The decline of the American Empire - Just for Laughs - Montreal Part 1

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    Hosted by John Oliver
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  • @DapperDill
    @DapperDill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2366

    Nothing like a Brit talking about America, in Canada.

    • @kendromeda42
      @kendromeda42 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Right?

    • @hansmeier3530
      @hansmeier3530 8 ปีที่แล้ว +69

      +Conner Mcmullin in front of an australian audience

    • @BRAD101202303
      @BRAD101202303 8 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      It's pretty cool eh?😁

    • @danielw832
      @danielw832 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      +Hans Meier samething. ones got french, others got kangaroos. jk

    • @imluvinyourmum
      @imluvinyourmum 7 ปีที่แล้ว +46

      America and Britain are like the richboys always arguing about who's dad is richer and think everyone else is low class, Australia and Canada are the suburban kids who make fun of them and get all the chicks.

  • @AnupapayaPoopy
    @AnupapayaPoopy 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1222

    "At its best, America has never been about facts. It's been about belief." WOAH DID JOHN OLIVER JUST EXPLAIN TRUMP BEFORE IT EVEN HAPPENED

    • @anthonymedina9425
      @anthonymedina9425 7 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      Anupapaya Poopy "it's about looking at a fact and saying, 'no... no,no.. I don't think so; let's try something a little better than that."

    • @jackiej.1163
      @jackiej.1163 7 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I saw Trump in the intro and then heard that joke then I thought: John Oliver is the real physic of clusterf*cks

    • @joenelsaracho4836
      @joenelsaracho4836 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Anupapaya Poopy well oliver predicted it

    • @pedrocamara9088
      @pedrocamara9088 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      If you're talking about the demrats's reaction to Trump yes.
      FACTS don't care about your feelings

    • @sheldonrooney4460
      @sheldonrooney4460 5 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@pedrocamara9088 good shot, watch fox news lately

  • @ericdevito9383
    @ericdevito9383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +276

    The people of 2020 would like to say, "Ye ain't seen nothin' yet."

    • @sovietunion7643
      @sovietunion7643 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      america went from decline to straight up on fire
      funny how time seems to slow down nowadays, just 5 months ago we are concerned about solamani
      yes it was only 5 months ago, if you can believe that

    • @ericdevito9383
      @ericdevito9383 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      soviet union Also an election that is guaranteed to be chaotic and Bobby Shmurda gets released in December

    • @Coastfog
      @Coastfog 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      The funny thing is - after a pandemic and the greatest civil unrest in decades within 5 months, we still think we can make educated guesses about what's going to happen on 11/3 and beyond. It must be evolutionary advantageous, because on the surface, it makes us look like damn fools.

    • @tanadarko6991
      @tanadarko6991 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah and Jon Oliver's role has taken on a new level of gravity!

    • @fwdbias9099
      @fwdbias9099 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      watching this impressed that it predates Trump and yet is sooo accurate.

  • @jenOutpost
    @jenOutpost 9 ปีที่แล้ว +489

    "Those are just facts. And at its best, America has never been about facts, it's been about belief. It's about looking at a fact and saying, 'No. No, No. I don't think so. Let's try something a little better than that.'"
    That's one of the most accurate summaries I've ever heard.

    • @55robinwood
      @55robinwood 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      jenOutpost it is a joke and you do not get it.

    • @jschuler53
      @jschuler53 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @Hadi Purwanto yes a smart joke that is funny because it is ridiculous, and, true. and deep down we all know it.

    • @politereminder6284
      @politereminder6284 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Truer in 2020 than ever before.

    • @vegetable1495
      @vegetable1495 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NB Davis It’s true as hell

  • @EurekaBe
    @EurekaBe 4 ปีที่แล้ว +118

    This was 8 years ago... Pre-Trump... this man is an oracle

    • @Stefan-su5wg
      @Stefan-su5wg 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      The media is toxic. If he were democrat you would praise him like theres no tomorrow! And you would say hes the BEST OF THE BEST! I despise the corruption from top to bottom of the system.

    • @kitcoffey7194
      @kitcoffey7194 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Living through the George W Bush years wasn't a picnic either.

    • @jshaw3793
      @jshaw3793 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Simpsons did it 😂

  • @ZeppelinPietrPryor
    @ZeppelinPietrPryor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +614

    The Decline of the American Empire: hosted by a Brit and filmed in Montreal

    • @Chartoise
      @Chartoise 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I'm sure that's SOME kind of racism...

    • @ajk6907
      @ajk6907 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Actually, old bean, it's xenophobia.

    • @ZeppelinPietrPryor
      @ZeppelinPietrPryor 7 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      It's just the ironic origins of this stand up special. John Oliver is a brilliant and hilarious comedian whose weekly television show provides Americans with a refreshing viewpoint from the outside in.

    • @fba90130
      @fba90130 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Blame Canada! Blame Canada!

    • @TheRealpennyInfo
      @TheRealpennyInfo 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nothing like reading the same comment twice hopefully I scroll and find another one

  • @shawncharles9980
    @shawncharles9980 4 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    It's kinda creepy to watch the first four minutes of this in 2020 and realize how accurate it is.

  • @2ndcousinrichard658
    @2ndcousinrichard658 5 ปีที่แล้ว +103

    This is the most amount of time anyone has ever talked about Boise or Idaho

    • @marigold_exe4528
      @marigold_exe4528 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Damn I feel attacked sitting here in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho eating my potatoes waving my ‘Mercian flag.

    • @ShaneMcBryde
      @ShaneMcBryde 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I liked your comment before I even watched the video, because the idea of someone carrying on at length about Boise, ID is funny enough, lol .

    • @MichaelTheAwesome32
      @MichaelTheAwesome32 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Seeing this comment before watching the video gave me a shock, I'm from Boise

  • @katraylor
    @katraylor 8 ปีที่แล้ว +218

    So, I'm American, and I heard that gorilla-costume stat and instantly thought, "Wow, that's really not that many--that would be an easy record to beat." :D

    • @havek23
      @havek23 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      +katraylor I was expecting 637,000

    • @calebtimes453
      @calebtimes453 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Ikr it just doesn't make any practical sense.

    • @ThatLaloBoy
      @ThatLaloBoy 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Spoken like a true American. I love it!

    • @leonardpearlman4017
      @leonardpearlman4017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fight it! Don't give in!

    • @lilly5695
      @lilly5695 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yall as an American. We need to beat that record

  • @henrycheng8094
    @henrycheng8094 8 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    That tiny hand joke cracks me up. It makes me think of Donal Drumpf.

    • @randallm7162
      @randallm7162 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      +Henry Cheng Thank you for that ! Donal Drumpf and people simply don't seem to acknowledge that is his real name!

    • @cracked_walnut
      @cracked_walnut 8 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      +Randall M No, Trump is his real name. His grandfather changed it.
      But it *should* be Drumpf, so we can know him for the blowhard fool he is.

    • @Datan1234
      @Datan1234 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      not so funny anymore isn't it...

    • @moonled
      @moonled 7 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      No, now he is terrifying.

    • @repinswatson6452
      @repinswatson6452 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      Bennett Mace the joke went over your head

  • @pilsung26
    @pilsung26 9 ปีที่แล้ว +133

    Despite what I've read from both "sides" in the comments; this is not anti-American; it's satire. Oliver has performed this same material to more uproarious applause in the United States.
    I'm sure some of my fellow Americans feel butt-hurt; but they needn't be. The Daily Show & Colbert satirize our news programming, Chappelle takes on the racial injustice & stigmas affecting our society, even Seinfeld (a show about nothing) pushed Gay Rights forward.
    Fear silence.

    • @Pwntard
      @Pwntard 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      DrewsFire Amen.

  • @JYLEDH
    @JYLEDH 9 ปีที่แล้ว +670

    Lol its a comedy show
    John Oliver loves America more than he loves his own country
    I don't get why so many people get butthurt over this
    I thought it was funny

    • @Yosamania1337
      @Yosamania1337 9 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      david yang Its true. He even married a Vet.

    • @janvierma
      @janvierma 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      I was born in Africa and in high school after the history of our Country, we did the Protestant Reformation, the American and French Revolutions as well. That resolute American Spirit caught me so bad that I worked like a maniac. Today I own a business in Canada with visions of expanding much farther. There is something amazing about that "American Spirit". I don't think Oliver loves America any more than the American promise. #BigDifference !!

    • @BreakNebula
      @BreakNebula 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Janvier M Any more than the American promise...loves America?

    • @livewell2fold
      @livewell2fold 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're an idiot. Yah, it sounds like he "loves America" it's the new generation.... They are COMPLETELY UNEDUCATED about politics and it's the reason our country is sinking... A long with the WORST PRESIDENT IN HISTORY. He's a liar and the sheeple of America can't even answer simple questions with any logical sense.
      "Why would u vote for Hillary " she's a women.... Hmmmm never mind she watched some of our finest DIE, and said WHAT DOES IT MATTER? Scandalous. She should be ROTTING in jail along with Barry and his pen. Then.... After years and years we may have a chance to turn it around with all the evil gone.

    • @janvierma
      @janvierma 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Alex Nunes​ "I don't think Oliver loves America any more than the American promise". Read carefully.
      livewell2fold​ You to say that you are educated and yet fall in the caregory of those who think the president is the issue. Querry of the previous presidents in recent history who hasn't told a lie? U know like his predecessor and WMD in Iraq?

  • @Toph.Beifong.
    @Toph.Beifong. 8 ปีที่แล้ว +278

    Damn Harry Potter is funny!

    • @DapperDill
      @DapperDill 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      1/10, lazy comedy. -Louis C.K.

    • @ZhangtheGreat
      @ZhangtheGreat 8 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      +Toph Beifong Not Harry Potter. Harry Potter's reflection in a doorknob =)

    • @MyBichSustained
      @MyBichSustained 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      +ZhangtheGreat Damn man,HAHAHAHAHA,damn.

    • @nakata123
      @nakata123 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      awww you tried hard son

    • @catastrophis
      @catastrophis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      near sighted parrot that works at a bank

  • @kmn4200
    @kmn4200 10 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    I am an American, i love my weird, ok really weird, back ass country. A country so enriched with all the world's cultures, that jokes like these are needed, welcome and enjoyed!

    • @fernie51296
      @fernie51296 10 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Unfortunately we have US citizens who aren't too happy with all the culture mixing.

    • @kmn4200
      @kmn4200 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Your right. I have two things to say on that. a. their loss and b. More the better. lets just check them at the boarder for the health and well being of everyone.

    • @kenharvey8161
      @kenharvey8161 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Fernando Herrera Maybe a few. But generally speaking Americans are probably the most tolerant people anywhere.

    • @fernie51296
      @fernie51296 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Ken Harvey sort of. What bugs me is why the Americans are so intolerant compared to why others are intolerant. Americans are stuck on race, and skin color and other stuff that doesn't mean a thing. Though also not very fair, european intolerance is a bit more complicated. Not necessarily just, but a mexican or an African American is certainly better off in Germany tolerance wise than the U.S.

    • @kmn4200
      @kmn4200 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Race is a media political card, not a real americans pount of view. culture mixing is the real american way. peace and war on man.

  • @wickedpissa25
    @wickedpissa25 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    9% unemployment.
    $14.5 trillion in debt.
    Sarah Palin was the craziest person in politics.
    Boy! Those were the days!

    • @kitcoffey7194
      @kitcoffey7194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You should look up John Oliver's deep dive about the national debt to learn about how it's really an arbitrary canard, a red herring, it's irrelevant considering the human needs that need to be resolved and the suffering that is still being perpetuated, those things have costs as well so as long as injustice exists really talking about a fictional debt is absurd. Pass it on.

  • @MFMegaZeroX7
    @MFMegaZeroX7 9 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    Geez, so many but hurt nationalists. I'm an American, and this is hilarious and true.

    • @kitcoffey7194
      @kitcoffey7194 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Dissent is the highest form of patriotism."

  • @holychild2581
    @holychild2581 9 ปีที่แล้ว +115

    I'm American and I find this hilarious I don't know what you people are talking about.

    • @thenewtwenties
      @thenewtwenties 5 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      ​@Marc Whitakay Being level headed enough to understand satire isn't called "being a pussy".

  • @TheCyberchickz
    @TheCyberchickz 7 ปีที่แล้ว +84

    I live near Boise Idaho. I've seen that library sign...

    • @victoriakinny9210
      @victoriakinny9210 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Omg I'm from Eagle. I loved that sign before i moved out cause it always made me laugh

    • @edicleyland3773
      @edicleyland3773 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      🔫⚙️🔫🔫🔫🔫

    • @edicleyland3773
      @edicleyland3773 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lolll

    • @mkechandler5776
      @mkechandler5776 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Now I feel like I need to go through Boise this summer 😆

  • @walterzamalis4846
    @walterzamalis4846 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Awww, how sweet for Canadians to put a viewers’ discretion label on this. Truly adorable.

  • @SamuraiZero
    @SamuraiZero 8 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    i love john oliver

  • @benkylo8015
    @benkylo8015 9 ปีที่แล้ว +140

    WOW some people should Google the meaning of satire.

    • @KazenoniKakuremi
      @KazenoniKakuremi 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Ben Hibburd they would likely end up searching for sat1in ..then stumble onto that obama is the d3vil video and we will be back here again lol

    • @55robinwood
      @55robinwood 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ben Hibburd Yea...it is always nice to satire the group that you know will never invade you and always protect you.

    • @reneezonmusic
      @reneezonmusic 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NB Davis lol u mad?

    • @andreaskarlsson5251
      @andreaskarlsson5251 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      NB Davis "always protect you"? xD Yeah until US start WW3 you mean?

    • @DivergentDroid
      @DivergentDroid 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You wanna look up stuff.. try Statism and Oligarchy. That's how our country is run.

  • @sweetishsarah
    @sweetishsarah 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Jon Oliver = pure unaduleterated genius

  • @neilthurlow1066
    @neilthurlow1066 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    I am originally from London England and have lived in the states for over twety years. I love America even with all it's faults (What country doesn't) i love living here and love Americans as a people but the one thing i noticed is that Americans get Butt Hurt being critisized or made fun of. Stop taking it personally. Anyway i'm going to toke up and watch Last Week Tonight with John Oliver.

    • @MyKrabi
      @MyKrabi 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I am Canadian (of Indian origin) and lived in UK for a few years. I find Oliver is equally ruthless on his podcast The Bugle about British politics, especially the Royal family and Brexit. As an Indian, I find his critiques of Indian colonization by the Brits absolutely hysterical. Oliver is an equal opportunity satirist.

    • @kld5034
      @kld5034 ปีที่แล้ว

      Americans in general don't get any more butthurt when their country is criticized than citizens of any other country get butthurt when their country is criticized. In any country, there will always be a certain conservative part of the population that is defensive and sensitive and will easily take offense. I am sure that there are plenty of English people who would be butthurt if you criticized England about certain things in their presence. This show is not offensive at all to any reasonable American. I think it's very funny and I really like John Oliver.

  • @pleochroic
    @pleochroic 7 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    "It's about looking at a fact and saying 'no'." Ah, he didn't know how much truer this would become a mere 4 years later.

  • @andrewcampbellnelson8822
    @andrewcampbellnelson8822 7 ปีที่แล้ว +209

    Did the introduction just predict Trump??

    • @stephenmealing6366
      @stephenmealing6366 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      this is not the first time he had run for president.

    • @pedrocamara9088
      @pedrocamara9088 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Did you just repeat someone else's comment just to get likes?
      Don't need an answer

  • @spaceshiplewis
    @spaceshiplewis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +134

    10:16 Ha Shove it, Oliver! 2009, Denver Colorado, USA Largest gathering of people dressed as Gorillas *1,061 People in Gorilla suits*

    • @steveholmes11
      @steveholmes11 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Noooo, why!!!!

    • @LSSYLondon
      @LSSYLondon 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      NOOOOOOOO!

    • @brianzhang349
      @brianzhang349 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Stephen Holmes because we can! That’s why

    • @leonardpearlman4017
      @leonardpearlman4017 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@brianzhang349 I suppose at some point there's going to be a gorilla-suit FACTORY set up somewhere (say, in Thailand), and the action will move THERE? A bunch of people show up at the gorilla-suit warehouse, suit up and just march out the door, continuously...

  • @leanneblake4248
    @leanneblake4248 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I watch this at least once a Year. As a Australian , who loves Canada. Loves British Comedians , John Oliver is Fantastic, and taking The Piss Out Of The Yanks , the Septic Tanks. But There are some Lovely Americans . I really do mean that .

  • @meganfaith4052
    @meganfaith4052 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John Oliver walked in America as a British man with an absurd amount of sass and love of American culture, and we just kept his ass. God bless John Oliver.

  • @telmolicious
    @telmolicious 8 ปีที่แล้ว +244

    God, I love this rat faced bastard!

    • @Theproclaimed
      @Theproclaimed 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Svend Bent more of a parrot

    • @telmolicious
      @telmolicious 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      The Proclaimed It was a Cher quote ;)

    • @joses1841
      @joses1841 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      King of Tennis Dude, he mentioned your comment in one of his recent shows I think 😂

    • @jerryhoskins3926
      @jerryhoskins3926 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      LMAO

    • @sakuraryuji01
      @sakuraryuji01 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Can confirm. He’s mentioned a comment like yours several times. Hense why he’s Zazu’s voice in the live action remake of the Lion King. It comes out next week and I came back to this video just for this comment.

  • @LeBigsou
    @LeBigsou 7 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    1.25 minutes in and the irony is already outstanding

  • @recursor9469
    @recursor9469 9 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    This is a comedy show--I think John Oliver has a pretty positive opinion of America in real life actually. I've seen him talk about it in an interview before, he does live here after all.
    The comedy sketch doesn't actually seem anti American either--sometimes comedy comes from good old fashioned self-deprecation and the exaggeration of stereotypes.

    • @kitcoffey7194
      @kitcoffey7194 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Dissent is the highest form of patriotism.

  • @holahula85
    @holahula85 8 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    I love him the most when he sings with sesame street monsters

  • @lanenet9603
    @lanenet9603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I’m so proud of him! He’s come so far!

  • @walterzamalis4846
    @walterzamalis4846 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    As Lincoln said at Gettysburg, “He emerged victorious on a patriotic golf cart and the rest was history”

  • @nmarrs8539
    @nmarrs8539 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    As an American we absolutely NEED LIBRARIES!!!!!

  • @forrestcameron8523
    @forrestcameron8523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This is the most accurate video I’ve ever seen and this was eight damn years ago

  • @thesoundsmith
    @thesoundsmith 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Maybe we just hand the @1 spot to China. Or maybe we just make them TAKE it from us with their TINY HANDS..."
    It is April 30, 2020, Trump's pandemic is raging unchecked by the Feds and this is SO CONVOLUTEDLY PROPHETIC, John... We who are about to die salute you.

    • @paranoidrodent
      @paranoidrodent 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Just read your comment and thought, April 30th... Things seemed so much nicer then. There's a terrifying thought. Stay safe, mate.

  • @magmafalcon7593
    @magmafalcon7593 8 ปีที่แล้ว +21

    Made the France joke.... Denmark lasted less than an hour before they surrendered to the Germans XD

    • @paulweston4829
      @paulweston4829 8 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      +Scott Barrow Eight hours actually. They also had a better kill ratio than the French.

    • @emfri
      @emfri 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      So now we have to take heat because our government protected its people?

    • @Nmille98
      @Nmille98 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      +emfri yes. Deal with it.

    • @libbybollinger5901
      @libbybollinger5901 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      emfri that's what France did too

    • @simonyip5978
      @simonyip5978 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Belgium and Holland didn't last very long either.

  • @GetMotivated978
    @GetMotivated978 9 ปีที่แล้ว +132

    Truth hurts doesn't it, "Americans"?

    • @erics.4897
      @erics.4897 9 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Eh, its just pandering. There are a lot of people out there that look at success with anger and jealousy. America is the most powerful nation in the world with the largest economy in the world. John Oliver is smart, and knows how to capitalize on the lesser nations' jealousy. But what country did John Oliver move to?

    • @ZlatkoTheGod
      @ZlatkoTheGod 9 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Eric S. Yeah i'm pretty sure Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Japan, New Zeeland, Australia you know, countries that work, are really damn jealous of you. Yup that must be it, it's totally that and not the imperialist nature of your politics or the complete immorality of your foreign policy that disgusts people over the world. Nope, they're obviously jealous.

    • @erics.4897
      @erics.4897 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ZlatkoTheGod
      Well...a majority of those countries are allies in our "imperialism". And when I say "ally", I mean supporters who have organizations that are led, planned, funded and implemented by the US.
      Maybe you're stupid, and not as well-informed as you think...because if you were, you'd be agreeing with my obviously factual statement.
      Where does John Oliver live, again? I want to say the US, because that's where a majority of successful people are, but he wouldn't support that type of "imperialism"....right?

    • @ZlatkoTheGod
      @ZlatkoTheGod 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Eric S. Correlation does not equal causation, in other words post hoc ergo propte hoc. In other other words, get over yourself, your country isn't the sole reason every other successful country in the world is successful. They are "allies" because anything other than that with a country that values its military more than its education system and on top of that got rich off of the world wars would be beyond stupid. That they're allies with you, doesn't mean that they like you. All of those countries I mentioned can be and have already been prosperous without you and will continue to be that without you, of course they will take a bit of damage in losing the US as a trade partner but then again, the US is not 90% of the world and China would more than gladly take your place anyways.
      BTW I love how you downplay the idea that US politics is a cesspool of idiocy and fascism based on the sole fact that the rest of the western world is in reluctant coalition with them (not that not wanting a war with a crazed superpower with 4000+ badly supervised nukes would have anything to do with Europe being the continent that was completely torn apart by the world wars instead of the one that took one blow and immediately forgot morality existed, and as a result of that doesn't want any more war, but hey I'm the uninformed idiot here so who am i to judge?) while your foreign policy includes making the god damn clear blue sky fucking terrifying to look at in some countries.
      And I also love the comic arrogance in that last sentence, really The Great and Powerful Trixie herself couldn't have said something more egocentric.
      And I'm not even commenting on the one where you literally say "you'd be agreeing with me if you weren't stupid. Classic.

    • @erics.4897
      @erics.4897 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      That is certainly a lot of words. But yes, by disagreeing with me when I'm right, you make yourself wrong.

  • @youdoitillwatch
    @youdoitillwatch 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    John Oliver - Not the comedian we deserve, but the comedian we need.

  • @Gabryal77
    @Gabryal77 10 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Canada holds the record for world's largest game of Dodge Ball in Edmonton, Alberta. Over 2000 people took place, over 3 days.
    History changing battles took place over less time with less people...

    • @Gabryal77
      @Gabryal77 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      ***** My girlfriend is Canadian and got me a book about weird facts about Canada

  • @kendromeda42
    @kendromeda42 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Heard him say "I went to Boise, Idaho recently" and immediately said out loud "Oh boy, here we go...."

  • @autumnmycat123
    @autumnmycat123 7 ปีที่แล้ว +23

    i miss john's shaggy hair :(

  • @bobsaggat
    @bobsaggat 9 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    scrolled down just enough to post this becuase i know some how some one will piss me off and its not worth it i just came here for the laughs

    • @55robinwood
      @55robinwood 9 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Correct...there are mostly trolls here who do not get the humor.

  • @geniusfollower
    @geniusfollower 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This man is a national treasure.
    Which nation's? ALL OF THEM.

  • @elizabethedwards1682
    @elizabethedwards1682 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    John Oliver by way of Stephen Colbert. Fantastic.

  • @RubenDavila253
    @RubenDavila253 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Watching this 8 years later 😂😂 it’s all still relevant, especially the Utah bit.

  • @erika9353
    @erika9353 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This is just as relevant as it ever was. Watching this in 2017.

  • @Thefreakman8
    @Thefreakman8 9 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    canadian applauding about stealing lands from natives that not at all ironic

    • @babyboo9252
      @babyboo9252 4 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      A British man talking about abusing natives isn’t ironic lmao?

    • @Thefreakman8
      @Thefreakman8 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@babyboo9252 Got me there lol

    • @StudioNetcom
      @StudioNetcom 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      give us a break, our pm already cried about this...

    • @charlottem.1477
      @charlottem.1477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Abban gross... hopefully things will actually change this time. It can’t be just in the US. It needs to be a global revolution!

    • @lanenet9603
      @lanenet9603 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Fuck Off like ten times and he wasn’t even the only one! We may be trash at making peace with them but most other countries don’t even acknowledge that they stole land and whiped out. I mean we did have residential schools but that is a different convo for later 😶

  • @gamerdareswins2825
    @gamerdareswins2825 9 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    Hmm yeah.. only Americans don't realise this isn't satire to the rest of the world.

    • @55robinwood
      @55robinwood 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      GamerDares Wins Only Americans are lucky enough to live here and enjoy.

    • @gamerdareswins2825
      @gamerdareswins2825 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      NB Davis​​​ enjoy what?
      Your country is a crime riddled shit hole and you don't even have a AAA rating anymore.
      You guys are on your way to being 3rd world except for the very rich...
      You guys are more commie than north korea.
      You have on average 41 mass shootings a month and now trump is running for President????
      Hahaha! What a joke.
      Glad i live in Australia, the best and most safest country on earth voted 5 times.... a list the US didn't even make.
      Plus we now officially make better pizza than you, we've always made better alcohol but just to put the icing on the cake a whisky from Tasmania was voted the BEST on earth last year.

    • @Pwntard
      @Pwntard 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      GamerDares Wins What's the Whiskey called?

    • @gamerdareswins2825
      @gamerdareswins2825 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Pwntard can't remember now but it's made in Tasmania.

    • @CamelsHighOnCrayons
      @CamelsHighOnCrayons 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Pwntard Sullivan's Cove.

  • @LadyMoonsparrow
    @LadyMoonsparrow 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Loved this video! John Oliver is truly an oracle- watching this is Sept. 2020

  • @reggierocket652
    @reggierocket652 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    This was on TV here in Australia about a month ago. I tried recording it buy my recorder missed it, the first and (so far) only show it's ever missed on me. I'm glad it's here.

  • @heartywhistler
    @heartywhistler 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    In my opinion, the exclamation point after the word "library" is there because many of us in Boise are passionate about books, and actually quite enjoy going to the many libraries in this city. The library system here is excellent. But, yes, when I first moved to Boise, I did think the exclamation point was an odd choice.

  • @meredithr9824
    @meredithr9824 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Earn that star!!

  • @chinamanandfriends
    @chinamanandfriends 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    That.... was beautiful!

  • @georgelindsworth1437
    @georgelindsworth1437 11 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This guy has got so much common sense comedy that he needs a series of movies to document it all! He's great!!

  • @djbadlt
    @djbadlt 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Pass me another jetski!!!

  • @jeremiahsaxton8967
    @jeremiahsaxton8967 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is such a different watch through in the 2020 pandemic

    • @esterventer9119
      @esterventer9119 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It is actually terrifying... 😳

  • @thirstfast1025
    @thirstfast1025 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Ha ha, I watched this so now it's going to show up in your recommended.

  • @paradigm2266
    @paradigm2266 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    That was literally the perfect cut off point "my house is worth 8 dollars!"

  • @AshleyMystey
    @AshleyMystey 7 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Canada deserves this much, for all the fun 'Muricans make about them.

  • @CountryBoy724
    @CountryBoy724 8 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    "These are not the tax increases you were looking for" - Alonzo Bodden

    • @cesarqueti2073
      @cesarqueti2073 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      this was the comment I was looking for, didn't knew the guy

  • @killerkimm
    @killerkimm 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    The jogging part made me laugh XD John Oliver is brilliant.

  • @alicevana
    @alicevana 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    I am from the States and I love John Oliver. He is doing a great job subbing for John Stewart on the Daily Show.

    • @titanuranus3095
      @titanuranus3095 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Now there is an image!

  • @americawashington2700
    @americawashington2700 10 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    America does not quit.

    • @nicholasm5204
      @nicholasm5204 10 ปีที่แล้ว +35

      Except in Vietnam.

    • @nicholasm5204
      @nicholasm5204 10 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      ...and the Middle East.

    • @kadd14
      @kadd14 10 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      And in Cuba

    • @nicholasm5204
      @nicholasm5204 10 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Don't know, ask Putin.

    • @lizo1463
      @lizo1463 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      These comments are comedy GOLD.

  • @brianbirc
    @brianbirc 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    For the record we paid for this country fair and square with whiskey.

  • @shaqschrodinger4684
    @shaqschrodinger4684 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    watching in 2017, J. Oliver is always ahead of his time

  • @mitchellgloss6365
    @mitchellgloss6365 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is awesome!

  • @bustedd66
    @bustedd66 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I am a US person.... Not sure if we are really called americans because that would include north america and south america. Those are americans. I love John Oliver.

    • @jesustm6
      @jesustm6 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I used to get mad at that. Now I understand it doesn't matter. What matters is that we know what or who are we talking about. Because being correct when we use every word is difficult; as an example, I (a mexican) may be called a US person too, since Mexico`s official name is Mexican United States (or Estados Unidos Mexicanos, official name in spanish). So, if US people want to call themselves americans, it's ok with me; when I hear "americans" in the future I will try to understand by the context and maybe sometimes will ask to clarify.
      I wonder, how americans in the US calls all the other people in the continent? I think it would be easy to say all others south of the border are south americans or latin americans, but what about canadians when included together with latin americans?

    • @KatharineAnn
      @KatharineAnn 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@jesustm6 I know this is way old but just in case anyone is curious: the answer is that we call them North Americans and South Americans. In the United States, we teach a 7-continent system, as opposed to the (I believe) 6-continent system taught in Latin American countries. As such, there is no one continent named America, but instead, two continents named North America and South America.
      And as you mentioned regarding getting upset about it, it is unfortunate but our country's name is very...bland and far from unique. Saying "United states" is technically not all that much more precise or helpful than "America", just as you said. That said, after living in Latin America for many years, I learned to be cautious in any case, as many people are very sensitive about it. I use "the USA" or "the US", and say that "I am from the United States" instead of "I am American". It prevented people from getting angry at me for no reason. :)

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      The whole hemisphere is technically "America", but United Statesians is a pain in the ass to say

    • @katherinegrasham8268
      @katherinegrasham8268 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I understand what you mean, but context and language rules matter. People don’t refer to themselves by their hemisphere/continent....they don’t says they are South American or Central American. They refer to themselves by their country....e.g, Columbian, Mexican, Chilean....so in keeping with that, we live in the United States of America which, if you follow the pluralization rules would be United Statesian or American....the latter is easier to say and more consistent with global vernacular and lay speech.

  • @osnapitzben
    @osnapitzben 10 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    To be fair, as a Brit, if an American was to talk as much smack about Britain as John does about the US.. i'd be a little pissed too

    • @Dwannism
      @Dwannism 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah because it's wise to be emotionally invested in the country you happened to be born in by total accident.

    • @Ryattt81
      @Ryattt81 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Benny Alv Americans don't talk about GB because they don't care about and are almost completely unaware of it on the whole. I know this because I am an American. I would bet that most don't know who the prime minister is, or any of the current events (maybe Brexit) across the pond. There is a certain pride in ignorance here, it's on purpose, they don't know and to them it's a virtue because no country matters except America.

    • @whatabouttheearth
      @whatabouttheearth 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Americans are very good at joking about themselves and being absurd, for gods sakes Uncle Sam, star spangled, monster trucks...we love our ridiculousness, Russia, China, Germany, the UK all use serious propaganda, America embracing its absurdity is genius.

  • @maggabtehf3109
    @maggabtehf3109 8 ปีที่แล้ว

    Great show, a lot of truth in it.

  • @charlottem.1477
    @charlottem.1477 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is amazing

  • @Zenniverse
    @Zenniverse 9 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I would be offended, but I'm too busy laughing and eating twinkies and burgers.

  • @theeNappy
    @theeNappy 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    My fellow Americans,
    Calm down, it's a standup comedy special.

  • @jean3tte
    @jean3tte 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh, John Oliver, you've done it again. :D

  • @Fireworxs2012
    @Fireworxs2012 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I couldn't be more Red White and Blue and I laughed my ass off....

  • @rubyhoney6177
    @rubyhoney6177 10 ปีที่แล้ว +55

    The American Empire is so far up shit creek
    The Hubble telescope couldnt find it

    • @isaacbasque8931
      @isaacbasque8931 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      What?

    • @PensFan30
      @PensFan30 10 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Compared with most of the other countries, America's actually in pretty good shape.

    • @rubyhoney6177
      @rubyhoney6177 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      BickSayless ww.usdebtclock.org
      Good luck with the 20 trillion debt

    • @owomoxcx
      @owomoxcx 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Probably because it's facing the opposite way 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @wirutan
    @wirutan 9 ปีที่แล้ว +15

    But isn't Wipeout just an imitation of the Japanese show "Takeshi's Castle"?

    • @blaster915
      @blaster915 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Nah, takeshis castle is more rat race for money prize. Downfall is just, do weird thing and prize falls off

    • @rengsn4655
      @rengsn4655 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      I was just thinking of that lol

  • @prasanthalpha
    @prasanthalpha 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    Simply awesome :)

  • @jesperschultz2727
    @jesperschultz2727 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    "Take it from us with their small hands" .... oh man, what a prophecy

  • @WirefoxC
    @WirefoxC 10 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    John is brilliant. He would be best replacing Stephen when he leaves. I know he's on Hbo now, but he would be best on Comedy. Can he do both?

  • @OolTube02
    @OolTube02 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "... take it from us with their tiny hands..." How prophetic was that?

  • @nickyrick503
    @nickyrick503 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    this is so relevant it almost hurts

  • @rlemon6569
    @rlemon6569 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    I had hoped I'd never see those bangs again, and I think John Oliver would agree with me.

  • @Lpstpaul
    @Lpstpaul 8 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Wait, they laugh in Canada? I thought they just politely apologize.

    • @paranoidrodent
      @paranoidrodent 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      We host the world's biggest comedy festival and practically export comedians to the US and Europe. Yep, we can laugh, including at ourselves. Having a decent sense of humour is practically a stereotypical national trait (on both sides of linguistic divide). The weather's crap but the company's fun.

  • @braulioe.almonte9423
    @braulioe.almonte9423 8 ปีที่แล้ว +61

    wait a minute, i'm from the Dominican Republic and..... who the fuck i'm kidding though, we do want Utah star, or any other star for that matter, can we at least be a stripe or half way up the pole ????

    • @SamuraiZero
      @SamuraiZero 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      You can be a circle on the flag

    • @TheDrawdex
      @TheDrawdex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      +Braulio E. Almonte Huh, another Dominican here, weird.

    • @braulioe.almonte9423
      @braulioe.almonte9423 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      What??? are you Dominican?? Conoces el mangu??

    • @TheDrawdex
      @TheDrawdex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mangu con salami, y huevo con queso de hoja. :D

    • @TheDrawdex
      @TheDrawdex 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Amazed you answered a comment 5 months old, bravo.

  • @Rose-is-rose
    @Rose-is-rose 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The audience didnt get it, but I used to live in Mt.Home, Idaho, so I laughed my bloody ass off all the way to the floor during the library joke. Hilarious. I think they were saying: hey, we have a library, so read already!

  • @MenwithHill
    @MenwithHill 10 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well, Europe is definitely a geographic region, if not a continent ; With uncertain boundaries, but it is. America is an actual continent. Therefore its inhabitants are all "Americans".

  • @VCYT
    @VCYT 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    As an Englishman I like America, partly becoz it seems like its a real life soap opera. You gotta luv sarah palin an gw.bush. :-)

    • @AlexPl18
      @AlexPl18 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      as a Polish girl I like America, because it makes me feel lucky I live in Poland (and my country sucks, so that's a bigass insult)

    • @RichardTuckman
      @RichardTuckman 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ola Gromala Polands best exports are Polish jokes about how dumb Polocks are.
      Why don't you have your whole ruling class killed in a plane crash about it OH WAIT YOU DID ALREADY DO THAT.
      VC YT An English guy who spelled because with 'becoz?' How dare you butcher the Kings own English!

    • @AlexPl18
      @AlexPl18 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      President Goku don't forget about the pope. Polish pope was the best pope who ever poped.

    • @RichardTuckman
      @RichardTuckman 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ola Gromala Popes gonna pope

    • @RichardTuckman
      @RichardTuckman 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      However, this south american pope is on track to be vey popular with even non-catholics!

  • @zachpriddy8432
    @zachpriddy8432 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "These people don't frighten me, I frighten me!" I'm not sure in what context, but that will be uttered by Trump at the end of his term.

  • @domotime2
    @domotime2 11 ปีที่แล้ว

    lmao I LOVE john oliver. this is hilarious

  • @Lieu3C4
    @Lieu3C4 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Gives a new meaning to the word 'decline', akin to 'an offer one cannot refuse'.

  • @DontRushRecords
    @DontRushRecords 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Really TH-cam - are you trying to tell us something with our recommended videos? What do you know that we don't know!!!!

  • @adrianpetyt9167
    @adrianpetyt9167 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    The "Angry ranting coach" bit could be trump, except he's have to find a way to blame management and not the players!

  • @microproductions6
    @microproductions6 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I never thought John Oliver would think sending a man to the moon is a "stupid thing to do".

    • @SayakDas95
      @SayakDas95 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      satire by addition to the exasperation. look it up.

  • @austintiedyeco4803
    @austintiedyeco4803 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Greetings from 2020... this is more true than it should be

  • @DavidRutten
    @DavidRutten 8 ปีที่แล้ว +49

    Immature _and_ adult subject matter... wow, something for everyone here.

  • @aliensinnoh1
    @aliensinnoh1 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thoughts from the first 4 minutes, Canada stole just as much land from the Native Americans as we did, and when the U.S. had 9% unemployment, Many European nations such as Spain and Greece had 25% unemployment, so still the best place to live.

    • @Dwannism
      @Dwannism 9 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Its easy to have 9% unemployment when you dont count half the unemployed.

    • @NicCagetheDickMage
      @NicCagetheDickMage 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      pretty sure the employment rate is far from the only metric you can use to measure liveability. The best place to live is probably iceland, norway, or australia.

    • @truckerfromreno
      @truckerfromreno 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Unless you're sick or black.

    • @cia1360
      @cia1360 9 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      'so still the best place to live.'
      yeah, but no.
      Better places to live in (by govermental/economic standarts):
      Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Germany, Netherlands, Canada, Switzerland, Austria, Japan

    • @truckerfromreno
      @truckerfromreno 9 ปีที่แล้ว

      C IA Is it fuck. America is way down the list.

  • @draco9280
    @draco9280 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Best entrance I’ve ever seen

  • @thecrone7964
    @thecrone7964 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    10/2019 - Holy crap! Today, this is even truer. I hope we are are doing better in the future.

    • @markman5332
      @markman5332 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      May 2020- you are doing a hell of a lot worse. Sorry.