S1 E21: Translators, Supreme Court & Ebola: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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  • Season 1, Episode 21, October 19th, 2014. Revisit the beginning of the all-dog Supreme Court. Plus a deep dive on translators, the great US Ebola panic of 2014, an update on Vladimir Putin, and our response to a unique McDonald's ad.
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  • @e.enriquez4589
    @e.enriquez4589 29 дней назад +570

    I’m glad we were able to learn from the Ebola outbreak and avoided any possible pandemics in the future

    • @publicuser2534
      @publicuser2534 27 дней назад

      I am sure Ebola would have been way worse if Obama was out and trump was in. Obama was level-headed and listened to the experts. trump on the other hand followed his own playbook and ridiculed and turned the public against the experts.

    • @GratitudeDay
      @GratitudeDay 26 дней назад +14

      *slow clap* 😂

    • @evelina733
      @evelina733 26 дней назад +4

      Good🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @fleur9251
      @fleur9251 22 дня назад +4

      the pain is real

    • @Caribbean_King
      @Caribbean_King 18 дней назад

      Let's not forget the spitting in mouths rant from John. Hey, John. They'll charge you for assault buddy! 😅 #covid

  • @John_Austin
    @John_Austin 16 дней назад +58

    Fun fact: Nina Pham survived and eventually sued the hospital for not providing her with the proper PPE to keep her safe. The lawsuit was settled out of court.

    • @ArtGirl82
      @ArtGirl82 2 дня назад +2

      Maybe as part of the settlement, she really did get to cough Ebola into a hospital administrators face... 🤔

  • @TheSkubna
    @TheSkubna Месяц назад +399

    John looks so youthful, and painfully British.

    • @SirEvilestDeath
      @SirEvilestDeath 28 дней назад +5

      Yet none of that has changed in 10 years…

    • @Dave_of_Mordor
      @Dave_of_Mordor 27 дней назад +1

      ​@@SirEvilestDeath Nah dude. He looks soooooo much older now. It almost like I'm looking at my grandpa

    • @Ray_Cism
      @Ray_Cism 27 дней назад +7

      @@Dave_of_Mordorhe got the obama treatment

    • @Brian-bd5vb
      @Brian-bd5vb 25 дней назад +2

      So very painfully British. (Love you, John)

    • @mixstardust429
      @mixstardust429 21 день назад +1

      Unlike now, where the only difference is that he's older

  • @codyrobinson3109
    @codyrobinson3109 Месяц назад +228

    RIP Grant Imahara

    • @KaladinVegapunk
      @KaladinVegapunk 16 дней назад +3

      Came down to comment the same thing 😭 grew up loving mythbusters and learning about the scientific method and he was a legend. Honestly..dudes just collecting a paycheck, I don't blame him, he gets a pass.

    • @KaladinVegapunk
      @KaladinVegapunk 16 дней назад +5

      What's depressing is a decade later and we STILL left thousands of interpreters out to dry there when we pulled out
      There's some groups and veterans personally trying to get them all out but it's insane
      Johns covered the many many flaws of our country over the years and we've barely addressed any of them in the last decade from healthcare to the broken supreme Court, to this and other BS

  • @coreycruz2542
    @coreycruz2542 29 дней назад +231

    Went to google what happened to the translators -
    "It's estimated as many as 300 interpreters died in Afghanistan during this time while waiting for visas. As the Taliban closed in on securing the country as the U.S. withdrew, roughly 20,000 interpreters and their families were still attempting to reach the United States." [Sep 1, 2022]
    At least Srosh got to the US; another translator who did, got killed in DC after resettling.

    • @laurel1865
      @laurel1865 28 дней назад +5

      How did he die in DC? By the taliban or an accident.

    • @ruekurei88
      @ruekurei88 27 дней назад +44

      @@laurel1865Random act of violence. He had a second job as a Lyft driver(his first being tow truck driver), and he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time.
      Does suck though, evade all that noise in Afghanistan , ducking out the taliban, only to get randomly shot and killed doing your job, trying to feed your family and send money back to your peoples in your homeland.

    • @masterpieces2218
      @masterpieces2218 26 дней назад +2

      ​@@ruekurei88boi u better stop lying 😮 give me certified source.

    • @ruekurei88
      @ruekurei88 26 дней назад

      @@masterpieces2218 Google it. It's literally what I did, and you can easily do the same. His name is 'Nasrat Ahmadyar' if you want an easier time of googling it. Sources should be rather abundant and include CNN, The Guardian, CBS News, Washington Post, New York Post, Daily Mail, AL Jazeera, Fox News, Business Insider, Daily Beast, People, NPR, Washington Insider and other news sources covering it.

    • @xXGreatKilla
      @xXGreatKilla 25 дней назад

      @@masterpieces2218 Look up Nasrat Ahmadyar. It's not that hard to look this sort of thing up. I literally typed in "translator shot in DC" and it was one of the first things to pop up. If you're going to be dismissive of others, you should at least do your due diligence of a 30 second google search.

  • @CTR6067
    @CTR6067 29 дней назад +136

    The Supreme Court report is timeless and one of the funniest sketches ever! Perfect example why you win so many Emmys. Thank you for bringing old episodes back 😂

  • @kristinemunholland8980
    @kristinemunholland8980 29 дней назад +103

    the dog Supreme Court is one of their best skits ever.

  • @joshloague1134
    @joshloague1134 28 дней назад +108

    Rest in peace, Grant. We miss you 😢

  • @cindygr8ce
    @cindygr8ce 27 дней назад +68

    I wish for that young man that he realizes he didn't fail his father we did as a country 😢

  • @corbinpeacock8722
    @corbinpeacock8722 18 дней назад +15

    RIP Grant Imahara. He was such a great guy, it's such a shame that those McDonald's ads were the last thing I saw him in.

    • @omgandwtf1
      @omgandwtf1 16 дней назад

      I think he's in white rabbit project with Torry and karey

  • @Dapper_Warlock
    @Dapper_Warlock 20 дней назад +13

    Thought of this episode recently when I was at my written driver's exam and heard the proctor call the name Fnu. "Oh, no, that's not really their name..."

  • @jefffoy530
    @jefffoy530 28 дней назад +39

    Pretty gross to see what happened with the passage of time and our disgusting abandonment of our partner forces.

  • @antoinetteserrano3082
    @antoinetteserrano3082 22 дня назад +10

    As a daughter, wife & mother of servicemen I know the American government would’ve pulled family members of American servicemen out of danger so why not the families of those who helped us? It’s shameful & disgusting.

  • @kiloftd
    @kiloftd 29 дней назад +49

    RIP Grant

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 Месяц назад +103

    S1 E21 (aired October 19, 2014)

    • @forbiddengender
      @forbiddengender 23 дня назад

      Hero

    • @stinkinlincoln926
      @stinkinlincoln926 16 дней назад +2

      And a decade later, it still applies to current events.

    • @musicauthority674
      @musicauthority674 14 дней назад +1

      YT is reairing these episodes and many other episodes also. because YT is a fucking joke. and they apparently have hired some complete MORON'S to handle their software.

    • @rebekahledoux4097
      @rebekahledoux4097 13 дней назад +1

      ​@stinkinlincoln926 I've rewatched a few of these episodes and am saddened by how many of these stories have remained unchanged.

    • @lucyhellbroke
      @lucyhellbroke 5 дней назад

      Where is Srosh?

  • @MakarMeCrazy
    @MakarMeCrazy 8 дней назад +2

    It is painfully strange to look back into the past through these episodes and see all the things we did see coming & didn’t stop and even more that were huge terrible surprises.
    Can’t wait for season 2😢

  • @murdermatics
    @murdermatics 28 дней назад +19

    Been here for every episode. Good to be together with friends again.

  • @mythbustersfan3456
    @mythbustersfan3456 21 день назад +10

    5:26 damn, watching this with Grant Imahara feels very weird, I love the original MythBusters and still do. RIP 🪦

  • @tee_es_bee
    @tee_es_bee 25 дней назад +15

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

  • @Korey1121
    @Korey1121 26 дней назад +27

    The disgusting part about the citizenship for interpreters is this. Ask any service member who was in boot camp with an immigrant and how quick they became citizens after the Chaplin asks “who wants to become a citizen”. Here’s a hint. It took only HOURS to make them citizens.

  • @tommanning3766
    @tommanning3766 17 дней назад +6

    I once worked with an ex-translator named "Fnu". He never revealed the backstory. Mind now blown.

  • @mickcollins1921
    @mickcollins1921 17 дней назад +8

    The way we have handled the interpreters and other local nationals who helped our forces in Afghanistan is the single most disgraceful thing about that whole fucking war.

  • @RedGreenBrown
    @RedGreenBrown 8 дней назад +1

    "McDonalds" and "most affordable" in the same sentence really dates this show.

  • @jediguardiankyle
    @jediguardiankyle 29 дней назад +27

    I really hope we figured this stuff out and got translators out of there before we left, but I have a feeling that we didn’t

    • @rebekahledoux4097
      @rebekahledoux4097 13 дней назад

      The military left a lot of people behind.

    • @PaulShivery
      @PaulShivery 6 дней назад +1

      This has been happening ever since. Kudos to Last Week Tonight for trying, and shame on we Americans for not holding our elected officials to the fire to fix bullshit.

  • @GratitudeDay
    @GratitudeDay 26 дней назад +5

    The duck got me. 😂

  • @NeCredeNobis
    @NeCredeNobis 8 дней назад +1

    For those who don’t know, the one singing “Let it Go” translated is Malinda Kathleen Reese! She’s a singer-songwriter and her channel for translated shenanigans is “Twisted Translations”!

  • @Dee-xi4un
    @Dee-xi4un 28 дней назад +12

    We need an updated animal supreme court 😂

  • @ianriggs
    @ianriggs 19 дней назад +3

    Omg the supreme court thing was F-ing hilarious 😂

  • @lucyhellbroke
    @lucyhellbroke 5 дней назад +1

    Oh god. Grant. We miss you, dude. ❤️🙏

  • @SeanTR420
    @SeanTR420 24 дня назад +7

    I hope this ambitious young man can one day accept that his father's death is NOT his fault. There is a difference between a bad event veing caused by your good actions, and it being your fault.

  • @andreawallenberger2668
    @andreawallenberger2668 15 дней назад +2

    I still love the 1st season intro, every bit of it ❤

  • @bluecanine3374
    @bluecanine3374 27 дней назад +28

    1:31 and that is the last time we ever had bats giving us diseases. Yup. Lessons learned.

  • @CraigMader
    @CraigMader 26 дней назад +14

    Here in the South, we're beyond polite to the point where we've weaponized politeness(we call it "manners"). If a Southerner ever says "Bless your heart" to you, you are being viciously publicly mocked. Cheerio!

  • @Seblowsky
    @Seblowsky 26 дней назад +5

    RIP all those involved in the U.S. War effort, who died when abandoned and left to the Taliban.

  • @adamsharris1275
    @adamsharris1275 27 дней назад +4

    I'm really enjoying the old videos.

  • @gladyss11
    @gladyss11 Месяц назад +13

    Have I been trapped in a time warp?

  • @vincentwinqvist4023
    @vincentwinqvist4023 22 дня назад +3

    I'm glad the US at least took all precautions to take translators and others who had helped them to safety as they pulled out of Afghanistan. Oh, wait.

  • @jaymiller5669
    @jaymiller5669 21 день назад +1

    I’ve commented this before but at some point in the first 5 minutes of EVERY episode I laugh out loud!

  • @Odysseus38
    @Odysseus38 19 дней назад +3

    God....remember ebola....how time has flown by...

  • @ToweringToska
    @ToweringToska 12 дней назад +1

    I love Smoke the donkey, I want to adopt him.
    Oh my goodness, now I want to find all the great videos that I hope people have made from your full dog judge court scene, they're precious and your love for pets is my favorite part about you.

  • @KazenoniKakuremi
    @KazenoniKakuremi 16 часов назад

    whomever puppeted the bulldog needs an oscar

  • @discoverymoi
    @discoverymoi 27 дней назад +2

    The dogs court just got me so bad. 😂😂😂 👏 👏

  • @thatsminger9433
    @thatsminger9433 27 дней назад +5

    I miss when this show had guests

  • @chiangweytan5937
    @chiangweytan5937 22 дня назад +1

    6:39 Ronald McDonald as a serial killer killed me... Lol

  • @DrewSavo
    @DrewSavo 17 дней назад +2

    6:47 ah yes, I also carry around documents about 7 lawsuits against a corporation in the case I happen to stumble upon a billboard with a recording device.

  • @VampDemigod
    @VampDemigod 26 дней назад +4

    I miss Grant Inahara now ;-;

  • @mickcollins1921
    @mickcollins1921 17 дней назад +2

    Aw. Poor Grant Imahara. RIP.

  • @evelina733
    @evelina733 26 дней назад +4

    OMG these stories about translators are heartbreaking, what a disgrace 😞

  • @HarderTime89
    @HarderTime89 26 дней назад +6

    Jesus. He lost his dad. And he blames himself. So sad

  • @thegameshowgeek
    @thegameshowgeek 21 день назад +1

    It’s “200 mi.² of storage space” is anywhere near an accurate description of Guam, now I understand exactly why their local Kmart is doing well while virtually every other Kmart has either closed, downsized, or moved to Australia.

  • @kaylamartin2734
    @kaylamartin2734 16 дней назад +3

    I've seen this episode before. I've never been mad at smoke. My stupid fucking government is to blame and just confirms for me that I don't want to live in this country any longer than I absolutely have to.

  • @249aaa
    @249aaa 21 день назад +2

    did a *SUPREME COURT JUSTICE* posit to the room: “if [we gave them a comb] …and theres a SIM card in there, or a ‘ *revolver* ‘ in a 1/2” beard … it’ll fall out.” WHAT WORLD DO WE LIVE IN

  • @Serioussmile51
    @Serioussmile51 15 дней назад +3

    Anyone else notice that ads are popping up on the channel now?
    (Not a great deal but enough to notice).

  • @Thatzer
    @Thatzer 15 дней назад +1

    Omg how did i miss the song tends thats gold

  • @HireMichaelEverson
    @HireMichaelEverson 15 дней назад +3

    Oh if the US wanted to have the translators safe there would be few things that would stand in their way. The thing is, theres no profits in veterans or translators. So they do their best to not pay for them.

  • @Obiter3
    @Obiter3 День назад

    It ain't easy getting a dog to wear glasses. Cheers 🍻

  • @ianmatthewkline8279
    @ianmatthewkline8279 3 дня назад

    Jesus, they really need to make it more clear this shit is a rerun when you're just listening and not actually seeing the baby face boy! 😂

  • @Nordern
    @Nordern 26 дней назад +2

    Man i need the video clips of the puppy court..!

  • @veedubyu
    @veedubyu 26 дней назад +2

    bring back the supreme kennel!!!

  • @PasswordgreenGaming
    @PasswordgreenGaming Месяц назад +2

    Nice 😂😂😂

  • @Izandaia
    @Izandaia 19 дней назад +1

    Oh, so that's where the Dog Supreme Court came from. Alrighty then.

  • @markkline8176
    @markkline8176 21 день назад +1

    Can you post the air date for the episodes?

  • @Dumitaz
    @Dumitaz Месяц назад +2

    John used to sound like 70s radios

  • @TheRealEvilkitten3
    @TheRealEvilkitten3 2 часа назад

    dear everyone in 2014: don't worry, you only have to deal with that guy for two more years

  • @FrankBenlin
    @FrankBenlin 28 дней назад +1

    Ha ha. Thanks, John.

  • @GrubbsandWyrm
    @GrubbsandWyrm 28 дней назад +3

    Hey mcdonalds, when you bringing back $ menu

  • @chrismanuel9768
    @chrismanuel9768 29 дней назад +4

    God this was good

  • @ProdigalDaughterAlice
    @ProdigalDaughterAlice 12 дней назад +1

    RIP Grant Imahara, glad you got a paycheck from the McD's.

  • @randomassjellyfish
    @randomassjellyfish 23 дня назад +2

    17:46 Funny that. As someone without a last name, they also screwed my passport and got my first name into FNU despite all my other legal documents stating "LNU" (Last Name Unknown). But hey, as long as there's a visa

  • @zeusathena26
    @zeusathena26 26 дней назад +2

    Greg Imahara died back in 2020, so either the McDonalds, or this episode is really old!

  • @lloydsumpter7735
    @lloydsumpter7735 10 дней назад +1

    About McDonald's beef: I have no doubt it it "100% beef" but what most people don't understand is that "beef" simply means it's from a cow. Front shoulder, lower leg, head... even the "beefdust" that comes off when the beef is sawed is all "beef". So saying it's 100% beef doesn't mean it's GOOD beef...

  • @Caribbean_King
    @Caribbean_King 18 дней назад +1

    John is my Jesus and Liverpool is my Jerusalem!! 😊

  • @Thromalis
    @Thromalis 11 дней назад +1

    Anyone got an update on the first translator? I'm worried about him. :(

  • @philjohnson1744
    @philjohnson1744 28 дней назад +1

    What's the temperature like in Guam?
    Its...

  • @knownothingnobody9126
    @knownothingnobody9126 27 дней назад +1

    😂😂😂 Fucking brilliant!😂😂😂

  • @feliciathagoat1678
    @feliciathagoat1678 28 дней назад +1

    Dang Ebola was scary when it was first beginning to spread around Texas.

  • @texican326
    @texican326 28 дней назад +1

    The gorilla at :11 reminds me Harambe was still alive back then

  • @jude4896
    @jude4896 23 дня назад +3

    Didn't Grant die? In July 13, 2020?

  • @DragonLordGabrielBrowncoat
    @DragonLordGabrielBrowncoat 3 дня назад +1

    Wow MALINDA is on here🎉😂

  • @alexmenke3608
    @alexmenke3608 16 дней назад +1

    A court Hen-ographer lol

  • @matrinoxtm
    @matrinoxtm 7 минут назад

    I would love an update on this after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban

  • @mr_b_hhc
    @mr_b_hhc 19 дней назад

    They brought the donkey back because it reminded the president of himself.

  • @thestalwartinefromstalwart4126
    @thestalwartinefromstalwart4126 4 дня назад

    The world just hasn't quite been the same ever since Grant's untimely passing.

  • @davidfuentes9957
    @davidfuentes9957 26 дней назад +4

    Back then when the Supreme Court was slightly conservative. Oh the good times.
    I really miss the dog Supreme Court.

  • @area232
    @area232 28 дней назад +4

    Isn't Grant Inmahara dead? (Sorry I butchered his name)

    • @bluecanine3374
      @bluecanine3374 27 дней назад +4

      Yes, this is an almost 10 year old episode

  • @susanchen8640
    @susanchen8640 2 дня назад

    So sad watching this in 2024 after America left so many translators behind and nothing changed since this episode aired

  • @vicefaun2316
    @vicefaun2316 23 дня назад +1

    wait did john oliver help the translator?

  • @KinoSeseri04
    @KinoSeseri04 29 дней назад +1

    14:53 Wha

  • @caleb8659
    @caleb8659 День назад

    Oh man. I miss Grant.

  • @markwilliamson4006
    @markwilliamson4006 8 дней назад

    I remember this episode from back in the day. Totally ashamed of this country for how they treated these people after their service. And there is a special place in hell for that guy who blamed the people who couldn't work their way through the nightmare visa application process, or simply didn't have enough money to make it out of Afghanistan after risking their lives and the lives of their family to help our soldiers.

  • @Primo_extracts
    @Primo_extracts 27 дней назад +1

    3?! WTF

  • @tomstone7647
    @tomstone7647 18 дней назад

    It is so funny

  • @musicauthority674
    @musicauthority674 14 дней назад +3

    Only John Oliver could set up a kiosk in New York City. and actually catch serial killer Ronald McDonald. that was totally hilarious.

  • @thegoodpimps
    @thegoodpimps 23 дня назад

    This story is scary when you’re in the middle of a visa application for your wife. 😰😨😱

  • @aryanapologetics
    @aryanapologetics 23 дня назад

    Angela,is Europe Best.

  • @dionysuspicious
    @dionysuspicious 24 дня назад

    Ps: it’s “Afghan”, not “Afghani”. The latter is their currency.

  • @blockacheese_
    @blockacheese_ 25 дней назад

    3:20 💀
    Representation of zoomer humor

  • @rjpittman4510
    @rjpittman4510 17 дней назад

    Dog court is a classic LWT

  • @Asnerlicious
    @Asnerlicious 27 дней назад

    Ahead of his time on the Afghanistan problem. By contrast with leadership he looks prescient. "Who cOuLd haVe poSsibLy foresEen tHiS?!"

  • @lucyhellbroke
    @lucyhellbroke 5 дней назад

    Additionally… Srosh… the Afghani interpreter? I worried about him too. As of August 2021, he is living in Texas, and still fucking struggling to get his visa. There is a gofundme ongoing to help him accomplish that, and help his family, that I could find, as of a cursory google search, in May 2024.