Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
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- John Oliver takes a look at the president of Turkmenistan, a dangerous autocrat with some notably strange obsessions.
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HBO: John? Why do we have a 200 thousand dollar invoice from a Bakery?
John: *Laughs in Emmys*
Business Baby is out of control
Nah, if you can get a regular 1 square foot cake for under 20 bucks, I'm sure you could get a 600 square foot cake for under 10k, even if it's a beautiful custom print one. You know they didn't bake it in one piece, lol.
@@seymourglass26 they also didn't bake it on the stage, so..
TooMuchDramaInTheMilkyWay Galaxy I wonder how it would be for the duo..
I'm not sure, when you consider how much effort is required and depending on how they baked it... Did they just use hundreds of smaller cakes or did they bake multiple giant ones or did they bake one reeeeeeeeally fucking big one... Plus I imagine it would probably require some more specialized tools to spread the icing that far...
Thinks this is gonna be a 20 minute video exposing a dictator
*Actually exposes Guinness World Records*
PARCOUR
Like a boss!
Aram Meraz actually both
A never before seen plot wist on last week tonight. This show keeps on giving.
JUST PULLED A LAST JEDI ON US,EXPECTATIONS SUBVERTED!!!
“I guess we don’t run a brutal enough dictatorship to meet Guinness Book of World Records high ethical standards.” That was a legendary burn.
Hey man....so you are at 666 likes. I want to like your comment but...anyways just let me know
Gotta pick it up! We falling behind son! The prison system is enough!
It’s my favorite J.O. dunk of all time
human rights abusing horse fucker did it for me :D
18:29
“That might be the single most ethically defensible use of drones in the Middle East.”
The laughter that cut short and immediately turned into gasps has given me new life
The audible gasp I let out. Oh my. 😅
Yup, I oof'ed pretty loudly at that one. Pure gold.
Timestamp?
@@AmharizzI'm sure you found it by now, but anyway: 16:51
Spot on John !
How to piss off 2 dictators and 1 company in 20 minutes
You seriously think Trump is a dictator? Big yikes from me
Drakyry bye commie bot
@@Drakyry It was MBS + the turkmenistan guy. The fact that you think this is about Trump is telling.
@@Drakyry high school dropout found
I find the fact that trump supporters hear the word dictator or facist and they immediately assume it to be trump immensely funny
"I guess we don't run a brutal enough dictatorship that meets Guinness Book of World Records' high ethical standards".
That burn was hotter than the fire pit around which you have to do donuts to prove that you're alive.
Ser Davos Seaworth SNAP!
Was epic
+
John will always be king. Stephen Colbert is just the American version. Love you, Stephen!
I'm a little sad that John didn't even touch on the interesting history of the Soviet oil drilling f--- up that is the crater also known as the Door to Hell: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater
I’m glad this episode looks trivial on the outside, because it truly understands how to upset a dictator. Sure John and crew could go into details about war atrocities and how bad his country is, but dictators kinda like that. It gives them a scary look and they can wear their monstrous deeds like a little gold star. By focusing on the shit that makes them look weird and ridiculous, they are humanized and brought down to the childish level they operate at, the kind of “no critics” egotistical fuckery that festers when you literally kill everyone who disagrees with you. There’s a reason why dictators take care of comedians early on... they cannot stand to be mocked. And that’s not fair considering how much hilarious source material they give us to work with.
Great analysis!
He could apresented both
What war atrocities? You don't have a clue about the world, do you? You are thinking of arab or African dictators when you think of war. Turkmenistan is not an arab or African country, it is a small but resource-rich country in Central Asia, it is turkic, the country or its dictator haven't waged any war at anytime. Learn some geography, stupid.
Definitely, that falling off the horse bit, had me rolling ! I'd be willing to bet John even shipped a copy to the horse diddler somehow. I would not want to be on John's bad side ! :)
He will never see it. No one in their right mind would translate it 😂😂😂
John could do a whole show on Guinness World Records. That tangent scratched the surface of how corrupt the organization has become.
They are quite harmless and pretty much sufficiently roasted
John could also mention that Turkmenistan dictatorship survives solely on money it gets from European countries for its gas. Billions of euros every year to keep dictatorship alive. Yet he preferred to focus on few thousand dollars that GWR got for some silly record, really ?
They give off FIFA vibes
hbomberguy's feature length video on the roblox oof has a decent amount of that if you'd believe it
@@AG-ig8ufi think it was mostly to be petty, because they wouldnt send someone based on ethical concerns but keep sending people to adjudicate records in a brutal dictatorship.
Futhermore, its a dictatorship that relies on natural resource exports. Not really that uncommon
My mans just baked a 600 square foot cake to piss off a dictator. I can't even...
That may or may not be dead
@@MrDarcy9991 with his horse from that race in the passenger seat.
ramokhan That begs the question, what would’ve killed him? Is it likely a horse kicked him in just the right spot to fatally injure him or something?
@@joshuahunt3032 so something like that famous ardogan video
Im literally literallying
John Oliver has big “hold my beer” and “watch this” energy with a big budget
iiamtheonlyme Kennedy ross Remember the time he gave away millions in medical debt forgiveness while yelling fuck you Oprah?
thank you business daddy!
It's good to see he can go on without all that dragon money.
Nimie Redwrench “dragon money” is my new phrase of choice for describing mass amounts of unnecessary wealth. Thank you.
@@schroederb2007 wahhh hes getting fussy again 😂
The 'nay' joke is arguably one of the funniest dad jokes I have ever heard 😂💀
I just replied to two comments with a reference to that joke and I don't know whether to feel bad 😂
Honestly disappointed more people didn't laugh at the Equus joke immediately preceding it
The leader before him (Saparmurat Niyazov aka Turkmenbashi; which means "Leader of the Turkmen") almost built an ice palace in the middle of a desert, renamed months after his family, and named a city after himself. He also made people read his book the Ruhnama, basically his book of opinions that all Turkmen had to agree with. If you want to drive, you had to pass a test about the Ruhnama. Did I mention he ALSO had a golden statue of himself that rotated so that it would ALWAYS face the Sun, to symbolize that his age was the golden age? AND he was the one who spent the country's natural gas money on all those fancy marble buildings in the capital instead of on the people's needs? Yeah, his predecessor was just as crazy, if not CRAZIER than he was.
lol. so Gurbanguly is an improvement...hmm.
Thanks for the history lesson.
He also banned dogs because they smell and chose him, his dentist over his son as his replacement because his son was too dumb.
Apparently Gurbanguly retired and passed on the role to his son Serdar. 3rd time's the charm, like in North Korea
And Berdimuhamedov was his dentist.
And THIS is why John Oliver wins the goddamn Emmy EVERY YEAR!!!!!!!!
to be fair... just his BRITISH ACCENT puts JO ahead of all the others.
(Trevor would be second, based on that SECRET WEAPON... except Trevor isn't BRUTAL like JO is!)
Is this Stephen Colbert?
Eh he’s not funny at all, but a great journalist.
"Nae" got me good!
Brilliant. Fucking brilliant, BoFBS!! John is in a league of his own
I swear to god that there's a private stash of dollars in the HBO headquarters that says "In case John Oliver Asks for smtg"
LOL
J K I think HBO is looking for something to put all their Game of Thrones dollars into 😂
All that dragon money has to go somewhere.
Well, they have to spend their black money somehow
Just like CNN used to go through Anthony Bourdain's expense accounts and sign off on weed, exotic cocktails, etc.
Money that use to go to game of thrones needs to go somewhere. Lol
Guinness public response to this episode is just epic. “We were disappointed to see the false and unfair allegations about Guinness World Records in Sunday’s episode of Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, The piece appears to have been motivated by our decision not to participate in tonight’s show. We were asked to provide a judge to officiate the so-called world record attempt for ‘largest cake with an image of someone falling off a horse.’ On the basis that it was merely an opportunity to mock one of our record-holders, we declined. It is our policy not to partake in any activities which may belittle their achievements or subject them to ridicule”
Guinness are truly pathetic, and their pints are shite as well
That's so stupid. It wasn't a record of "largest cake with an image of someone falling off a horse," it was a record for the largest marble cake and also they decided to put that picture on it. The previous record they have on their website has an image and text on it too, but they still list it simply as the largest marble cake.
So they're basically defending a regime? Wow, how spinless are you twits at Guinness?
Huh well that’s fair and valid I better go google who the record holder is to learn something about them
lol, so J.O. was saying mean things about a dictator and they couldn't stand for that.
Even though this is four years old, I still remember this man’s name, and occasionally when I’m sleeping, I whispered to myself “Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow”
Does it ryhme with buttfuck magoo?
I don't know what's more impressive...that ginormous cake or John pronouncing Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov perfectly every time
@Hekat the Evil B-tch Oh he DEFINETLY had to practise that one.
Both
I gave it my best shot before watching the vid, having never heard of him, and I was pretty close. Christ if there were pronunciation bees instead of spelling bees I would wreck the competition.
The name kinda just rolls off the tongue quite nicely...
To be honest he could have said anything I would have assumed it was correct every time =D
So, Guinness World Record actually a p2w company. What a trash institution.
Guess it was kinda obvious considering the name.
Michael Chang’s phony chin-up record tells you everything about that
It is. It's a garbage institution that has no meaning or purpose. Generally speaking, if i hear "guinness" i'll dismiss whatever is claimed as bullshit.
Wu-Tang said it best, "Cash rules everything around me. C.R.E.A.M. Get the money. Dollar, dollar, bills y'all."
Goodmorning
Just coming back here to tell you that *Gurbanguly's son, Serdar, succeeds in his father's role as the president of Turkmenistan.*
ik, they’re all wacky and demented assholes
And last month Serder appointed Gurbanguly as the new chairman of the people's council. New laws were almost immediately set in place making the council the "supreme organ of state authority" and thereby putting Gurbanguly back in charge.
Oh good, Turkmenistan strikes out in a bold new direction
As an ex-citizen of Turkmenistan, I love you John!
Glad you're out of that country. Hopefully something will change in the coming years.
*August 12, 2019: The day Guinness World Records officially became a joke. Nice work, Oliver and crew.*
It's always been a joke. People have been faking records with the help of Guinness for the past 20 years.
@@jeffstut55 Yes. However today was the day that a huge number of additional people became aware of it.
@@andybaldman you might even say a... record breaking number!
The Minecraft step record is a fucking joke!
Nothing funny about a delicious cake. Pure bliss. Where is the milk?????
“Do horses like him?”
“The answer is a direct quote”
“ n e i g h”
-John Oliver, 2019
This joke missed me completely...
Time stamp?
@@kisame_5331 10:20
That shit got me good
@@Simbu. thanks, I didn't even notice this
Four years later and that family is still running things. My heart goes out to you, Turkmenistan.
"Four years later" lmao did you think John Oliver was going to shut it down? Of course they're still running things. Why wouldn't they be? Who's stopping them? TH-cam is the home of commenters who don't give anything half a thought before posting lmao
“and this is a direct quote: ‘neigh,’” got me coughing on the porch. bless these writers
"Clap for me, cyclists" John screams as he holds the big golden fork like an Olympic bar
I am SO glad someone else saw the beauty of that moment
@@DaveyDingles You mean everyone?
🤣
i'm sure this comment is an entirely new sentence no one ever said or write before
@@maoschanz4665 Yeah but it involves someones name so not quite reddit.com/r/brandnewsentence quality
I’ll admit, I did not expect this to turn into a Guinness World Records exposé
me neither
He hooks you with the dictator, then BAM! Guinness World Records goes down in flames. Genius.
Yeah, I did not see that coming.
No one ever expects the Spanish Inquisition,but here we are....😐😑
Right, because now I hate Guinness World Records forever.
I was a bit part of the Guiness largest twister game. Although, Guiness denied the claim because we made the twister mat with canvas and not the original material twister is made from. Not long after the record was given to a university group in the U.S. They stitched twister mats together and was approved for the record. Our twister mat was 5 times bigger....
You don't have to let that upset you so much. You shouldn't... get your panties in a TWIST.
@@onothankyou er.... Touché 🤌🏻
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Stolen
The "Only if I was Horse" is one of my favorite jokes John's ever done. I don't know why, but the sheer earnestness of the joke and his delivery just makes me chuckle every time.
Who wants a 30 min John Oliver expose on Guinness World Records?
I didn't know I did until I saw this. It's like he knows me better than I do.
yes
I do, so much! that company seems shady af
Yeah, that’s the next expose we need!
It‘s not what I wanted but it’s just what I needed.
Guiness World Records: "Our brand is aligned with kids and families."
Also Guiness World Records: "Hey kids, wanna hear about the oldest male stripper?"
I wonder how many people that stripper had to oppress before he was allowed to claim the world record?
@@spuriouslathos2518 it was probably Vladimir Putin's record, he does love getting his kit off.
My favorite thing about that excuse is that they were saying "we want to be kid-friendly" to deny a record for LARGEST MARBLE CAKE that featured A GUY FALLING OFF A HORSE. How is that not kid-friendly enough!? What, does Kim Jong-un have to come down there and make it himself?
Yes, this is all true. All that you said, I myself was born in Turkmenistan. His head is not all right. We do not want this dictator. Thanks for the video clip author.
😂
"He also likes horses, like alot, like an incorrect amount" Had me rolling.. 🤣🤣🤣
This is by far my favorite episode. It has it all. Attacking an authoritarian, a big company and it all ends in some weird stunt only Oliver and his team could come up with. I love it
Even throws in one of his trademark "Interspecies erotica" moments 😂
Definitely. It has an unbelievable momentum behind it. Just when you think it can't possibly get any better, it does.
“Well shit...”
-Guinness World Records PR department
LOL Seriously!!!
maybe he can earn an award anyway.... "Man who went to greatest lengths to piss us off"
www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2019/8/this-week-tonight-statement-586396/
We were disappointed to see the false and unfair allegations about Guinness World Records in Sunday’s episode of ‘Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.’
The piece appears to have been motivated by our decision not to participate in tonight’s show.
We were asked to provide a judge to officiate the so-called world record attempt for “largest cake with an image of someone falling off a horse”.
On the basis that it was merely an opportunity to mock one of our record-holders, we declined. It is our policy not to partake in any activities which may belittle their achievements or subject them to ridicule.
@@Befuddled_Ostrich their "work with kids and family" doesn't mesh with what they actually do
You're naive as fuck if you believe they actually care about this with all the money constantly rolling into their pockets lmao
John Oliver explaining to HBO his budget must look like DnD players trying to convince the DM to accept their totally absurd plan.
As a Dungeon Master I can confirm that is accurate
Can confirm. Dropping 10,000 lbs of copper coins on a Lich deals just enough damage to kill in one shot.
"Okay but just listen to me. So... We are going to buy a cake. A really big cake. No just wait this is where it gets good right! We depict a dictator on it and make fun of him!" *dm* "yeah I'll need a charisma check for this and you better roll a freaking 20 or this plan is not going anywhere"
And here we are...
@@JimankyGaming wait, that's actually the most cost effective way to have 10.000lbs? Hahaha, that's amazing.
John rolls a nat 20 religion and gets Jesus to help bake the cake...
"President Equis" that writer needs a raise 🤣🤣🤣
For the curious who are watching this in 2023: Berdimuhamedov 'stepped down' as President of Turkmenistan last year, with his son Serdar taking over. I put that in quotes because he became the new head of so-called 'People's Council of Turkmenistan', meaning that he is still de facto leader of the country (though he 'shares power' with Serdar). And yet, in spite all of this, he is STILL somehow less batshit than his predecessor Turkmenbashi.
John never ceases to impress me with the sheer scope of his willingness to doll out HBO's money for amazing petty shit. I love this man so much.
He is a sac of crap in a smug veneer.
@@andyt3938 u are a dumbass
@@andyt3938 i see you looked at a mirror!
@@andyt3938 But this episode had nothing to do with America...... You must be new here.
@@andyt3938 You really out here acting like boo boo the fool, huh? This is a you tube comment section, not a circus hun.
Imagine being one of the audiences who gets to bring a portion of the cake home, and later tell your family that you're having 1% of the Turkmenistan leader's most embarrassing moment for dessert.
Imagine getting the head part of the leader or horses dick lmao 😂
Imagine being to one having to explain who donated so much cake and why there is a big horse picture on it
They said it was 600 ft right? Who got 6 ft of cake?
Should be 10%
1% is still a 2x3ft section of cake, that's damn impressive.
"Burst out of suits like I'm Meghan Markle" is a bar and a half 🔥🔥🔥
_Gurbanguly Mälikgulyýewiç Berdimuhamedow stepped down as president on 19 March 2022, being succeeded by his son, Serdar, who won a snap election deemed as neither free nor fair._
That ending was quintessentially John Oliver.
He went to the extreme, then passed it, and then went past that too just because.
And then he went and gave it to a food bank. Lol "but business daddy! We could make you look good if we donate what remains of the cake to charity..."
plus ultra performance
This video is the definition of the phrase "The Absolute MADLAD!"
Do my eyes deceive me or is this a PaniPoni Dash fan in the wild?
I looked it up and, unsurprisingly, Guinness World Records still doesn't acknowledge Last Week Tonight's marble cake, but luckily the wikipedia page on marble cake does.
@@bloodtypena Wikipedia is still filled with a lot of political propaganda though
@@deidara_8598 i mean, if enough moderators have a particular opinion
Guinness World Records should just be impartial,name the record breaking cake as the show's cake ,minus the offending /mocking cake picture. Add a smoke effect LOL
@@deidara_8598 Really? To be honest, I don't see that much, if ever.
you're not gonna like this guys, but someone removed the section
This man, and his writers, and an international treasure.
"The answer, and this is s direct quote, is, "Neigh".
Gee, John sure didn’t want to waste all the time he took learning to pronounce the guy’s name
Its not that hard actualy. It is one of those that stangely rolls of the tongue even though it looks intimidating on paper.
Harder to read then to pronounce!
Also speaking of names, if that horse’s name is a name heard in heaven…..geez.
Even if it was difficult to pronounce, just saying the name is part of the fun. :)
“Most ethically defensible use of drones in the Middle East” 😆
Even though the audience didn't seem to think so. I've never seen a joke fall that flat on the show.
@@dontpanic5278 I think they might have missed it since they were still laughing at his joke right before
@@dontpanic5278 I'm pretty sure the laughter turned into an "Ooooohhh!" before he went on there
I stopped watching and started looking for this comment right after the next joke (he calls the leader a horse f*cker or something).
The audience goes quiet with the drones joke and goes off for his next mildly funny joke about the the foreign leader.
@@dontpanic5278 I think it was an "ooo"
"I guess we just don't run a brutal enough dictatorship" Damn. Who hasn't had that problem amirite?
I dunno, my stepkids thought I did a pretty good job through their teens! (The adoration starting showing up around their mid-20s)
Ik so relatable, it honestly happens all the time and I’m just tired of it
Bruh, this happened to me last week. I feel their pain.
Emirate?
Every time I try committing genocide against dissenters, I always accidentally end up taking them out for ice cream. Dictatoring is hard.
I feel like the hilarity of a row of deadpan cyclists ( 20:10 ) applauding John Oliver is greatly underrated
Can we just appreciate how John's writing team can plan all these separate hilarious parts of the ending shenanigans to flow together so well that i physically wiggle with joy as he starts to near the big reveal
Also a big part of that John's serious deadpan with a sprinkling of childlike levels giddy in his delivery.
"Who wants some fucking cake?!"
*Me screaming at my phone* Fuck yes I want some cake!
“The world's largest marble cake was made for Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, for an episode on Turkmenistan's authoritarian president Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow. It is a at 600 sq/ft cake featuring an edible image of Berdimuhamedow falling off a horse, with a marble-textured frame and red trimmings. According to Oliver, Guinness World Records, which was criticized in the episode for its relations with authoritarian regimes, refused to certify the record unless the show signed a contract prohibiting it from criticizing the company. The cake was presented on 11 August 2019 and shared with the show's audience, with the remains going to City Harvest.”
-Wikipedia’s article on “Marble Cake.”
Finally. Some recognition. I can't imagine how long this took.
I want to have an edible image of myself, too :(
Margarita M. You can! Lots of bakeries will print photos on cakes :) (I know Wegmans does for sure and you can order those online and use your own picture)
Wikipedia > Guiness World Records
John Oliver > Guiness World Records
That fucking cake > Guiness World Records
Not gonna lie, I value wikipedia's information than most sources due to their intense moderation and fact checking
"Imagine owning 10% of the world's total of anything"... Says the man who owns more than 10% of the world's total of presidential wax statues
🤣 and true
doesn't he also own 100 percent of Russel Crowe's jockstraps?
@@BiffChunksteak pretty sure he donated that to the last physical Blockbuster.
Let us not forget, Oliver is also the man who owns the rights to all currently existing footage of "dogs with fake paws dressed up in supreme court regalia".
Talk about privileged.
@@MagicBus101 It's hilarious when people can't identify a joke.
HBO: John, where did the budget for the entire years worth of shows go?
John: CAKE!
Rest in peace Berdimuhamedov, you will be missed. You went out doing what you loved, disappearing people into the middle of the desert.
He is not dead
@@MarinaGreyback I just saw him awkwardly and slowly riding a bicycle around a barbecue pit last wednesday. While shooting a pistol.
HBO : ..so John .. what happened to the 20.000 dollars we gave you..
John : I made a cake.
Funny story, those 20.000 dollars... say, business daddy, you want some cake?
HBO was definitely in on the cake to begin with and you know it
And made all our dreams come true! LOL
hahahahaha
The cake is a lie!
I love how Berdimuhamedov is so profoundly weird we just completely glossed over the fact that Turkmenistan has a giant fire pit known as the gateway to Hell, because he was driving around it in a truck to prove he's alive.
The US has one of those, too. An entire town had to be vacated because the endless coal fire has destabilized things there.
Tristram?
@@trenchwire I SENSE A HORSE IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS
Also, how hard is it to NOT drive into a giant and extremely visible fire pit you know is there? Very boring display
Most dictators are weirdos because no one is going to dare tell them to tone it down.
I think I can safely say, Oliver is the only host I know of who can speak for both sides of the aisle and annoy the hell out of all the right people, politics aside. Well done, sir.
I love how, before showing the clip of him falling off the horse, John specified that the horse was okay
I'm so glad we stole John Oliver from the UK, he is a true national treasure.
I guess that would make him an international treasure
John Oliver, the only man to be a national treasure in both the UK and the USA.
Indian here. This man is an international treasure.
thanks for sharing
If you call Regime Change for a Baku and Caspian basin oil grab the national pasttime
This show just officially delegitimize Guinness World Records. Well done.
Single-handedly though, it was just a side-track of the episode :)
About bloody time!!! Thank you John Oliver.
It's so funny; they actually ended up doing it to themselves!
@@Brenananana Somebody should give them a Guiness record for the brand suicide of all time 😒
I will never buy another Guinness book again.
Him lifting the fork at the end to call back to the dictator lifting the shower rod was amazing.
I lived in Turkmenistan many years ago and after 15 years I visited Ashgabat again. And there were lots of marble houses. Unfortunately people don’t afford to buy apartments there so some of them are empty
“I guess we don’t run a brutal enough dictatorship to meet Guinness World Record’s High ethical standards” 😂😂
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@@sambam8213 nigga what
If you think that America under Trump is an unfair dictatorship then you're taking it for granted. Id love to live there under Trump or biden or whoever.
@@qweebey What are you talking about? Reread the original comment. Notice how I use these things called Quotation marks. I quoted Oliver in the skit.
@@JdDiehl They were not speaking to you specifically. They were replying to Sam Bam (Without @'ing them) who posted something about Rudy Guliani's hair on your comment two weeks ago.
That cake in the end was priceless... slamming that government and the guinness book of world records standards
LUIS RUELAS I mean was Guinness book of world records really concerned with the families and children? No, they were concerned with alienating a dictator that pays them a lot of money for all of those ridiculously stupid records that he’s set.
To quote M. Bison: -Of course!
But, was the cake any good?
That cake was _not_ a lie.
@@HarperGamble Well, I'd be mad at Guiness's standards if we weren't holding the same standards for at least 12 nations since the 1950s.
I’ve watched every one of these videos multiple times. I listen to them as I go to sleep every night. And this is by far still my favourite one. This guy is just so ridiculous 🥲 from his name to faking a bunch of stupid things to his crazy horse obsession. 10/10 the most weird and horrible autocrat that I’ve heard of
This is the greatest "Last Week Tonight" episode ever. I can watch it on loop forever and it's still funny. I need a part 2 and update.
John Oliver is basically a 11 year old who gets his budget approved for his ridiculous wishes. You absolute mad lad. 👏👏
Bless him for that. It's good fun and somewhat instructive at the same time.
He's the British version of Tom Hanks in Big.
He is and I absolutely love it😂
He is a bad lad
Kinda sounds like Timmy Turner. I just wonder who Vicky would be in his life
This breaks the Guinness World Record for "Issue I Would Never Have Been Remotely Aware of If It Wasn't for John Oliver."
Thank you.
Agreed
You need to get out of the basement more.
@@tabaks Looks like that will need to go on hold for a while.
Leisa Meeuwen-Ristuben , that seems to have already been on a loooong hold for a while.
I still to this day remember his name Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov because of this. John Oliver is a great teacher for remembering things.
This is the best John Oliver segment. I've just rewatched it a fifth time, and it never gets less weird or funny.
"President Equus here likes horses, but do horses like him? The answer is, and this is a direct quote, is "Neigh.""
Give whoever wrote that joke a freaking raise. That was hilarious.
Can you explain the joke plz?
@@christinal5 "Neigh" is a direct quote from a horse, because horses say "neigh" so he's not technically wrong, he also uses it to indicate that horses say "no" when asked if they like him.
Sorry Vea but that's a long established horse pun in the UK where "nay" is still used. It goes along with the classic joke
A man walks into the doctor's office. What seems to be the matter asks the doctor.
I am feeling a little hoarse doctor. Oh really. Well trot over here so I can take a look at you.
Give them an extra ration of oats!!
@@errcoche
Or the other classic
A horse walks into a bar. The bartender asks "Why the long face?".
I will now forever remember the largest cake with a picture of a man falling was done by last week tonight team
we dont need some shady company for this
Harsh Raj Always free it’s actually “largest marble cake depicting a world leader falling off a horse”, worlds largest cake may be larger
@@jacobhaft9714 Good thing that wasn't what he said then :)
Yeah jackass. Learn how to read.
I think it was actually the largest marble cake in the world, without the world leader falling from A horse part.. For a record that specific i reccon he could have just make a regular size cake, I don't think there are many other cakes depicting world leaders falling from Horses
This is so great our politics teacher literally watched it with us in class
" Bringing a bicycle to a gunfight" just made it into my active dictionary....let´s make that phrase commonplace!
I love how the official Guinness World Records website page for the World's Largest Marble Cake
a) still lists the 1,600 sqft cake from 2017 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia AND
b) is the only page I could find with comments disabled
can i get a link?
@@jongyon7192p I think this is the page in question: www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/94531-largest-marble-cake
I love how it says "all records listed on this website are current and up to date" on that exact page
@@conzo4620 pieces of shit really XDDDD FUCK GWR
Wow...they truly are scumbags and frauds.
Honestly, I did NOT expect this story to turn into an expose on Guinness World Records acting as PR for autocracies.
Srsly.
Yes, it was a turn most of us did not see coming.
My expectations were definitely subverted.
This is the video that lives rent free in my mind. I will never get tired of rewatching it.
I keep coming back to this. It's one of my favorite Oliver segments.
A perfect encapsulation of the aesthetic of authoritarians and authoritarian states.
Reality is a better warning than the bravest and most perceptive dystopian literary effort that anyone could ever dare to offer up.
John "Travel banned from Turkmenistan" Oliver. Keep up the good work
they'd let him in alright. just not out.
You can't go into the country anyway. Even North Korea allows in the occasional western tourist who is happy to partake in a westworld-like experience for a cheap slumming thrill. Turkmenistan doesn't want any tourists. Keeping the population totally brainwashed and cowered is worth forgoing a few measly tourist dollars to them.
@@tally1604 thats bullshit, you can get a visa if you want.
John missed out on a great joke. "Not only is Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov a brutal dictator. His surname sounds like he's from a proud family of hamburger makers who only use bird meat. Sorry Tweety but the Berdimuhamedov family has a reputation to uphold."
@@gabby4048 than please apply for one and show proof you got it. Otherwise, you're are full of it.
God this man should win a record for “most world leaders successfully trolled” I love him
Zero fear
Brilliance doesn't even begin to define how clever he and his staff are :)
Trump is catching up
If his show is ever concluded, I expect he’ll go out with a ‘Yang’
@@jeremyrobs3643 well its easy to do that when your not planning on visiting those countries.
May very well be THE best episode of this show when it's all said and done.
Legendary
Thank you John Oliver. I can watch this a hundred times and not get tired of it.
Wouldn't be surprised if Berdimuhamedov and his grandson reply to John with a diss track lmao
Lmao I can't fucking wait
🔥🔥🔥
You're making the assumption Berdimuhamedov actually is still alive.
That was from AT&T i guess..
@@jessemoore3714 My bad. Clearly he is alive and well.
HBO: So what will you do with the money you’re asking?
JO: Bake the largest marble cake depicting a man falling off a horse.
...
HBO: Deal.
So that's where GoT's writing budget went.
"Joe, come check this out. I think this dude is trying to embezzle some of the budget for his show, says they need it to make the world's biggest marble cake depicting a man falling from a horse"
"Jesus christ, could he be more obvi-... This better not be another piece on a brutal dictatorship, because I swear to god we still receive anthrax from the philipines to this day"
I think HBO knows John well enough that they no longer ask what he wants to do...
@@comradestrawberry1876 r/woooosh
Still a better ending than GoT season 8 that HBO also paid for.
"The original Paul McCartney" gets me every time 😂
That ending scene is absolutely epic. Cant convince me otherwise.
How many countries is John Oliver not welcomed in again?
lmaoooooo
I lost count...
All of them. We tolerate him here.
The answer to that, I believe, is "yes".
109 countries
TIL: Guinness, the official book of middle school book fairs everywhere, is an autocrat enabler.
I learn something new everyday:)
so true lmfao
On the one hand I'm thinking "WTF" and on the other I'm thinking "Yeah, that's pretty on brand for 2019"
@@ZackRice-sg15z this is where we're at. I'm so proud to be a goddamn human:(
@Andrew Sokolowski - so what?! They had those reserves regardless. This leader deserves a pat on the back? He deserves life in prison just for being an embarrassment to the human race. He's a fuckin insecure man/ CV child, like trump, and deserves slow dismemberment. I can only imagine what he does to his own people.
Why does every "dear leader," have high skills in "every trade"???
This is one of my favorite comedy episodes… ever. I was laughing so hard for the entire time
"Unfortunately there was only one copy of his book..." :'(
"...and it appears someone bought it, shipped it to New York, and put it under my desk." :D
“I burst out of suits like I’m Meghan Markle” - Bars!!🔥🔥🔥🔥
Lungelo Dlamini BARS!
John Oliver vs. NJ Twork! Smack, set it up!!!
Berdimuhamedov really likes those Guinness World Records. His mother must be very proud.
The...applause? So spontaneous, so from-the-heart for Berdi! Cheers....
Three world records set here:
1. World's largest cake.
2. Most savage television comedian.
3. Best show of all time.
I concur 😃
only nr.1 is ture sorry to tell y'all
Truly the GOAT!
YES!!
👏👏
God, you are sad... LOL
The middle east drone joke went over the audience's heads
Lascaux Lascaux
I like how you can hear some audience members who did get it
Thought the same, I personally lost my shit.
Yes! Good observation, have some cake!
They're American after all, their oppressive dictatorial regime doesn't tell them what it's doing worldwide.
I think it was one of those instances where the joke takes a second to render but then by the time you get it heas already quickly moved on. Oliver waits for NO reaction
"I burst out of suits like I'm Meghan Markle" Straight fire 🔥
Gurbs did rap harder than his grandson at least.
The hand thing when saying Turkmenistan was the best
John Oliver needs to make a playlist of every song he has called "fire".
Someone get on it at #Spotify
He is an Englishmen. Pronouncing words correctly is the only thing they do best 🤣
Vaer så snill!
John Oliver's greatest hits selection ( ^x^)
Or "cool" or other words he says this way
HBO: "So where did the budget for this episode go?"
John: "...cake."
HBO: "I am sorry, what?"
Haha u think at this point HBO is just ya, what ever, or , or more importantly will the legal team need to be involved.
John leans head through door "what now,john?" "600ft cake😈" "yeah sure...save me some"
@@tohanwi the lawyers are always involved with this show lol
@@alexklick4836 very very true
@@alexklick4836 the lawyers were paid with cake ;)
Watching it again almost 2 years later. One of the best episodes.
Testament to John Oliver and his writers' talent: they managed to stay on air for so many years (even winning awards) pissing off several big money bosses while having HBO pay for it all.