Xi Jinping: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

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  • Chinese president Xi Jinping is amassing an alarming amount of political power. If only his propaganda videos made the idea of unrestricted authority seem as troubling as the concept of singing children.
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  • @xijinping4418
    @xijinping4418 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16200

    Stop saying I look like Winnie the Pooh smh

    • @onytay75
      @onytay75 4 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      @Dominic Tirl what the fuck is this bruv?

    • @carolinegcooke
      @carolinegcooke 4 ปีที่แล้ว +276

      Omg this is gold🤣🤣🤣

    • @seanpecson2858
      @seanpecson2858 4 ปีที่แล้ว +166

      onytay75
      It’s kind of like a meme in China. Its goetten so huge that Xi hinself banned it.

    • @singthelongswansong
      @singthelongswansong 4 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Whats even "worse" is that all this crap has gotten "worse" not better.

    • @cloudreaver
      @cloudreaver 4 ปีที่แล้ว +119

      Long live Xi the Pooh, Emperor of ChiNazi!

  • @noelsmith399
    @noelsmith399 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8660

    I asked my friend what it’s like living in China, he said ‘Can’t complain’

    • @harshityadav0
      @harshityadav0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +163

      Lol

    • @Dinkys999
      @Dinkys999 4 ปีที่แล้ว +518

      Complain and be disappeared.

    • @BlueHooloovoo
      @BlueHooloovoo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +264

      Yep he's quite literally not allowed to complain.

    • @salax44
      @salax44 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      LOL

    • @zixuanqin6408
      @zixuanqin6408 4 ปีที่แล้ว +112

      You trust that? Go on weibo, Chinese twitter, complains about the country are everywhere.

  • @jamesambrosini2860
    @jamesambrosini2860 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1908

    For some strange reason, HBO is no longer available in China.

    • @xijinping5411
      @xijinping5411 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      u're right

    • @shmibbybibby7668
      @shmibbybibby7668 2 ปีที่แล้ว +130

      Winnie the Pooh felt quite offended...

    • @crazydinosaur8945
      @crazydinosaur8945 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      @@shmibbybibby7668 🍯

    • @allislee9701
      @allislee9701 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      With CCP's "unreasonable" acts in every aspect of their own people and towards others around the world, it is only strange if HBO is still in China.

    • @intrepidkangaroo4745
      @intrepidkangaroo4745 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yesterday, even ULTRAMAN is no longer available in China for avoiding kids imitating violence in that Japanese cartoon.

  • @dylan_not_dillon
    @dylan_not_dillon 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1084

    The laughter of the woman in the crowd that you can hear throughout the episode is something that brings me a smile.

    • @aleshakant
      @aleshakant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      I was hoping someone would mention her. I love her laugh it’s so genuine and contagious

    • @Quader417
      @Quader417 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Glad someone else noticed it

    • @ryanwillome3550
      @ryanwillome3550 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Is "smile" really the right word?

    • @asteve6537
      @asteve6537 ปีที่แล้ว

      I rewound 4 times to hear her laugh 😂

    • @nadjiguemarful
      @nadjiguemarful ปีที่แล้ว

      Was it really 6 million??

  • @thecofounders
    @thecofounders 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6427

    Do you think John Oliver sits in a room sometimes and asks himself, "What country do I never want to visit the rest of my life this week?"

    • @thetstandsforstupid2818
      @thetstandsforstupid2818 6 ปีที่แล้ว +187

      jbenvenga ok but i definitely read that in his voice

    • @celinak5062
      @celinak5062 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      jbenvenga +

    • @aleksandrmikhail3803
      @aleksandrmikhail3803 6 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      eyy, john oliver also did an interview to dalai lama years ago.....
      just sayin.....

    • @phazonlord0098
      @phazonlord0098 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Also I hope HBO is fine if China calls saying that they are cutting any economic relations with them after that AD.

    • @Mirror0CJ
      @Mirror0CJ 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      china most likely wont let him to visit .

  • @falco5476
    @falco5476 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3082

    Reasons kids know bad words
    4.Classmates
    3. older Siblings
    2. The weird uncle
    1. Singing for JOHN OLIVER

    • @ericclausen6772
      @ericclausen6772 3 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      I'm the weird uncle!!!

    • @wetplant1748
      @wetplant1748 3 ปีที่แล้ว +49

      What about unrestricted youtube access. That how I learned to curse

    • @WindrunnerB4
      @WindrunnerB4 3 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      You forget the internet.

    • @Talonistrying
      @Talonistrying 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      5. Teachers

    • @shawnhartmann4581
      @shawnhartmann4581 3 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      0. Being alive post 1960

  • @aww773
    @aww773 3 ปีที่แล้ว +973

    To the girl that got to say the uncensored f word on national tv and get paid for it this was probably the greatest moment of her life lol

    • @christopherregan1654
      @christopherregan1654 3 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      HBO isn't part of national TV. National TV would be broadcast channels like ABC, NBC, CBS, FOX, and CNN, which are legally prohibited from broadcasting profanity by the FCC. HBO is actually a premium cable program similar to STARZ, Showtime, and Cinemax. Therefore, its not bound by the regulations of the FCC, and is free to broadcast its shows in all their uncensored glory.

    • @maxwellqklinger
      @maxwellqklinger 3 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@christopherregan1654 It’s legally distinct but effectively the same

    • @unusveritas4122
      @unusveritas4122 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Also, HBO isn't "national", because it's pretty much everywhere in europe as well.

    • @KaladinVegapunk
      @KaladinVegapunk 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@maxwellqklinger ehh, not really. Abc/fox etc have to censor nudity, curse words etc
      HBO can show whatever the fuck nudity they want, cussing, it's still got ratings but doesn't follow the same guidelines

    • @ElPayasoMalo
      @ElPayasoMalo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      "It's not TV. It's HBO."

  • @TonyRB123
    @TonyRB123 3 ปีที่แล้ว +407

    I worked with some exchange students from China, and I brought up the Winnie The Pooh vs Xi situation and they had obviously absolutely no idea what I was talking about, so I showed them multiple examples and they thought it was the best thing they’ve ever seen about him

    • @gernhartreinholzen3992
      @gernhartreinholzen3992 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Rick-sz4hc 🐵

    • @victorchen8484
      @victorchen8484 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      😂😂😂

    • @Randytherumbler
      @Randytherumbler 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Propaganda. They probably had been brainwashed into them being misled into believing that bullshit.

    • @5tarSailor
      @5tarSailor 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      ​@@Rick-sz4hchow is that hard to believe exactly?

  • @whatabouttheearth
    @whatabouttheearth 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1706

    AT&T literally did become their parent company and John Oliver kept shit talking and criticising them. So good!

    • @tylerbeaumont
      @tylerbeaumont 4 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      Because even AT&T are more respectable that Xi Jinping!

    • @OldNerdTV
      @OldNerdTV 4 ปีที่แล้ว +65

      @@tylerbeaumont Guess they aren't that sensitive and insecure. Xi doesn't understand the Streisand effect, AT&T PR people do.

    • @jayw6034
      @jayw6034 4 ปีที่แล้ว +50

      Lol if att shut down oliver on hbo he could start a new show on literally any other platform and tear them to shreds every week.

    • @augustlandmesser1520
      @augustlandmesser1520 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Well, when someone making fun of everything, including of himself, that puts things in various perspectives - not necessarily bad.

    • @mp7950
      @mp7950 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jay W This comment was necessary because...?

  • @jakobbornhaeuser8925
    @jakobbornhaeuser8925 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3045

    Am I the only one who was patiently waiting for a “That’s what Xi said” joke? :(

    • @Dreq458
      @Dreq458 4 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      no, but now I wish it happened

    • @ontariofirs7347
      @ontariofirs7347 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      I hope someone makes one about the coronavirus

    • @pax4370
      @pax4370 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Feeling bored?
      Heres something soothing...
      The song of the mermaid!
      th-cam.com/video/MHv0apmlqmM/w-d-xo.html
      Thank me later.

    • @Diverse27
      @Diverse27 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@pax4370 I'm glad someone did! Brilliant!

    • @Muhammad-sx7wr
      @Muhammad-sx7wr 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      *Xe's very entitled.*

  • @PKMNFan4664
    @PKMNFan4664 3 ปีที่แล้ว +179

    12:48 I love how John added a roast for AT&T in there. 😂

  • @JoshisJoshisJosh
    @JoshisJoshisJosh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Fun fact: this zazu bit was done WAY before The Lion King reboot was announced so while it's fair to assume that was already in the works, it's also fair to figure he just threaded the joke needle

  • @IAmNumber4000
    @IAmNumber4000 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3247

    Xi Jinping seems like the type to pretend to dislike comparisons to Winnie the Pooh so his opponents start to unconsciously associate him with a cuddly, harmless cartoon animal.

    • @sweetrain9482
      @sweetrain9482 3 ปีที่แล้ว +240

      3000 IQ bigbrain

    • @napatora
      @napatora 3 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      galaxy brain 69d chess moves

    • @brennanbeyer5645
      @brennanbeyer5645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      🤔

    • @reformCopyright
      @reformCopyright 3 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      Pooh is also "a bear of very little brain", though.

    • @xmtfs5538
      @xmtfs5538 3 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      @@reformCopyright exactly so that he can seem that way

  • @YashKMusic
    @YashKMusic 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8207

    *I guess China won't tolerate any That's What Xi Said jokes*

    • @clawedarc4907
      @clawedarc4907 6 ปีที่แล้ว +206

      Yash Kshirsagar holy shit your amazing

    • @hogatiwash7750
      @hogatiwash7750 6 ปีที่แล้ว +115

      Oh dam, that's good

    • @merylsilverburgh8081
      @merylsilverburgh8081 6 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      I love you ...

    • @ernestomarcos0103
      @ernestomarcos0103 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      It was very annoying how every time they mentioned him it sounded like She

    • @De4dPoo1
      @De4dPoo1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      bravo

  • @eylab1541
    @eylab1541 3 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    Jesus, Liu Xiaobo was already my hero before I even knew about the mug thing. Imagine now.

  • @franticranter
    @franticranter 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    that belt and road song is stuck in my head now...

  • @TheCstar07
    @TheCstar07 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5440

    That last picture with the Winnie the pooh mugs was some classy last defiance

    • @Jakovdred
      @Jakovdred 6 ปีที่แล้ว +63

      They later regret immensely of their rash decision, because the manufacturer called and explain the correct usage is to spit in, not to drink from the mugs.

    • @TheCstar07
      @TheCstar07 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Russian Panda What?

    • @optimuschrist15
      @optimuschrist15 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Sharpice Woods what? Whoa what?! But why?

    • @pushkar6637
      @pushkar6637 6 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      Sharpice Woods Even if the use it to spit in, they're actually spitting on Xi Jinping lmao.

    • @guillermotorres8164
      @guillermotorres8164 6 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      He went down swinging RIP

  • @twentystwentythree
    @twentystwentythree 4 ปีที่แล้ว +869

    ... Sales of Winnie the Poo Tshirts have since skyrocketed in Hong Kong and Macau

    • @ShizuokaMike
      @ShizuokaMike 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I bought one too ☺️

    • @archangelj
      @archangelj 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just Hong Kong now

    • @HB-dh8xt
      @HB-dh8xt 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I want one too! I will get online!

    • @THFINALFANTASYLEGEND
      @THFINALFANTASYLEGEND 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      yeahhhhhh not Macau, they're too busy gambling to care

  • @patzchan1900
    @patzchan1900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    That lady's high laugh at 10:57 brightens my day.

  • @VIC-lq6wt
    @VIC-lq6wt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    我是台灣人 謝謝

  • @annonimooseq1246
    @annonimooseq1246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2350

    The last time I heard “we’ll share our prosperity with the world” the fire nation invaded soon after

    • @vineetrathi1555
      @vineetrathi1555 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Lol

    • @drsushil9007
      @drsushil9007 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I guess only 132 people got the reference. 😂

    • @davidcrane1190
      @davidcrane1190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      yes fucking yes

    • @kyleking3839
      @kyleking3839 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@drsushil9007 now it's 627 get the reference

    • @apeman9238
      @apeman9238 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@drsushil9007 now 463 people

  • @leonhausb
    @leonhausb 4 ปีที่แล้ว +465

    I love how John leaned so much into the Zazu resemblance that he ended up dubbing him in the Lion King remake lol

  • @NotRealKirby
    @NotRealKirby 2 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    -999 Social Credits 👎😡

  • @mikotomisaka8714
    @mikotomisaka8714 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    revisiting this episode in the present day, I can safely say even John Oliver understated how bad Xi truly is.

    • @frosthammer917
      @frosthammer917 ปีที่แล้ว

      But the plus is that the initial withdrawing of western factories due to covid and now the emboldenment of the west due to Russia killing itself in Ukraine means that Xi's authority on the world stage is shakier than it has been in a long time.

  • @declanboyle5104
    @declanboyle5104 6 ปีที่แล้ว +275

    I love how ballsy that AT&T joke was.

    • @maryrosekent8223
      @maryrosekent8223 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Declan Boyle
      John doesn’t pull his punches no matter the ramifications.

    • @declanboyle5104
      @declanboyle5104 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mary Rose Kent agreed

    • @M0EJ0EKING
      @M0EJ0EKING 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      How the fuck was it ballsy.
      All this shit is made my writers and approved of before airing because it appeals to the audiance, the only think this shows is that AT&T doesnt give two shits and Oliver is a studio hack.
      Literally clapping seals.

    • @googamp32
      @googamp32 6 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      +Moe Joe King Who pissed in YOUR coffee?

    • @trimpy100
      @trimpy100 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Moe Joe King If you think he's a hack, why did you watch over 12 minutes into the video.

  • @aikout4403
    @aikout4403 4 ปีที่แล้ว +820

    Winnie the Pooh
    50% Beloved character
    50% Anti-PRC symbol

    • @neoir8514
      @neoir8514 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Winnie the Pooh is the enemy of the people

    • @maxfieldjoyner5244
      @maxfieldjoyner5244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Tuokia Mapper who would trump be in relation to Winnie the Pooh?

    • @Clarity520
      @Clarity520 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Frankly many Chinese like me love to describe him as Winnie the Pooh, in a good way. Me personally loved Winnie growing up.

    • @sungjohnny3640
      @sungjohnny3640 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@neoir8514 how?

    • @neoir8514
      @neoir8514 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      D Trump just a joke dude

  • @JR-he6fn
    @JR-he6fn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    i had autoplay on and I wasnt paying attention, i heard the crowd laughing after oliver said something and i got scared lmao

  • @XKloosyvv
    @XKloosyvv 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I love the one lady in the background whose laughter lingers just a little longer than everyone else

  • @MultiSciGeek
    @MultiSciGeek 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8676

    Can't believe you didn't use the *"That's what Xi said"* joke

  • @SuperAkmal92
    @SuperAkmal92 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1398

    Right back to this after blizzard and NBA incident
    Edit: back again boys after red candle games incident (Dec 2020)

    • @LuGer212
      @LuGer212 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      Just wanted to post a comment about blizzard, good to see an ally in the internet once in a while

    • @santosvazquez8829
      @santosvazquez8829 4 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      As Honk Kong protester said “China are asshole”

    • @hypothalapotamus5293
      @hypothalapotamus5293 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      To quote Uncle Xi, "When going after honey with a balloon, the great thing is not to let the Bees know you're coming."

    • @alejandroespinoza5680
      @alejandroespinoza5680 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      This video aged like a fine wine.

    • @louisgarbour2737
      @louisgarbour2737 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And coronavirus

  • @audreylockhart90
    @audreylockhart90 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That Winnie the Pooh really tied the room together.

    • @andrewwagner7363
      @andrewwagner7363 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That was xi, it wasn't Winnie the pooh

  • @kabe1799
    @kabe1799 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    That song at the end deserves a Grammy.

  • @alexandermccarthy
    @alexandermccarthy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3441

    I'm actually in China at this very moment, streaming this over a VPN, pissing myself laughing, and sharing it with my Chinese friends, who are also laughing, albeit slightly nervously.
    Well done, sir. Well done indeed!

    • @Silent_Kenny093
      @Silent_Kenny093 5 ปีที่แล้ว +529

      and he was never heard from again...

    • @echtervorarlberger
      @echtervorarlberger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +274

      so which city are you in and what are the names of your friends?

    • @levi2326
      @levi2326 5 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      On today on things that never happened... Your name is Alex McCarthy, do you seriously expect anyone to believe you

    • @IskandarTheWack
      @IskandarTheWack 5 ปีที่แล้ว +80

      @@levi2326 I mean he's claiming to be a guy visiting china.

    • @johannes7959
      @johannes7959 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yet imprisoned? :D

  • @Jibblymamma08
    @Jibblymamma08 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1708

    That social credit score is like that episode of black mirror

    • @falpsdsqglthnsac
      @falpsdsqglthnsac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Nosedive?

    • @falpsdsqglthnsac
      @falpsdsqglthnsac 4 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      SiM bURR the idea of a social credit score wasn’t invented by Black Mirror, it’s been around for a while before that.

    • @ZoanBlade90
      @ZoanBlade90 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Or Psycho Pass.

    • @skillustrates
      @skillustrates 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@ZoanBlade90 Power levels, dude.

    • @rf7814
      @rf7814 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Literally

  • @dyst0pi465
    @dyst0pi465 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    anyone want to send a Winnie the Pooh plush to a chinese embassy?

    • @sanctificate6285
      @sanctificate6285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      That’s a literal death wish

    • @dyst0pi465
      @dyst0pi465 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      worth it

    • @sanctificate6285
      @sanctificate6285 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@dyst0pi465 true. Like that guy who taunted Xi with that Winnie the Pooh mug

  • @jbiliHacker
    @jbiliHacker ปีที่แล้ว +8

    this show is so good i discovered it when i was searching about the Uighurs.

  • @benevolentmarinecat6926
    @benevolentmarinecat6926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +517

    As a Chinese international student currently studying in U.S, I have to say the evidence shown in this video is really accurate and, subjectively saying, haunting, because even I know all of these facts from different sources, subconsciously I am just paralyzed to feel anxious enough of the changes happening in China.
    I’d like to discuss some of the positive social changes not mentioned in this video before jumping into my concern of current state of China. Firstly, the infrastructure development in China is skyrocketing. Citizens of china have their style of transportation completely changed in the past several years. When I went back to China during vacations, I was stunned of how convenient living has become in China. It is objectively true that you can live in a Chinese city with no cards, no wallets, but only your phone…
    Ok, the more important part…Every time in the history of China when our country becomes the strongest in the world, there would always be a wise yet powerful, authoritarian leader…no exceptions…The very idea of personality cult is rooted in our tradition, culture and, frankly saying, everything. Due to the ancient and influential filial system, Chinese are bonded together in the form of family. Every family in a tightly bonded community and most Chinese carry the duties of maintaining this community their entire lives. Personally saying, I found this iconic nature of Chinese people separates us from the western culture. Why do I want to discuss about Chinese families…well…since most Chinese are deeply concerned with their family community, living conveniently and happily is all that matters. If the leader of China can grant substantial positive changes to Chinese family communities, almost all Chinese won’t ever, ever, ever care of totalitarianism whatsoever.
    It is a bit of exaggeration, but in the majority cases, what I mentioned above can be applied to Chinese people’s reasoning. Even myself is considering how to payback my parents after I finished my education, and I am 100% fine with it. This leads to my concern: what will happen next to my own country? I don’t know the answer… Chinese people won’t stop our president as long as the family communities prosper. Our president is totally determined to push the influence of China to global scale. And with it, I could only say: absolute power corrupts absolutely…This corruption of power has fallen unto all powerful Chinese leaders throughout the history. We can still pointlessly hope that our president is not traditionally powerful leader, because what else can we do? What will diverge our Chinese people’s fate to another direction instead of repeating the Chinese history repeatedly…I truly don’t know…

    • @mimironshead4107
      @mimironshead4107 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Benevolent Marinecat I love your profile image. I have that image myself

    • @mimironshead4107
      @mimironshead4107 6 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Also, brilliant comment

    • @Kujakuseki01
      @Kujakuseki01 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Benevolent Marinecat you’re going to have to go back once school is finished. And you’re going to be trapped. I’m so sorry.

    • @benevolentmarinecat6926
      @benevolentmarinecat6926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      It depends on whether I will return or not...however I am always determined to contribute what I can to my country, my people. So probably you are right, we shall see...

    • @benevolentmarinecat6926
      @benevolentmarinecat6926 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Thank you

  • @carolpoblete8228
    @carolpoblete8228 6 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    What makes this episode remarkable is that John was able to make subtle digs to BOTH the net neutrality ruling and the AT&T-Time Warner merger in a deep dive segment that we all know can take weeks and months to produce 🤯

    • @MatthewRhodes
      @MatthewRhodes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Carol Poblete it's not hard to make two sentences about the att and time Warner merger. So yeah.... It wouldn't take weeks nor months to write a joke about it. The celebration of mediocrity in America is the reason we are in the sorry state we are.

  • @EdibleClown
    @EdibleClown ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I'm from the future! That Chinese woman saying she's optimistic about the future, really didn't see post-2020 China coming

  • @-m4nGo-
    @-m4nGo- 2 ปีที่แล้ว +93

    Wow, insults the most powerful man on earth on camera, legendary.

    • @ickebins6948
      @ickebins6948 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He didnt speak about Trump..
      Sorry mate, your heard that wrong

    • @MJ-pu5lf
      @MJ-pu5lf 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Americans do that all the time.

    • @ickebins6948
      @ickebins6948 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Kaleb Kurian Who cares about the US?
      People can say whatever they want..

  • @socialistaamador
    @socialistaamador 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2968

    Pls, do another episode about China and the current events

    • @pattthepriest
      @pattthepriest 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Especially with all the new Hong Kong updates and odd American Buisness practices.
      Also there was a whole bunch of old fiscal policy stuff that wasn't covered like them buying tuns of gold and silver and the Russian pipe line that more information and updates on would be nice to see.

    • @Cheburashka59
      @Cheburashka59 4 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      @A. S. Specially the uighurs

    • @jacobhinchliffe6237
      @jacobhinchliffe6237 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Social credit scores

    • @katemakeup
      @katemakeup 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yes!!!! I am waiting for that too: Hong Kong or Xin Zhang...I eagerly await either. The tide is turning on Beijing.

    • @Mcspazz731
      @Mcspazz731 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes please!

  • @nmsl4133
    @nmsl4133 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2423

    Never heard of the Winnie the Pooh reference, which means the government’s censorship works pretty well.

    • @bobs_toys
      @bobs_toys 4 ปีที่แล้ว +114

      Worked. You have now.

    • @fl00d69
      @fl00d69 4 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Only to the naturally ignorant

    • @whiskyfox7943
      @whiskyfox7943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      ? are you sure
      even my grandpa heard of this meme

    • @ssathessa
      @ssathessa 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Dominic Tirl Thank you for posting your link.
      I rabbit holed here due to this top reddit post of 09/29/2019 www.reddit.com/r/worldnews/comments/daiysm/china_harvesting_organs_of_uighur_muslims_the/

    • @shirane869
      @shirane869 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Um actually I live in Australia and have never heard of it before lmao

  • @yerpedy
    @yerpedy ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The Reese’s mug joke was absolute fucking gold and the audience just missed it

  • @CollaborativeVODS
    @CollaborativeVODS 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    More stories about New Zealand please!! 🥺

  • @themumblingdumpling2838
    @themumblingdumpling2838 6 ปีที่แล้ว +494

    I'm in China right now, and the moment he said "and even: high speed Internet" the video stopped and started buffering.
    Should I be worried

    • @michaelt.5672
      @michaelt.5672 6 ปีที่แล้ว +40

      Well yes, that was the whole point of the segment.
      Maybe a little more than the rest of us.

    • @grey8674
      @grey8674 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

      it looks like you got a low social score from watching this video.

    • @noirnoir3701
      @noirnoir3701 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      You should. Their cyber security are insanely invasive as all means of communication are government owned. Be. Very. Careful. And don't buy Chinese made phones.

    • @ElBribri
      @ElBribri 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      YES

    • @Smash_ter
      @Smash_ter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Did they finally unblock TH-cam?

  • @qq8959
    @qq8959 6 ปีที่แล้ว +696

    currently living in China and just wanted to remind people that in general Chinese people are very nice, warm people that have a lot more in common with us than they have differences. unfortunately their sources of information are heavily filtered and they don't exist in the same political climate (I.e. in America we have well defined rights to assembly, protest, etc).. just keep any animosity or anger you have aimed towards greedy politicians and well removed from the lovely people of this country.

    • @timothybucky7170
      @timothybucky7170 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      any intelligent person in china cannot become important. so sit around and be worthless. you meaningless living thing.

    • @thearcanefailure2485
      @thearcanefailure2485 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Fuck off Timothy. You probably live with your parents still or work at starbucks / flipping burgers at best.

    • @Squids12345
      @Squids12345 6 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      Yes, but you also have to realize there are so many ultranationalistic people in China. Look at how many people support the Nine-Dashed Line, a completely ridiculous border to take all ocean territory from Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, etc. The Chinese people are more than happy to support their nation bullying its neighbors if it means they get more rich and more powerful.

    • @justinokraski3796
      @justinokraski3796 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Are they as blunt as the immigrants?

    • @chris-hayes
      @chris-hayes 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Same for North Korea

  • @adrianoliverblood7133
    @adrianoliverblood7133 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I'm here from five years in the future watching this...
    You had no idea what was coming. OMG, lol

  • @chriswitmer9754
    @chriswitmer9754 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I forgot what late night show had Andy Serkis reading Trumps tweets in Gollum’s voice but we need Jim Cummings to read things from Xi in Winnie the Pooh’s voice.

  • @CMGThePerson
    @CMGThePerson 4 ปีที่แล้ว +748

    I love how bored all the kids in that propaganda song look while the kids in the parody are having the time of their lives

    • @silvervixen007
      @silvervixen007 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      They look dead inside to me

    • @fa1con730
      @fa1con730 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      The don"t let that become the new Baby Shark. Remember that its Chinese Propaganda!

    • @michaelphong8828
      @michaelphong8828 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      killing the parents.. see noone pregnant? god tied everyones tubes..

    • @mikenedelcu3682
      @mikenedelcu3682 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Its notable, but a bit sad.

    • @sorcerermickeyfanguy6271
      @sorcerermickeyfanguy6271 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Me too man

  • @the1flym459
    @the1flym459 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1407

    "Who stays up until 1:30 in the morning to watch John Oliver"
    Me: "Oh boy 1:30 A.M.!"

  • @judderman1989
    @judderman1989 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    I lived in the west of China where the Uyghur people are in 2008....I saw people being thrown out their houses at gunpoint and having them bulldozed in front of them. I hung about with some Uyghur people and was constantly being followed and pulled into police stations for questioning. I once googled Tibet and the internet went down and the police arrived at the door. Very scary place

    • @autumnjacobs1164
      @autumnjacobs1164 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      writing sm to take up space ⏮⏭3️⃣6️⃣3️⃣8️⃣🔢8️⃣⏮⏮⏭2️⃣4️⃣🔟🔢⏺🔽⏭⏮⏭3️⃣⏺⏮⏺

  • @woutervanham8246
    @woutervanham8246 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    8:32 don't think you've thought that abbreviation through enough...

  • @Jarod-vg9wq
    @Jarod-vg9wq 5 ปีที่แล้ว +330

    “Hide your strength and Bid your time” is wise and intelligent quote that can be useful for victory in all walks of life.

    • @DanielVerberne
      @DanielVerberne 4 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      ‘Bide’ your time, but yeah it is a decent strategy.
      However, wouldn’t it be even better if we could work together instead of all the intra-species conflict? I mean, we’re all humans, fighting over land, resources, who gets to control others, etc. Surely we’ve played this game and there are better ones to try.

    • @richardgagne3255
      @richardgagne3255 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@DanielVerberne Yeah let's start playing Warhammer 40k dammit!

    • @tonalambiguity3345
      @tonalambiguity3345 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Yes but why is being victorious over fellow human beings something desirable? This whole mantra implies that China wants to eventually rule the whole world. Considering how they rule their own citizens, is this something that we really want?

    • @daveyhouston
      @daveyhouston 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@DanielVerberne human nature cannot be overcame racism homophobia sexism zelotry will still exist 1 million years from now that's life

    • @erikakoki5871
      @erikakoki5871 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      found xi

  • @Simplegamemer
    @Simplegamemer 4 ปีที่แล้ว +659

    11:27 "lean in"
    One Year Later we got the remade Lion King featuring John Oliver as Zazu

    • @chey6073
      @chey6073 4 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      AIM GLOBAL Video Archives Unofficial I think he already got cast as Zazu by the time this came out. Also he did a great job as Zazu

    • @maxfieldjoyner5244
      @maxfieldjoyner5244 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      AIM GLOBAL Video Archives Unofficial hmmmmmmmmmmmm.

    • @phyllisneal8687
      @phyllisneal8687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂 AND, it's the best❗😂😂😂

    • @LucasBurrell
      @LucasBurrell 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      omfg lol

    • @LucasBurrell
      @LucasBurrell 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@maxfieldjoyner5244 its on imbd

  • @clarklowe5632
    @clarklowe5632 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    John think you may need to revisit this now.

  • @StriderStryker
    @StriderStryker 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    _Just keep in mind that _*_China_*_ is trying to keep a lot of dark secrets hidden, but if I went there, my social credit score would plummet out of nowhere._

  • @fennxfox6241
    @fennxfox6241 3 ปีที่แล้ว +119

    I have a friend who moved to America from a China and my history teacher was talking about censorship when she made a comparison to Tiananmen Square and asked my friend about it to make a point. My friend admitted she’d never known anything at all had happened in Tiananmen Square. This was just four years ago

    • @ibrahimyange1528
      @ibrahimyange1528 3 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      All governments are like that. The US hid the crime it did in Iraq and the massive surveillance until they were leaked. But atleast it's much free in the US

    • @HongFeiBai
      @HongFeiBai ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I wonder if Americans know about Abu Ghraib.

    • @adamjarrett5490
      @adamjarrett5490 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@HongFeiBai As an American, I learned about the Abu Ghraib prison in psychology. Although I'd admit most Americans probably never heard of it.

  • @castillo33brandon
    @castillo33brandon 6 ปีที่แล้ว +264

    Xi Jinping the type of dude to eat KitKat bars together unsnapped

    • @asher6657
      @asher6657 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      lol

    • @atlasflame5815
      @atlasflame5815 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Absolutely haram

    • @randyjax09
      @randyjax09 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      brandon castillo
      Bahahaha! He would eat pizza with a fork. 😂

    • @Baxterthewaggster
      @Baxterthewaggster 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      That’s disturbing...

    • @DragonZerul
      @DragonZerul 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      he eats pizza with a spoon

  • @achyutrastogi8080
    @achyutrastogi8080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Dude if you keep making awesome content like this you'll end up like Patriot Act.

    • @Dubs22005
      @Dubs22005 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      what happened to Patriot Act?

    • @achyutrastogi8080
      @achyutrastogi8080 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@Dubs22005 It got canceled. No more acts.

    • @blaster915
      @blaster915 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​​@@achyutrastogi8080heartbreaking. It was an awesome show 😢

  • @TadSimonMusic
    @TadSimonMusic 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love how he made a reference to him being Zazu from the lion king before playing him in the remake lol

  • @sarysa
    @sarysa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +345

    Well if AT&T decides to pull John I'm sure Netflix is dying to snatch him up.

    • @l6318
      @l6318 6 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      He never won't have a job.

    • @lolipedofin
      @lolipedofin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      This show is destined for perpetual Emmy a-la Jon Stewart's The Daily Show. AT&T would be nuts to kill this, and if it is killed anyway, that would just mean massive pay jump for Oliver in different platform.

    • @JeremyHemberger
      @JeremyHemberger 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      I wish Netflix would snatch him up. Then I could actually watch the whole show.

    • @calebdziepak2950
      @calebdziepak2950 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      EVERYONE would be throwing money at him.

    • @jonathanpalmquist4894
      @jonathanpalmquist4894 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They’d have to go through HBO first.

  • @KamInBim
    @KamInBim 6 ปีที่แล้ว +316

    That social score thing reminds me of the Nosedive episode in Black Mirror

    • @EchoSappho
      @EchoSappho 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      It reminded me of an episode from The Orville. But it's not new, the Yuan dynasty already had this system in place

    • @TahirNefjodov
      @TahirNefjodov 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      it basically is

    • @ashieshhh
      @ashieshhh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Exactly.

    • @MrCanscorleo215
      @MrCanscorleo215 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      TheKamistry85 EXACTLY!!!! Betting that's where they got the idea,

    • @kjadfhgioaudbfvilaeu
      @kjadfhgioaudbfvilaeu 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That was a great episode! I can totally see things going in that direction and it appears that China already has! :\

  • @katehill9488
    @katehill9488 2 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    Hi Last Week Tonight. I'm a social studies teacher, and I absolutely love your videos and would love to show them to my students. Would you ever consider putting out a school appropriate version of your videos, with the swear words bleeped out and some more appropriate jokes? Because this is awesome information that students need to know!!

    • @twigwigsoso
      @twigwigsoso 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You could make them yourself!! It is an adult comedy show but i've seen great teacher verison of history of the entire world i guess

  • @VictorRing
    @VictorRing 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's curious that Disney cast John as the cartoon character he self-professes to resemble the most XD

  • @RogerWaters95
    @RogerWaters95 5 ปีที่แล้ว +634

    I love that of the photos of US Presidents eating ice cream, Eisenhower looks like the ice cream bar fought against him in the Second World War and he's finally getting revenge, yet now without that hatred fueling his drive and ambition, he experiences an existential crisis mid-bite.

    • @mitchellbland1655
      @mitchellbland1655 5 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      That basically sums up Eisenhower as a whole, to be honest

    • @electr_icity4613
      @electr_icity4613 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      That is a surprisingly intricate analysis of a photograph of a president eating an ice cream bar.

    • @rich1051414
      @rich1051414 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      ​@@electr_icity4613 Yet accurate. Look in those eyes... Who has that look in their eyes when eating ice cream... Well, maybe if he was grossly overweight.

    • @daveyhouston
      @daveyhouston 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I have never seen jfk eat ice cream being that he is from Massachusetts that is weird !!

    • @phyllisneal8687
      @phyllisneal8687 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      😂😂😂

  • @neokoo1985
    @neokoo1985 6 ปีที่แล้ว +257

    So someone in China saw the episode Nosedive on Black Mirror and said that’s a great way to run a society........
    Neat

    • @fauxkamie
      @fauxkamie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      I think nose dive was inspired by what was happening in China.

    • @111cvb111
      @111cvb111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Well the social credit thing shouldn't be too much of a deal i'm sure, people will see it as an opportunity as a new form of business so they can be hired by people to improve their social credit score by various methods.
      Sorta like how China already has a service for mobile app developers to get their product into the top 100 for more publicity. They'll just have to put some effort in to not piss the government off too much.

    • @Psy_Ro
      @Psy_Ro 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I think they read psycho pass and thought. "Cool"

    • @user-hh2is9kg9j
      @user-hh2is9kg9j 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      that is exactly what i was thinking haha i miss BM

  • @isaacbrown4506
    @isaacbrown4506 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Belt and Road is looking like it's found its belt and is now hanging off a bridge over a road 😂

  • @dr.pepper9893
    @dr.pepper9893 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    Over 3,000 to 2 votes on abolishing term limits
    Breaking news: those two people who voted against it have seemingly disappeared and no one can track them how weird..

  • @liammcclish4291
    @liammcclish4291 6 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    All the dystopian novels are coming true one at a time

    • @xy6845
      @xy6845 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      You know that famous chinese cursing: may you live in interesting times.

    • @GusOfTheDorks
      @GusOfTheDorks 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Worst part, he's really soft balling the issues. Like that whole Muslim reeducation camp thing is cute. But he kinda failed to even touch on Fallon gong or the forced organ harvesting which was so bad Congress has had sessions to try and figure out a way to stop it.

    • @liammcclish4291
      @liammcclish4291 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Wait so some Chinese sort of religious protestors are pissed about organ harvesting and that makes china really mad. Forced organ harvesting is some of the most fucked up shit. One of the things that might be actually able to change china in a major way is Christianity. There is set to be a huge spike of Christians in China.

    • @GusOfTheDorks
      @GusOfTheDorks 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      dastardly dan caesar chan No, I mean China has banned a number of religion and in order to find a use for their religious prisoners they often exectue them and forceably harvest their organs.

    • @liammcclish4291
      @liammcclish4291 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thats way worse than i thought it was just like all of china

  • @TheHigherSpace
    @TheHigherSpace 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1334

    Gonna go on a whim and say this video is blocked from all social media in china hhh

    • @Tang0Fox1
      @Tang0Fox1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      TimelineUpdates just putting it out there? Lol

    • @tranvu5303
      @tranvu5303 6 ปีที่แล้ว +137

      Pretty sure youtube is blocked in china already.

    • @blc0179
      @blc0179 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      VPN is the answer!! Im in Shanghai right now for an internship

    • @jungle5267
      @jungle5267 6 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      Jokes on you, China has no access to most websites. The government brain wash the population through China made social media. Imagine Americans have only access to Fox news.

    • @kisame_5331
      @kisame_5331 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      VPN should help go around that.

  • @LordTrayus
    @LordTrayus 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I can't stop laughing every time John shits on AT&T

  • @203jmatt
    @203jmatt 6 ปีที่แล้ว +289

    A pretty balanced video. I've lived in China for four years now, and a lot of media reporting on the country misses the key issues. In my opinion, Xi is very concerned about keeping the middle class happy. Thankfully John doesn't overplay the "he's turning China into a police state" card which so many people in the western media often do. If he tightens the grip too much, he's going to run into trouble. The Chinese elite have always viewed the masses with fear. The analogy goes: the people are the ocean, the government is a boat. The ocean can support the boat, but if it gets riled up, it is the ocean that sinks it.
    TLDR: This is pretty complicated stuff; no one knows where China is headed; John does a good job with that.

    • @thestrappingentrepreneur2822
      @thestrappingentrepreneur2822 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Jonathan Matthews good analogy

    • @ulyssis
      @ulyssis 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      just for your information, the analogy was told by the famous minister Wie Zheng in Chinese history, who lived in Tang dynasty.

    • @juanvaldez1347
      @juanvaldez1347 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fantastically said, and very true.

    • @luigivercotti6410
      @luigivercotti6410 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Are you even justified in saying this though? From my understanding, the phrase "playing the abhorrid-Orwellian-police state card" on China sounds like "playing the murdered-a-bunch-of-people card" on a serial killer, in that they're pretty much true, it doesn't take special foresight to see that, and they're also pretty goddamn significant, if not the centerpieces of the entire situation. I mean, from what I've heard it seems painfully clear-cut, so please enlighten me on the complexities that can somehow trivialize _this_ .

    • @nortonxvii
      @nortonxvii 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      there are other ways to do government besides liberal democracy, and liberal democracy isn't automatically the best
      Xi's power depends on a lot of other powerful people not turning on him; he has an incentive to listen to them. This sucks, of course, because if you're not threatening to the president due to being too poor or whatever, you're not gonna get heard- but, honestly, that's not really all that different from living in the US.

  • @tubeRSH
    @tubeRSH 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2353

    When covid pandemic is over. I want another episode on China, please.

    • @fraserodonnell7618
      @fraserodonnell7618 4 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      well, let's hope that this pandemic is over this year

    • @kylemin1384
      @kylemin1384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      @From Maui i can't remember China invading other countries for resources.

    • @kylemin1384
      @kylemin1384 3 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      @maui what I'm trying to say is the US constantly invades, spy and destroy other countries but they still portray themselves as super heroes not saying China is much better but surely the US are far worst.

    • @derp._.5553
      @derp._.5553 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @From Maui sounds like something the u.s would never do...

    • @jeffhannan2675
      @jeffhannan2675 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@kylemin1384 Tibet

  • @heyysimone
    @heyysimone 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    "4000 different stories on new zealand"
    😂 yeah cause were awesome

    • @Oblivisci........
      @Oblivisci........ 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Not gonna lie you kiwis are pretty cool...

  • @franco00767
    @franco00767 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is the best show, great job.

  • @mattwaltzinger271
    @mattwaltzinger271 5 ปีที่แล้ว +344

    I love how he compares himself to zazu and fast forward to now where he is voicing him in the remake

    • @TristanPignon
      @TristanPignon 5 ปีที่แล้ว +92

      He had already been cast back then, that's the joke! ^^

  • @casevanstolk3044
    @casevanstolk3044 4 ปีที่แล้ว +300

    I think John Oliver more closely resembles Milhouse.

    • @fabioribeiro4627
      @fabioribeiro4627 4 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      With his self-deprecating humor, he'd probably embrace that and make a practical joke about it.

    • @NFSF1McLaren
      @NFSF1McLaren 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      "Oh look! It's British Milhouse!"
      - John Oliver about himself, 2016

    • @carlodurant87
      @carlodurant87 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      All he needs is blue hair

    • @auntiesemite9295
      @auntiesemite9295 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yes, both are jews.

  • @yishuozhang4139
    @yishuozhang4139 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Three years later and this is still brilliant

  • @kunyangli2865
    @kunyangli2865 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Have to point out that tho ‘Xi Da Da’ actually means ‘Father Xi’

  • @aaronpaul8929
    @aaronpaul8929 6 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    i love how he took a shot at his boss (at&t)and got away with it

    • @bluemoon6380
      @bluemoon6380 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      aaron paul hey he said goodbye... just in case they don't have a since of humor

    • @tybofborg
      @tybofborg 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      For all we know, they've already laid off half his staff (as it often happens with corporate mergers), and have a contract with him that forbids him to publicly talk about it. Corporate censorship is sneaky.

    • @TheP3NGU1N
      @TheP3NGU1N 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      he's fine.. for news type shows he's probably in the top 3 running for HBO so he's probably locked in.
      plus contracts are still a thing, even with mergers.

  • @AjeenkkyaAmbegaonkerAJ24
    @AjeenkkyaAmbegaonkerAJ24 6 ปีที่แล้ว +166

    Did you know an Indian news reporter was fired after calling him 11 jinping!😂

    • @fabianfabianski7021
      @fabianfabianski7021 6 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Ajeenkkya Ambegaonker hahahahahahahaha i feel bad for the reporter lol

    • @doctorjee
      @doctorjee 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      yes by the indian authorities

    • @randyjax09
      @randyjax09 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Ajeenkkya Ambegaonker
      Lol wtf?

    • @stayfrost04
      @stayfrost04 6 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yep, that's true xD www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-29274792. Though I can understand the need for an "action against the reporter" as Xi was in India for trade purposes and the news channel is State owned, regardless I don't think Firing the reporter was the best idea, seems way to harsh.

    • @diginaderose9618
      @diginaderose9618 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Randy H Yeah.It is a true story.The (government) news channel presenter misread xi as 11 and was sacked there after.😂

  • @chackobranthan9825
    @chackobranthan9825 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The song future’s coming home has scarred me in an irreparable way and I can’t Unhear it

  • @missmindy3803
    @missmindy3803 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I know this isn’t the main take-away, but now we can add Biden to photos of the Ice Cream eating presidents. 🍦

  • @hannahplas2495
    @hannahplas2495 6 ปีที่แล้ว +548

    When that one woman laughs at 10:32, you can see that it makes John Oliver smile very briefly. It’s such a little pop of joy.☺️

    • @Ivy94F
      @Ivy94F 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      You’re right! Lol. I never woulda noticed it before.

    • @rinsawerig4147
      @rinsawerig4147 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Awww
      So true

    • @monster2slayer
      @monster2slayer 6 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      10:31

    • @malvavisco10
      @malvavisco10 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      You need to click on your own time stamp to make sure it showcases what you wanted it to. Yours does not. Monster is right.

    • @xMoomin
      @xMoomin 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      u realize that's just a laugh track

  • @HeartDrifter
    @HeartDrifter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +326

    After this aired the words "John Oliver" have been censored on Chinese internet

    • @genchellchao238
      @genchellchao238 6 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      chinese government ain't stupid.

    • @onespiker
      @onespiker 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      genchell chao you mean to ban it or to leave it unbanned?

    • @ryanjapan3113
      @ryanjapan3113 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Alli Ward is this a joke? Or are you being serious?

    • @HeartDrifter
      @HeartDrifter 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      serious.... if you try to message someone using Chinese social media apps with his name the message won't be received. It may still appear on your chat screen but it wont appear on their's. Same with forum posts, blogs and news articles (which will be taken down within minutes of being posted)

    • @sing759
      @sing759 6 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      yes.. they did, and they did ban him since he made talk show with Dalai Lama

  • @sriramsidartanselvakumaran5185
    @sriramsidartanselvakumaran5185 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    1984 nostalgia.....

  • @nissetuta
    @nissetuta 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    The productionvalue:)! Best report i have ever seen.

  • @thedeathberry6709
    @thedeathberry6709 3 ปีที่แล้ว +68

    Two years on and I finally connected the dots on that Zazu joke. He leaned so far into it that he voiced Zazu in the live action.

  • @joshreidart
    @joshreidart 4 ปีที่แล้ว +238

    Seeing John Oliver predict his role in the lion king is amazing

    • @Saiyanprince1114
      @Saiyanprince1114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      It wasn't a prediction; the casting had already been announced.

    • @joshreidart
      @joshreidart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@Saiyanprince1114 satire

    • @Saiyanprince1114
      @Saiyanprince1114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@joshreidartOops. My bad.

    • @joshreidart
      @joshreidart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Saiyanprince1114 all good my guy we come for the joke but stay for the friendships

    • @Saiyanprince1114
      @Saiyanprince1114 3 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      @@joshreidart Amen to that

  • @leieye
    @leieye ปีที่แล้ว +2

    @LastWeekTonight A remake of this episode with the new info would be great

  • @AHolePro
    @AHolePro 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "My favorite thing is me coming to visit you, and then you ask, ‘How about a small smackerel of honey?'" - Xi Jinping

  • @ritwicksen
    @ritwicksen 4 ปีที่แล้ว +748

    "I'm going to stay on top indefinitely"
    .
    .
    .
    .
    That's what Xi said😁

    • @voldo3739
      @voldo3739 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Hahaha noice

    • @sneezyg1
      @sneezyg1 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Nice

    • @amansaxena6798
      @amansaxena6798 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lol

    • @stevestever8907
      @stevestever8907 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Booo

    • @tanayishan3099
      @tanayishan3099 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thank you for the 'That's what Xi said" joke. John Oliver didn't make one in the entire video :(

  • @mrudulasrivatsa
    @mrudulasrivatsa 6 ปีที่แล้ว +51

    I love 20 minute main segments!

    • @akku12
      @akku12 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U should see today's 'And now this' segment.....It is GOLD

  • @plusgaf
    @plusgaf ปีที่แล้ว

    And the ending song gonna stuck in my head for at least a week

  • @xavierhibbs4850
    @xavierhibbs4850 11 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This needs a part 2

  • @N0N0111
    @N0N0111 6 ปีที่แล้ว +816

    3000 and only 2.
    Really want to know what happen to those 2.

    • @isaac1670
      @isaac1670 6 ปีที่แล้ว +210

      Nisco Racing
      What 2? There were never any 2. 2 is just a myth.

    • @vladdangel
      @vladdangel 6 ปีที่แล้ว +225

      If they were smart they'd claim "If it were 100% nobody would believe it so we voted in a way to legitimize your victory".

    • @RSciOfficial
      @RSciOfficial 6 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      Vaporized

    • @phazonlord0098
      @phazonlord0098 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Probably they reopened the Chinese "Gulag" only for them.

    • @able2822
      @able2822 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Tek Rx fcking genius

  • @kaleidostar88
    @kaleidostar88 6 ปีที่แล้ว +94

    A lot of people in the comments are forgetting about the problems with What about-ism. Don't say "What about (insert bad thing US does)?" or that we aren't any better because of this or that. It isn't about who's better. Acknowledging the problems with one country or one politician does not mean that others aren't also problematic in one way or another. The point is that some of the things China is doing are quite concerning and could easily be leading to some pretty horrific things. Acknowledging these problems doesn't automatically mean things will go horribly wrong like people fear and it doesn't imply that America is strictly better because we certainly have our fair share of problems. It simply means that there are concerning things happening and the world should keep an eye on it.

    • @DetectiveRackham
      @DetectiveRackham 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Indeed. It is almost ironic that people would use "Whatabouticsm" when it actually implies that they have failed to learn from past/ongoing mistakes of someone else and is repeating it/is making up an excuse to repeat it.

    • @TimNel80
      @TimNel80 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s funny how people follow John Oliver as if he’s a beacon of how you should think. Don’t use whataboutism because John Oliver said so. He had a witty argument on Fox News about it.

    • @Regimeshifts
      @Regimeshifts 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      kaleidostar88, fully agree with you but most people are reacting to others defending the US in those what aboutism comments. Makes sense?

    • @72marshflower15
      @72marshflower15 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      kaleidostar88 there is no what about ism... the US Capital Establishment has sourced most dictators and fascist states as controlled opposition over the last 150 yrs..
      sounds crackpot, sure, but if challenged to explain, it wouldn't be me cracking in this conversation...
      conservatism accrues power as liberalism disperses it.
      think on this as the derivation is clear...

    • @forfreeforlife8145
      @forfreeforlife8145 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fully agree with you. They don't solve any problem, but just questioning how about the same problem in other countries.

  • @AnthonyEdwardsFMVP
    @AnthonyEdwardsFMVP 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This must be MA 16+ tv show.

  • @maxhorsnall3092
    @maxhorsnall3092 3 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "List of untrustworthy people" Well would you look at that

  • @alexanderchudnow1937
    @alexanderchudnow1937 4 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    I was absolutely obsessed with Tigger when I was younger, and tigers are still my favorite animal. So, even though I know this is beside the point of this segment; Seeing Obama as the Tigger in that picture with Xi Jinping did warm my heart. xD

    • @carpenter3069
      @carpenter3069 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Maybe Xi will kill all Chinese with the astrological sign of Tiger too as it reminds people of Winnie the Pooh.

    • @PoochieCollins
      @PoochieCollins 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Obama has the most resemblance to Tigger, among the characters, as well.