight6915
      @bigeaststarlight6915 7 лет назад +50

      That is a disturbing way to market themselves. "A former president got food poisoning here & died shortly thereafter. Now, what shall I get you for lunch?"

    • @JOHN----DOE
      @JOHN----DOE 7 лет назад +10

      He used to be my nominee for the worst president. Before Nixon, that is. Now, he's beginning to look a lot better.

    • @censusgary
      @censusgary 7 лет назад +1

      Bigeast Starlight, it makes more sense if you know some Alaskans. They have a strong contrarian streak.

    • @Lupinthe3rd.
      @Lupinthe3rd. 7 лет назад +17

      Trump then needs to take a trip to Alaska and stay in that hotel.

  • @clarkdice8182
    @clarkdice8182 4 года назад +4

    Someone green-light this F&@cking Cinematic masterpiece

  • @mrmustaine
    @mrmustaine 6 лет назад +2

    This might be the most amazing trailer I've ever seen.

  • @vestspet4242
    @vestspet4242 7 лет назад +822

    Only in America!!!! I love it. Jon Stewart outbid Stephen Colbert, while John Oliver showed just how awesome he is by buying 5 presidents. You know the Koch brothers were excited by the idea of buying a president, until they learned that they were only wax figures.

    • @calebdziepak2950
      @calebdziepak2950 7 лет назад +88

      Oh please, they've already bought most of the Republicans in congress. It's funny because climate change will doom us all!

    • @b.c4440
      @b.c4440 7 лет назад +9

      Especially wax presidents...

    • @Ioganstone
      @Ioganstone 7 лет назад +1

      They love when wax presidents are bought as well as Shillary. But its ok because Soros and Saudi Arabia are the good guys.

  • @kuchmatt807
    @kuchmatt807 7 лет назад +480

    I want a wax figure of John Oliver!

    • @AmethystEyes
      @AmethystEyes 7 лет назад +11

      Szarkbytes787 he already is one 😂

    • @kuchmatt807
      @kuchmatt807 7 лет назад +11

      Good for him. I'm saying that I would like one of him.

    • @robertjarman3703
      @robertjarman3703 6 лет назад +7

      Would you fuck the wax figure like Anna Kendrick did with Harding?

    • @kuchmatt807
      @kuchmatt807 6 лет назад +3

      Robert Jarman No, no I would not.

    • @TheJrbdog
      @TheJrbdog 6 лет назад +16

      Then you do not deserve one.

  • @Top_Dawg360
    @Top_Dawg360 7 лет назад +124

    Is that the girl from Pitch Perfect having an affair with a wax figure?

    • @vincentshipe6689
      @vincentshipe6689 5 лет назад +13

      Top Dawg yes, yes it is

    • @Risodair
      @Risodair 4 года назад +6

      Her name is Anna Kendrick and she is a legend

  • @moveslikemacca
    @moveslikemacca 6 лет назад

    This is why I love Last Week Tonight. It's legendary.

  • @Iceinfly
    @Iceinfly 7 лет назад +154

    2 in one day? Praise be!

    • @Touchgrassplz
      @Touchgrassplz 7 лет назад +18

      praise be, praise be !

    • @D3g0nGirl
      @D3g0nGirl 7 лет назад +18

      Praise be!

    • @knodel2378
      @knodel2378 7 лет назад +13

      Iceinfly praise be! brothers and sisters of our lady of perpetual examption

  • @Mu3azOsman
    @Mu3azOsman 7 лет назад +499

    I would illegally download that movie 😂😂😂😂😂😂👌

  • @PeanutsAssorted
    @PeanutsAssorted 6 лет назад

    There is nothing I want more than the behind the scenes footage of making this, the outtakes would be magical.

  • @clam379
    @clam379 7 лет назад +329

    Congratulations to Harding for losing the title of worst president ever

    • @rebekahm7317
      @rebekahm7317 6 лет назад +7

      Donk that was Hoover actually, I mean you got the right decade so props for trying to make a joke :/

    • @gdspathe1130
      @gdspathe1130 5 лет назад +25

      @@rebekahm7317 That was Buchanan who outstrips everyone in not only twiddling his thumbs while the country burned around him but outright having members of his cabinet support the southern cause by transferring arms south

    • @medha6735
      @medha6735 5 лет назад +11

      I personally thought it’d be Andrew Johnson or James Buchanan. Andrew Jackson, Nixon, and Clinton are somewhat redeemable, but Johnson and Buchanan are horrible.

    • @topicvideosguy
      @topicvideosguy 4 года назад +6

      No matter how bad you think Trump is, he's not "killing tons of people by forcing them to walk for a thousand miles to Oklahoma" bad. If he did anything that bad then he would have to pack his bags that day.
      Edit: oh, me before COVID. How naive. Turns out that he would kill many thousands of people. Oops. 2020 changed my perspective from "Could be worse" to "oh god, get this maniac out". It shouldn't have been that to get me to stop thinking that, but whatever. So yeah, now I think he's worse than Jackson. And yes, I voted for Biden. At least he's an actual politician and not a cult-of-personality nightmare.

    • @TheRedKing247
      @TheRedKing247 4 года назад +16

      @I make cringy Minecraft Let's Plays
      No he's just shoved millions of people including children into what are practically concentration camps instead. Add that on top of eroding American democracy by attacks on the freedom of the press and a destruction of democratic norms and conventions that have been around for hundreds of years, a cabinet that's somehow even more corrupt than Hardings, the destruction of America's worldwide diplomacy, raising taxes on the lower and middle class while cutting them for the rich, wasting billions of taxpayers money on personal vacations and a useless wall that will solve nothing, all while being a serial liar who's bragged about the number of women he's forced to have sex with him.
      Make no mistake, Trump will go down in history as the worst US President of all time. He's what the Gracchi Brothers were to Rome, and he will be remembered for it.