The fact that you guys are posting these makes me feel very appreciated tbh. They saw that one sad girl binge-watching DAYS of old Last Week Tonight clips for the serotonin of a comfort show, and you went, "Here you go. Have a little more, we see you." Thanks John 💜 your fellow bespectacled information junkie appreciates you.
I feel you - I watch the youtube show so much I can call the jokes by heart by now, I can’t sleep without John Oliver telling me sad facts about the world in a funny way. I have since, apparently, Season 1 or 2. Now in 2024, days worth of new jokes are starting to drop and I am HERE for it. Sad people binging John Oliver UNITE!
Beck is a Scientologist?? 😱 I almost made a sensible comment RE: How amazing this applies to TODAY news but…Beck? I am even more shocked & hurt by that- until the Drones take me down😂
@@hannahdivic28 you're good... That correction makes a lot more sense when you explain it that way 😂 but no, I'm just saying that John cursed us with that joke without even realizing lol
I mean, we could say it aged like milk wine, but I'm not sure how good or bad milk wine actually is, so I'll just give you an extremely random alternative: It aged like surstromming. Rotten, smells so awful you can't open a can indoors because it will stink the entire fucking apartment complex for a bloody week, bland as hell, but for some reason still treated as a delicacy despite all of the above.
I have HBO Max but I'm almost through the entire S1. I loved him on TDS and was a fan since day 1 of this show but it's awesome to rewatch an entire season from 10 yrs ago. Depressing, but resolidifies my weird crush on John Oliver.
Hey LWT! Can you guys put the original air date for these episodes somewhere in the description or something? It'd help to know when exactly John is talking about.
One of the most chilling things about this episode is that it predicted Trump becoming the face of the Republican Party and conservatism a full year before Trump had even announced his presidency and before anybody could have even imagined a world where Donald could actually hold any political office. Actually gives me chills.
Thank you so much for uploading all of these episodes!! Truly, it is awesome and you rock for supplying us with more humourous, good times! If I may make a suggestion: Can you please include the date they originally aired in the "more details" info section of the video? I'm sure most everyone would agree with me! That would be awesome!! Thank you again!! =) ✌🏼❤☯️
Here's the three part test for THAT issue: 1) Was the action undertaken to defend/protect/safeguard the United States, its citizens, its military personnel and/or assets germane to the cohesive, orderly function of the United States. If YES, proceed to factor#2. 2) Was the action taken to render neutral or inert an identified threat pursuant to factor#1. IF yes, proceed to factor#3. 3) Was the action designed to benefit the government of the United States from a threat or harm and NOT for the benefit of personal gain, enhancement of the power of the Office of POTUS or the individual in that Office. ONLY if the answer is YES to all three factors should a POTUS enjoy any degree of immunity from criminal prosecution. IF the answer is NO to any one of those factors, then I believe it is fair to pursue the possible prosecution of a POTUS, once out of office. For example, knowingly taking and retaining and refusing to return documents which contain sensitive government information or have been identified or classified as Secret, Top Secret or national security level items which the government has requested/demanded the return of would NOT meet this 3 factor test and thus a former POTUS would and should be legally liable. A POTUS conducting a drone strike on advice and counsel from the national security personnel and intelligence agencies and military advisers to target someone who is believed to be engaging in actions targeting the United States, would and should be deemed to be acting within official capacity, and thus not subject to prosecution.
@@victorpradha9946 that sounds very logical. But if the Drone attack resulted in the death of innocent bystanders, who would they file their grievance with or sue for reparations, Dr Bill's loss of a loved one Etc
@@edwardroche2480 What's the excuse that Bush II gave for all those Iraqi and Afghan civilian casualties? Collateral damage, unavoidable during military operations executed to safeguard the United States. It was a collective "Oh well". Odd isn't it, people ask all sorts of questions about the deaths of people overseas from U.S. intelligence and military operations. FoxNews wouldn't stop talking about the U.S. Citizen who was identified as a member of a terrorist org that participated in attacks against the U.S., and targeted in a drone strike. Yet, when students get slaughtered in schools and on college campuses, the response is "oh well, this is the price of freedom."--"thoughts and prayers to the families of those lost". Conversely, when students protest U.S. entities investing heavily in Israel while Israel is leveling entire blocks of Gaza without regard for loss of civilian life (as per reports by international news agencies and scatteringly reported by U.S. news media), some scream send in the National Guard. It's ALL illogical, inconsistent and incomprehensibly hypocritical. To answer your question, likely NOBODY is going to be held criminally liable in the situation of errant missiles, but there may be some payouts by the U.S. government to the families of those where killed or injured.
@@edwardroche2480 To answer your question, ordering a drone strike against enemy combatants will likely be considered within the scope of official acts of the Office of POTUS, so there will likely be NO presidential liability civil or criminal. The U.S. military may make some kind of payout in an effort to quell anger for bystanders or innocent civilian deaths in such cases. What I find curious is that RIGHT NOW we have members of Congress and Governors demanding that the national guard be called in against students protesting the razing of Gaza to rubble with significant civilian loss of life. And yet, when there is a school shooter, those voices are largely silent but for "thoughts and prayers". To say there it is all incomprehensibly inconsistent is a mild characterization
Damn near cried thinking of how, and why I have had deep disdain for USA since I first listened to Cronkite in 60s "and that's the way it was" after a litany of American atrocities. And I was a preteen Canadian. Imagine Yemenese or pakistani or afghan. Iraq,...(ygti), kid
That After Dark Video store was near my first job, off Topeka Blvd and Hwy 24 in Topeka KS. Its not a Mexican restaurant, Tequilas Mexican Restaurant (520 NW Elm Row Ave, Topeka KS)
I have friends from Waziristan whose family members were killed in those drone strikes, the hatred those people have for the US and Pakistani Governments is incredibly strong.
It is wild going back and seeing the things that we thought were problems (minor) that became nothing and the AbSo-fucking-Lutely horrible things we saw coming, made note of, and then just ate it.
The bit about drone strikes is comically funny in 2024 when we now have armies using what looks like tiny personal drones to do kamikaze strikes on tanks, APCs, infantry, etc.
I haven't read many books and thought, "Man, this is bad and I have no intention of reading this again," but one instance of that happening was with Anthem. If you're looking for a more valid social critique metaphor with individuals thrust into imaginary situations, I'd suggest Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies. Also, talk about a show that ages well many ways over.
I mean... I would agree with you. But I grew up in Oklahoma. I moved to Kansas 11 years ago and it's like paradise in comparison. It does, sadly, get worse than this.
WELCOME TO LAST DECADE TONIGHT!
Can we please everyone like this comment? Can this please be a running joke in the comments??
@@ryebread4369 I'm on board
I don't care if it's 16th Century Tonight. I'll still watch John Oliver.
@@ryebread4369 I kind of want it to become a running joke in the video titles.
@@Spacebanana-im5qt *Monkey paw curls* "The U.S. Supreme Court is willing to make life like the 16th Century...Tonight."
That Donald Trump bit hit hard 😅
I physically winced when they said that
There Is probable a quote on Watchmen about the world feeling like a punchline to a cruel joke
DONT GIVEE THEM IDEAS FUUUUUUUUUUUUU
@LauraPalay right?
@@JoeyMiller-v6c To late
I'm so happy they are putting up the full episodes of early work.
me too bot
I think there is relevance to the current news cycle. They are putting up specific episodes, looks like.
@@coconoisette_LMAO
@@coconoisette_oh no we spotted the NPC
@@boburanus69 They put up all of them at the same time, you're just not getting recommended all of them.
The fact that you guys are posting these makes me feel very appreciated tbh. They saw that one sad girl binge-watching DAYS of old Last Week Tonight clips for the serotonin of a comfort show, and you went, "Here you go. Have a little more, we see you."
Thanks John 💜 your fellow bespectacled information junkie appreciates you.
This is a very masochistic comfort watch but somehow it's very comfortable.
@@jayspeidell you caught me, I'm a total masochist 🤣
Thank god im not the only person who has this as a comfort show!
I feel you - I watch the youtube show so much I can call the jokes by heart by now, I can’t sleep without John Oliver telling me sad facts about the world in a funny way. I have since, apparently, Season 1 or 2. Now in 2024, days worth of new jokes are starting to drop and I am HERE for it. Sad people binging John Oliver UNITE!
@@vbarreiro I've never felt so seen 🤣 it's hard to believe I've been watching this show for a decade, but man. It's been a RIDE.
Oof that Ayn Rand segment aged like fine wine 🍷
Trump and Drake on top of everything else? Just home runs all around.
Oh man. He looked so full of hope and energy.
24:32 Oh no! Did they know what they were predicting?
I love that John Oliver takes on issues that we need to be addressed.
Omg I was like “Did he dye his hair?”
I guess the S1: should have been a clue. But I was really trying to make it work too. New night cream too maybe.
same lol!
I was 10:10 in before I realized it wasn't new.
Beck is a Scientologist?? 😱 I almost made a sensible comment RE: How amazing this applies to TODAY news but…Beck? I am even more shocked & hurt by that- until the Drones take me down😂
I didn't realised until Obama..
Thank you for uploading these older videos. It’s amazing seeing how much and how little things have changed over the years.
S1 E19 (aired September 28, 2014)
Thank ye kindly gentlebeing.
This should be in the title!
thank youu
Thank you
Thank you
Sweet Jesus, the Donald Trump joke was eerily prescient 💀
Precedent* but you also should use it in a different context :)
@@hannahdivic28 Prescient: adjective. having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:
@@RogueSpectre749 oh my goodness, I read your original comment as President 😂😂 apologies!!!
@@hannahdivic28 you're good... That correction makes a lot more sense when you explain it that way 😂 but no, I'm just saying that John cursed us with that joke without even realizing lol
Noticed that too…
“Mainly wheat and tornadoes that blow away their wheat” 😂😂😂
24:34 "Like Donald Trump" either aged very well or very poorly and I'm not sure I want to put in the energy to decide which it is.
*Monkey's paw curls*
I mean, we could say it aged like milk wine, but I'm not sure how good or bad milk wine actually is, so I'll just give you an extremely random alternative: It aged like surstromming. Rotten, smells so awful you can't open a can indoors because it will stink the entire fucking apartment complex for a bloody week, bland as hell, but for some reason still treated as a delicacy despite all of the above.
He speaks way faster than normal. I had to turn it down from x2 to x1.5. Young John Oliver is too powerful.
I simply have to know now; what the heck are the "G","J","Q","T","U","W","Y" and "Z" words?!
Gays, Jews, qanon, trump, uighers… w, y and z are pretty obvious
speaking as an Alphabet Mafia member, I'm going to assume that the 'Q' word is queer, but meant as a slur.
Maybe 'G' is goddamn?
@@sapphiresupernova I'll take it! That's 2 down. Maybe "Trans" as a slur too? Just 5 more.
Holy fuck this made me feel old as shit
you are old
When he said may the force be with you... everything was right in the world for a brief second.....
PS. The Ayn Rand thing was brilliant.
Thank you for releasing the entire first season from a current HBO subscriber! 🧡💛🧡
The Drake reference after Not Like Us goes crazy
I have HBO Max but I'm almost through the entire S1. I loved him on TDS and was a fan since day 1 of this show but it's awesome to rewatch an entire season from 10 yrs ago. Depressing, but resolidifies my weird crush on John Oliver.
Hey LWT! Can you guys put the original air date for these episodes somewhere in the description or something? It'd help to know when exactly John is talking about.
Get max
@@larissaraewilcox bot
Someone's been doing it in the comments
@@larissaraewilcoxget fked
Look it up yourself!
"like Donald Trump" - DAMN YOU, JOHN OLIVER.
aged like milk....
24:25. Man. That's enough internet
One of the most chilling things about this episode is that it predicted Trump becoming the face of the Republican Party and conservatism a full year before Trump had even announced his presidency and before anybody could have even imagined a world where Donald could actually hold any political office. Actually gives me chills.
In the clip they showed didn’t it say something like “trumps serious presidential run”? Wouldn’t that be the exact opposite of what you just said?
“Do not trust the American government”… well f’n duh!
Thank you HBO ❤❤❤
i appreciate them posting S1 but... it fux me up lookin for the 'new' episode. THANKS JOHN OLIVER !
Damn this episode really helps understand how targets are selected in Gaza.
To be fair we do send drones over seas to weddings...... They usually take out someone just like this one did 😂😂
Thank you so much for uploading all of these episodes!! Truly, it is awesome and you rock for supplying us with more humourous, good times! If I may make a suggestion: Can you please include the date they originally aired in the "more details" info section of the video? I'm sure most everyone would agree with me! That would be awesome!! Thank you again!! =)
✌🏼❤☯️
Yes. ❤
Please add the original date released to the descriptions or something
Not my Christian either! I'm glad John is brave enough to say what needs to be said.
Jhon can make me laugh at my own funeral. 😅.
Thanks to the power of drones, that could mean John made you laugh on the toilet in your own home!
19 "we were right then and we're right now"s in a row
Wow! They predicted the future! 24:22
No shit. They are uploading all of it. This show has taught me so much 😢
I wonder if Kansas got the tax money it was owed with John's help
I watch this show religiously
the Kansas bit made this one of my top episodes. I found it too funny. Goos one, John!
Are they just replaying a really old one?
The entirety of season one is being put up on TH-cam. Im guessing later seasons may follow.
yeah this was back BEFORE he got old.
Took you awhile to figure that out?
The title and picture wasn't quite enough?
@@resto4life i like youre haircut tho !
🥰
The ayn rand bit got me sent. 😂❤
I'm glowing for how quickly I caught onto the "consciously uncoupling" bit. (Can't wait for the third one to come out.)
Always relevant !!!! truly appreciate you !!!!!
Crazy how current these old episodes are.
GDF has a really good video on drones
He looks so... Optimistic.
thats really cool that they are incorporating live painters into the show! More Work for artists please and thank you!
Times used to be much easier...
Hmmm, i wonder why the Afghan president didn't thank the country that invaded his and ruined it in the first place...
"Like Donald Trump..."
- Geez this couldn't age any wor...
"...or Drake."
yoo they added air dates, very calendar nerd of you guys, great work, just as expected, ty for the conservation effort.
I hate that these are hard questions to ask when they weren't hard decisions, they were not hard actions that were still made.
Woah full episode!
This is a good one
Anyone know of an update on the Kansas auction?
wow, so last week tonight used to be an accurate title? absolutely wild
Why do you say WE? WE have not agreed to this, there is a few people that take these decisions WE as whole do not like to hurt other people.
Happy that Seasons 1 - 8 and hopefully 9 - 11 seasons as well. #LastWeekTonight
You got turtle blood on your hands haha
Drones have no conscience. Can a president be charged with murder for a botched drone attack
Here's the three part test for THAT issue: 1) Was the action undertaken to defend/protect/safeguard the United States, its citizens, its military personnel and/or assets germane to the cohesive, orderly function of the United States. If YES, proceed to factor#2. 2) Was the action taken to render neutral or inert an identified threat pursuant to factor#1. IF yes, proceed to factor#3. 3) Was the action designed to benefit the government of the United States from a threat or harm and NOT for the benefit of personal gain, enhancement of the power of the Office of POTUS or the individual in that Office. ONLY if the answer is YES to all three factors should a POTUS enjoy any degree of immunity from criminal prosecution.
IF the answer is NO to any one of those factors, then I believe it is fair to pursue the possible prosecution of a POTUS, once out of office.
For example, knowingly taking and retaining and refusing to return documents which contain sensitive government information or have been identified or classified as Secret, Top Secret or national security level items which the government has requested/demanded the return of would NOT meet this 3 factor test and thus a former POTUS would and should be legally liable.
A POTUS conducting a drone strike on advice and counsel from the national security personnel and intelligence agencies and military advisers to target someone who is believed to be engaging in actions targeting the United States, would and should be deemed to be acting within official capacity, and thus not subject to prosecution.
@@victorpradha9946 that sounds very logical. But if the Drone attack resulted in the death of innocent bystanders, who would they file their grievance with or sue for reparations, Dr Bill's loss of a loved one Etc
@@edwardroche2480 What's the excuse that Bush II gave for all those Iraqi and Afghan civilian casualties? Collateral damage, unavoidable during military operations executed to safeguard the United States. It was a collective "Oh well".
Odd isn't it, people ask all sorts of questions about the deaths of people overseas from U.S. intelligence and military operations. FoxNews wouldn't stop talking about the U.S. Citizen who was identified as a member of a terrorist org that participated in attacks against the U.S., and targeted in a drone strike.
Yet, when students get slaughtered in schools and on college campuses, the response is "oh well, this is the price of freedom."--"thoughts and prayers to the families of those lost".
Conversely, when students protest U.S. entities investing heavily in Israel while Israel is leveling entire blocks of Gaza without regard for loss of civilian life (as per reports by international news agencies and scatteringly reported by U.S. news media), some scream send in the National Guard.
It's ALL illogical, inconsistent and incomprehensibly hypocritical.
To answer your question, likely NOBODY is going to be held criminally liable in the situation of errant missiles, but there may be some payouts by the U.S. government to the families of those where killed or injured.
@@edwardroche2480 To answer your question, ordering a drone strike against enemy combatants will likely be considered within the scope of official acts of the Office of POTUS, so there will likely be NO presidential liability civil or criminal. The U.S. military may make some kind of payout in an effort to quell anger for bystanders or innocent civilian deaths in such cases.
What I find curious is that RIGHT NOW we have members of Congress and Governors demanding that the national guard be called in against students protesting the razing of Gaza to rubble with significant civilian loss of life. And yet, when there is a school shooter, those voices are largely silent but for "thoughts and prayers".
To say there it is all incomprehensibly inconsistent is a mild characterization
Damn near cried thinking of how, and why I have had deep disdain for USA since I first listened to Cronkite in 60s "and that's the way it was" after a litany of American atrocities.
And I was a preteen Canadian.
Imagine Yemenese or pakistani or afghan. Iraq,...(ygti), kid
America is in the business of making terrorists. How else could they justify how much money is pumped into the DoD?
Emmy's should be renamed..
Please put the date in the new reuploads. I was so confused
That Drake joke in the Ayn Rand segment has definitely aged.
I completely forgot Obama threatened the Jonas brothers with drone strikes. Best... president... ever lol
Drake worried about himself, now he worried that Kendrick gonna win the beef.
That After Dark Video store was near my first job, off Topeka Blvd and Hwy 24 in Topeka KS. Its not a Mexican restaurant, Tequilas Mexican Restaurant (520 NW Elm Row Ave, Topeka KS)
In 2024, the Drake and Trump bits hit hard
First 🤪 love you, Mr. Oliver!!!! 🔥
He is married!!! Wife is a gorgeous saint.
Well, the Hamid Karzai bit aged like milk.
I have friends from Waziristan whose family members were killed in those drone strikes, the hatred those people have for the US and Pakistani Governments is incredibly strong.
Fact Check: Ryan Gosling is, in fact, Canadian..... gotcha Oliver!
A trump campaign add played before the video which is an intresting choice on the campaigns side
6:20 in, what the Afghani president said was true.
It is wild going back and seeing the things that we thought were problems (minor) that became nothing and the AbSo-fucking-Lutely horrible things we saw coming, made note of, and then just ate it.
Drones + AI = Unjustified carnage. Just imagine if a foreign country used them on YOUR country!
How would you feel about that?
There's a word for everything A through Z.
Well, that Donald Trump line certainly aged finely...
The wizard of jiz🤣🤣🤣
What the hell were most of those letter words??
Jack Ryan showed what the program can do to someone who works in it.
May the force be with you hahaha
The bit about drone strikes is comically funny in 2024 when we now have armies using what looks like tiny personal drones to do kamikaze strikes on tanks, APCs, infantry, etc.
Barak better not frickin miss and get Frankie!
oh man i miss the old intro
Damn, I need to catch up. Season two already dropped.
Thankfully, Beck is NOT a Scientologist! No really, he isn’t. 😂
Congratulations, you collected the whole alphabet!
I haven't read many books and thought, "Man, this is bad and I have no intention of reading this again," but one instance of that happening was with Anthem. If you're looking for a more valid social critique metaphor with individuals thrust into imaginary situations, I'd suggest Animal Farm and Lord of the Flies. Also, talk about a show that ages well many ways over.
Beck hasn't been a scientologist for years
That drake comment is WILD.
I am in kansas. I can confirm that we making just tolls to pay for everything.
We are the dumbest people on earth. Thanks for confirming that.
I mean... I would agree with you. But I grew up in Oklahoma. I moved to Kansas 11 years ago and it's like paradise in comparison. It does, sadly, get worse than this.
Oops, you just killed Ayn Rand for me.
13:38 hits harder in todays climate 😢
1:34 what was Hugh Jackman doing there?
HBO trying to sucker you into watching by not posting air date.
Ah remember when the Indian PM was the worst thing to happen at MSG?
24:23 what foreshadowing
At least Devon was experienced