i adore john oliver so much. his last week tonight basically raised me. im 23 now and i watched the show from the beginning so when i was 13. its kinda insane to look back and realize my most informative years were with john oliver and trevor noah. its awesome.
Totally understand, married from another country & raised a family in a 3rd country- LOVE EXPATS! Perhaps the clearest vision- looking thru the door not the key hole........
Except in terms of mishy mashy wishy washy mishmash mix of Imperial/traditional measurements and metric, Canada seems to be the worst..., according to some Canadian(s) on YT in the Comments section. But then °C for weather but °F for cooking is probably the fault of Japanese companies and their Chinese manufacturers flogging reactionary regressive archaic ovens to you as if you're the same country and as mad or stupid as them (you DON'T have a Second Amendment right to murder weapons = mad but you DO have a human right and a civil right to healthcare instead = normal and civilised whereas no universal healthcare = mad, stupid and evil) 'Cept I s'pose actually using the traditional/imperial measurements and the WORSE USCS gallons and other liquid measures even more and MORE than metric to the extent America does is even worse! LOL!
The world owes Jon Stewart a lot when people like John Oliver owe him a lot. Both Jon and John are bright lights for me every time they air a new show. I feel 'lifted up'. This show from The Daily Beast has been so enjoyable in a relaxing way. Thank you, all of you.
Jon's superpower was finding incredible voices for information with the inate ability to add a dash of calming humor. ❤Jon, Stephan, John, Trevor, and all of his "finds".
John & Colbert are my two top favorites. I've never seen your podcast before.. when I saw JOHN OLIVER, I could not pass it up. I loved it..+ Samantha Bee too. I watched The Daily Show years ago. Wonderful conversation. I loved it. I'm 82 and now have only UA-cam on my phone & tablet to see what's happening in the world. Hope to find you again.
I got citizenship in reverse. Was born to a Brit Mom in the US when only Fathers conferred that sort of citizenship. Finally, the UK corrected that in rolling fashion. I became a British citizen in 2013 right before I was scheduled to move to the UK. Glad I got out before Trump. (That said, I love my fellow US citizens and country and I find people not recognising that he's a fascist to be so disturbing and dispiriting.)
I agree with you!! Trump is a total fascist. I am glad for you that you got out before Trump was elected in 2016. If I had dual citizenship (US & UK, for instance) I would absolutely be living in the UK until we can purge the US of Trump. His many trials will go forward when he loses the election. Also, he is sliding quickly into dementia which means he is more unfit than ever to do the job. I actually think Kamala is going to win. She will be a great president. Quite a few well known Republicans have gone public that they are voting for Kamala.Such a big tent of people who are pro-democracy have come together. Country over party. I am grateful!!
@@IExpectedBSJustNotThisMuchBS Please remember Trump never won the popular vote. He only got to be president because of the Electoral College, one of Hamilton's worst ideas. We should move over to Ben Franklin's ideas. He wanted proportional representation.
Trump is not a fascist! Trump is the holy supreme leader who will build a United Reich of America that will last 1.000 years! Many scholars say he is the real founding father and protector of women!
As born a and bred Brit I'm embarrassed to call you one of our own. The idea that Trump is a fascist is so absurd it's laughable. I could go into the reasons but I doubt you'd give them the time of day. I wish you luck in the UK as our own PM, Keir Starmer - the most unpopular new PM in history, is an actual fascist, as will become increasingly evident. I hope when Trump gets back into the White House you are able to observe neutrally the improvements he will bring.
I'm in North Carolina. Early voting started Tuesday. There have been lines out the door and traffic jams from people voting. I have no guess who they are voting for. I live in an area where it could easily go either way. But whoever they are voting for, they're super motivated.
Not lying and the voter ID thing is just making it take even longer. An extra minute or two to get your ballot doesn't sound bad but when you multiply that by hundreds of people it took forever.
Some of these comments were out of date, so just to set the record straight, the armed militia in NC really boiled down to a couple of people making threats online. When they actually arrived at the site and saw the situation, they realized they were misinformed and came back and pitched in help, but it was very scary for a while there. Also, we now know that those ridiculous vote counting laws in GA have been blocked by a judge and things are looking much better there. Watch Marc Elias/Democracy Docket for updates on these situations. I'm on the ground canvassing in both NC and SC and am very encouraged by how engaged people are and how well they understand the assignment, and that goes for every single person I've spoken with -- young white guys, Latina moms, older black people, etc.
My liberal gay niece lives on a mountain in WNC. She's been making quite a few friends there who had never met a gay person before nor sat down to talk with a liberal. So proud of her. After Helene hit, her whole mountain community came together to find each other, dig out, sharing what food, water, clothes and shelter they had. They have forged life-long ties.
The INS agents are soooo powerful. When I was being processed through the immigration process at the age of 14, I witnessed an INS agent treat an immigrant very cruelly. I was going to speak up, but my father pressed on me to keep me down. He said to me that I absolutely could NOT challenge the INS agent, especially at that time. Looking back-Holy Crap-was he right. I just didn’t know any better. Big ego. Stupid teenager!!
I would say that you weren’t stupid, just inexperienced and naive. I think people DO need to speak up on behalf of those who are being mistreated. But we also have to do this sort of thing carefully, to avoid people like yourself being well-intentioned and squashed like a bug. 😢
I used to love John's Radio4 shows (The Department, Political Animal), and each year I would catch him and Andy trailing their Edinburgh show at the Lescar.
My mom was still a French citizen to the day she died, which is weird because when she was in France her French was kind of outdated, and she missed the United States. Yet when she was here in the US, even after 70 years, her English was still accented and ever so slightly peculiar. And her favorite insult was to call something American. But she was pretty funny. She told me once that the reason she put 'Catholic' down on her end of life paperwork (even though she hadn't practiced it since she was 10 years old) was because if you're born catholic, that's it, there's no getting out.
That’s exactly how I am. I have lived four times longer in Britain than where I was born. When I go back my mother tongue is weird to my family and friends. Here in Sheffield my daughter laughs at the way I pronounce certain words. Apparently my ‘ankle’ and ‘uncle’ sound pretty alike!😂as well as many other words that I just pronounce ever so strangely! So they tell me!😂
Accents are quite difficult to lose. I'm from Washington State, retired in France since '92, and my accent when speaking their language is the delight of my French friends. I've finally given up trying, and assure them that I keep it purely to amuse them. Example: they can't distinguish any difference whether I say 'roi' or 'oie,' which has put an end to my attempted explanation of the difference between a bolet and a cèpe: "It's like the difference between men and kings...")
"KES" still stands vivid in my memory. It is such a powerful, moving film of a working class boy in a depressed South Yorkshire community who finds true comfort, and love, through his relationship to a kestrel whom he rescued. Brilliant, authentically sad, and terribly insightful, the film truly lingers in memory.
Great comment when John said that Britain had lost influence and felt that loss until the moment when Europe opened up. Consider what that means since 2016.....
My parents brought us to Australia in 1970 for 2 years. We stayed. In hindsight England was grim. Childhood was defined, proscribed and the sunny moments were few.
Depends on many things. I had a great childhood in the seventies. We were not wealthy, just happy. My sister in law was carted off to Australia in 1975 as a teenager and saved up to come back alone as soon as humanly possible (i.e when she turned 18). She found it socially stifling and culturally boring. Her family settled there but it’s not for everyone.
France may get more tourists, but maybe, just maybe, the UK would get even less if went without the royal family as a tourist draw. Granted, with 60% of tourists visiting places associated with the royal family and a third listing Buckingham Palace as a must see, it's possible that quite a lot of those tourists would still visit those locations even if the royal family were to be deposed.
Try going through immigration in the UK under Theresa May 2013 - that was loads of fun too...over 8000 in fees, each hurdle cost at least 1000 - then there was the ceremony with the mayor of Hillingdon bouncing around with a cap and sceptre. And having to pledge to God or the Queen - take your choice. Wow. I won't ever get over it.
I lived in the North East of England in the sixties, for Christmas I got a Torch a Apple and Orange a chocolate smokers outfit and to give me something to aspire to i was given a copy of Kes.
'Kes' was for British children as 'My Side of the Mountain' was for American children. An independent boy befriending a wild bird. My family loved both books.
As an American, I don't understand why people keep wanting to move here...our healthcare system is the worst among industrialized nations. If I was wealthy, I'd move to Norway or Germany...their healthcare systems are far superior to America's.
This is true but people like John Oliver earn huge amounts of money, so they don't worry about whether they can afford healthcare insurance in the USA.
An American are you? If you needed to depend upon the national health systems of the other countries you mention your opinion may quickly change as it comes from UA-cam & it’s ridiculously oversimplified ignorance and those who do not understand that US healthcare is delivered differently, no waiting for anything despite one’s income. And the nonsense that people don’t go to the doctor because ‘they can’t afford it.” I even hear EUs saying things like, “If I need an ambulance it’s paid for and I don’t have to worry about a bill.” Never mind that the situation is the very same in the US. But such comments do make the other countries feel all warm & fuzzy like they have something the US does not - a fever dream at best. You may get an award from some Commonwealth citizen who is more unclear than you are. I have lived all over the world and without a penny in my pocket I would choose US healthcare. US ex pats dial 1.800.USAIR when any healthcare is needed including a skinned knee. But such nonsense comments make the Commonwealth & EU feel so special over something especially on this channel.Do carry on especially after 11am when the drinking starts.
Gerrymandering affects the election of US Representatives, not Senators nor the President. There are many, major problems with the EC, and even more with gerrymandering, but they're not connected. I take your point, we just need a different word for it. 👍 Then again... its 3:30 on a Saturday, if I start thinking about how bad the system is I'm gonna start the day-drinking! 😆
You probably need to take a Civics class because the Electoral College is built into our Constitution. It was designed to stop large states -- like New York at the time -- from dominating all the other states. Without the EC, politicians would only need to focus on California and New York while completely ignoring the rest of the country. It doesn't have anything to do with "gerrymandering".
Re: John Oliver’s hair: 1) I love it, delightful. 2) I will never forget him saying years ago, “There is only one haircut that looks good on me and it is called The Business Judi Dench”
Okay, you know what I would love to see John Oliver or Samantha Bee do as part of the British Commonwealth? I would LOVE to see you guys on Taskmaster. I doubt very much they'd do a Daily Show Reunion of Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, Steve Carell, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver because honestly, I think any one of you is a huge get. And also my American compatriots without dual citizenship are less likely to be asked. Though I can dream. But yes, any of you being on would, I think, be hilarious.
It's a thing that a lot of people don't get about the UK. We don't have the "great white north" sort of cold, where snow drifts 30 feet deep overnight and exposed skin gets frostbite in like 5 minutes or whatever. It's more insidious, and gradually seeps down through your flesh, into the very marrow of your bones, and kind of freeze distils hope out of your soul.
I have been watching John every Sunday that he’s been on for nearly the past decade, and I’m just now realizing what a master of metaphors this man is. The royal family is a vestigial tail that should have fallen off long ago. The man speaks and poetry comes out.
I would like to institute citizenship classes in middle school. Just so the average U.S. citizen doesn't get owned by a freshly minted citizen when it comes to general U.S. knowledge.
We have but most kids don’t pay attention and teachers just pass them since the assignments are too easy. The no child left behind policy did more harm than good.
The United States surpassed the UK in GDP in the 1870s. But the US wasn't recognized as the world leader it still is, until The Great War (WW1) when the United States surpassed all other countries in its wartime capability.
Separate comment because this is concerning. I feel like doom stating the polls is not accurate. How many polls are focusing on under 30? It really seems to me like the reliable polls have been showing her several points ahead consistently, and the younger people are voting for her in a significant majority. Yes we should all get out and vote and make sure, NOTHING is more important. But doomcasting may have the opposite effect of encouraging people. Just a thought.
You are spectacularly wrong about life in the UK during the 60s and 70. Kes is a book, fiction as well but beautifully portrays life in the industrial north during a time of transformation culminating in the 70s to joining Europe.
Love British immigrant comedy.. and yes Brit’s still have considerable power.. to be able to pass as expats rather than immigrants for one.. many thanks to immigrants and their contributions to America
I'm Canadian as well I was born in Comox Vancouver Island, my parents moved to Seattle Wa in 1967 when was going into 2nd grade. Spent 1st grade in Canadian school. They read the bible ( or something religious ) in 1st grade. My parents didn't attend church, neither did I.
I think the surprisingly gorgeous compliment was more about wondering how John got Kate. But I think it's easy to know how. She needed his humor and humanity to lean on when memories of war and back home rescues she's done get to be too much.
Too funny. When we moved to England, we didn't realize we needed a living visa. So we showed up upon moving with literally a stacked cart with luggage. Anyone with a common sense would have asked why we had so much luggage, but alas, we sailed through and enjoyed three years of absolute bliss. Thank you England!
i adore john oliver so much. his last week tonight basically raised me. im 23 now and i watched the show from the beginning so when i was 13. its kinda insane to look back and realize my most informative years were with john oliver and trevor noah. its awesome.
You’ve had an excellent education!
John Oliver was a run of the mill comedian here in Britain he emigrated to America and discovered he was a comedy genius.
That is cool
Both excellent teachers!!!
Could definitely do worse, for teachers and mentors in this world. :)
Two Brits and a Canadian meet on Zoom…and try to figure out the absurdity of America 😂
Yup. 😂
I just made this comment but you, sir, made it first… and better. I shall delete mine.
Totally understand, married from another country & raised a family in a 3rd country- LOVE EXPATS! Perhaps the clearest vision- looking thru the door not the key hole........
Except in terms of mishy mashy wishy washy mishmash mix of Imperial/traditional measurements and metric, Canada seems to be the worst..., according to some Canadian(s) on YT in the Comments section. But then °C for weather but °F for cooking is probably the fault of Japanese companies and their Chinese manufacturers flogging reactionary regressive archaic ovens to you as if you're the same country and as mad or stupid as them (you DON'T have a Second Amendment right to murder weapons = mad but you DO have a human right and a civil right to healthcare instead = normal and civilised whereas no universal healthcare = mad, stupid and evil) 'Cept I s'pose actually using the traditional/imperial measurements and the WORSE USCS gallons and other liquid measures even more and MORE than metric to the extent America does is even worse! LOL!
Thank you all. I've been way too immersed in election-related stuff for way too long. This just-friends-talking was SO refreshing!
Nailed it.👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
The world owes Jon Stewart a lot when people like John Oliver owe him a lot. Both Jon and John are bright lights for me every time they air a new show. I feel 'lifted up'. This show from The Daily Beast has been so enjoyable in a relaxing way. Thank you, all of you.
Jon's superpower was finding incredible voices for information with the inate ability to add a dash of calming humor. ❤Jon, Stephan, John, Trevor, and all of his "finds".
This was a nice conversation. A good break from the election chaos. Sam Bee and John Oliver.
Miss Sam’s TBS show 😢
John & Colbert are my two top favorites. I've never seen your podcast before.. when I saw JOHN OLIVER, I could not pass it up. I loved it..+ Samantha Bee too. I watched The Daily Show years ago. Wonderful conversation. I loved it. I'm 82 and now have only UA-cam on my phone & tablet to see what's happening in the world. Hope to find you again.
😊 I saw his name and had to watch too!
I got citizenship in reverse. Was born to a Brit Mom in the US when only Fathers conferred that sort of citizenship. Finally, the UK corrected that in rolling fashion. I became a British citizen in 2013 right before I was scheduled to move to the UK. Glad I got out before Trump. (That said, I love my fellow US citizens and country and I find people not recognising that he's a fascist to be so disturbing and dispiriting.)
I agree with you!! Trump is a total fascist. I am glad for you that you got out before Trump was elected in 2016. If I had dual citizenship (US & UK, for instance) I would absolutely be living in the UK until we can purge the US of Trump. His many trials will go forward when he loses the election. Also, he is sliding quickly into dementia which means he is more unfit than ever to do the job. I actually think Kamala is going to win. She will be a great president. Quite a few well known Republicans have gone public that they are voting for Kamala.Such a big tent of people who are pro-democracy have come together. Country over party. I am grateful!!
@@IExpectedBSJustNotThisMuchBS Please remember Trump never won the popular vote. He only got to be president because of the Electoral College, one of Hamilton's worst ideas. We should move over to Ben Franklin's ideas. He wanted proportional representation.
Trump is not a fascist!
Trump is the holy supreme leader who will build a United Reich of America that will last 1.000 years! Many scholars say he is the real founding father and protector of women!
As born a and bred Brit I'm embarrassed to call you one of our own.
The idea that Trump is a fascist is so absurd it's laughable.
I could go into the reasons but I doubt you'd give them the time of day.
I wish you luck in the UK as our own PM, Keir Starmer - the most unpopular new PM in history, is an actual fascist, as will become increasingly evident.
I hope when Trump gets back into the White House you are able to observe neutrally the improvements he will bring.
I've just been doing a bunch of research on this because it's fascinating to me. I've never heard of mothers not being able to pass on citizenship.
You can get John Oliver out of Britain but you can never get Britain out of John Oliver.
I thought that until I heard him say aluminum. That’s when I knew he was now 51% American.
😂😂😂
Good point.
I'm in North Carolina. Early voting started Tuesday. There have been lines out the door and traffic jams from people voting. I have no guess who they are voting for. I live in an area where it could easily go either way. But whoever they are voting for, they're super motivated.
Not lying and the voter ID thing is just making it take even longer. An extra minute or two to get your ballot doesn't sound bad but when you multiply that by hundreds of people it took forever.
@@soldierbreedThe GOP wants to make voter registration and voting as difficult as possible to eliminate hardworking people from having their say.
John is a national treasure we are lucky to have. the best journalist in the USA hands down.. plus he has a sense of humor !
Sam Bee needs another show, or rather I need her to have another one. I miss Full Frontal.
I agree!!
Her and Amber both need their shows back, I loved that they weren't the usual late night talk show.
Oh how fun that was to watch!! Thank all 3 of you for the late night smiles😃
VOTE ALL Republicans out of office!!! 💙💙💙
Wonderful episode! Great to hear about all of your experiences in emigrating and in life in general. Thank you!😊
I am so glad John Oliver came to America, I enjoy him and his show immensely.
Some of these comments were out of date, so just to set the record straight, the armed militia in NC really boiled down to a couple of people making threats online. When they actually arrived at the site and saw the situation, they realized they were misinformed and came back and pitched in help, but it was very scary for a while there. Also, we now know that those ridiculous vote counting laws in GA have been blocked by a judge and things are looking much better there. Watch Marc Elias/Democracy Docket for updates on these situations. I'm on the ground canvassing in both NC and SC and am very encouraged by how engaged people are and how well they understand the assignment, and that goes for every single person I've spoken with -- young white guys, Latina moms, older black people, etc.
I'm not sure what you mean by "assignment", but everyone I know is ready and anxious to vote for TRUMP! See you then!
@@LG123ABC Maybe get out more? And yes, if you're on the Trump train you wouldn't know our liberal lingo.
@LG123ABC 😂 stop watching Fox Entertainment, and get a life. My guess is you don't understand much at all.
Trump was back there going on about the way Biden/Harris is failing them and he will fix it come January
My liberal gay niece lives on a mountain in WNC. She's been making quite a few friends there who had never met a gay person before nor sat down to talk with a liberal. So proud of her. After Helene hit, her whole mountain community came together to find each other, dig out, sharing what food, water, clothes and shelter they had. They have forged life-long ties.
You can call a person’s spouse strikingly beautiful without issue. SURPRISINGLY beautiful is a third degree burn.
I once heard "...for you."
I was not involved in any part of the exchange WHATSOEVER. save aurally.
Great interview. Love John and Samantha ❤️
I love how he met his wife. Also Daily Show alum stories, esp from the Jon Stewart era, are always so fascinating.
@@ceyrai literal definition of meet cute
The INS agents are soooo powerful. When I was being processed through the immigration process at the age of 14, I witnessed an INS agent treat an immigrant very cruelly. I was going to speak up, but my father pressed on me to keep me down. He said to me that I absolutely could NOT challenge the INS agent, especially at that time. Looking back-Holy Crap-was he right. I just didn’t know any better. Big ego. Stupid teenager!!
How many of them are there precisely because they enjoy having power over people?
I would say that you weren’t stupid, just inexperienced and naive. I think people DO need to speak up on behalf of those who are being mistreated. But we also have to do this sort of thing carefully, to avoid people like yourself being well-intentioned and squashed like a bug. 😢
America doesn’t need a man like Trump whose the absolute example if that INSofficial.
Loved this conversation
It is 25 years ago on Independence Day that I had my Naturalization ceremony at the Seattle Center. I love this country warts and all.
I’d love to see these two Bee and Oliver in earliest days 😂
Love them forever
Glad this showed up in my feed. Great show and now subbed.
I used to love John's Radio4 shows (The Department, Political Animal), and each year I would catch him and Andy trailing their Edinburgh show at the Lescar.
My mom was still a French citizen to the day she died, which is weird because when she was in France her French was kind of outdated, and she missed the United States. Yet when she was here in the US, even after 70 years, her English was still accented and ever so slightly peculiar. And her favorite insult was to call something American. But she was pretty funny. She told me once that the reason she put 'Catholic' down on her end of life paperwork (even though she hadn't practiced it since she was 10 years old) was because if you're born catholic, that's it, there's no getting out.
Martin Luther changed that!
@@veramae4098only for the non-Catholics 😂😅
That’s exactly how I am. I have lived four times longer in Britain than where I was born. When I go back my mother tongue is weird to my family and friends. Here in Sheffield my daughter laughs at the way I pronounce certain words. Apparently my ‘ankle’ and ‘uncle’ sound pretty alike!😂as well as many other words that I just pronounce ever so strangely! So they tell me!😂
Accents are quite difficult to lose. I'm from Washington State, retired in France since '92, and my accent when speaking their language is the delight of my French friends. I've finally given up trying, and assure them that I keep it purely to amuse them.
Example: they can't distinguish any difference whether I say 'roi' or 'oie,' which has put an end to my attempted explanation of the difference between a bolet and a cèpe: "It's like the difference between men and kings...")
They never asked John if he ate any cats, dogs or pets😂
America tends to be nicer to the white immigrants lol
"KES" still stands vivid in my memory. It is such a powerful, moving film of a working class boy in a depressed South Yorkshire community who finds true comfort, and love, through his relationship to a kestrel whom he rescued. Brilliant, authentically sad, and terribly insightful, the film truly lingers in memory.
There is a sensitive documentary about Kes with Greg Davies from Taskmaster, and the original boy actor as a middle aged man. It was on UA-cam.
I so appreciate John Oliver's Last Week Tonight. A wonderful sense of humor as he tackles our dire events.
As an American living in the UK, I feel this conversation in my soul. 🤪
So exhausting. Glad the Aussie fed election is about 6 weeks start to finish
John Oliver is a rare national British jewell in America.
The U.S. made "The Day After", but the U.K. made "Threads" - which made "The Day After" look like "Mary Poppins".
"Hornblower ! "
Sam Bee I hadn’t seen you in a long time! So happy to see you
Sam has a podcast!
Great comment when John said that Britain had lost influence and felt that loss until the moment when Europe opened up. Consider what that means since 2016.....
Nice that you have Jon but I’d like to apologise for Piers Morgan. Sorry. The UK.
My parents brought us to Australia in 1970 for 2 years. We stayed. In hindsight England was grim. Childhood was defined, proscribed and the sunny moments were few.
Depends on many things. I had a great childhood in the seventies. We were not wealthy, just happy. My sister in law was carted off to Australia in 1975 as a teenager and saved up to come back alone as soon as humanly possible (i.e when she turned 18). She found it socially stifling and culturally boring. Her family settled there but it’s not for everyone.
Great interview!!! 🙏🏻🌎☮️☘️
So fun to hear you all natter.
The Royals are not needed as a tourism magnet - the French get more tourists visiting them and they severed relations with their royals decades ago.
I heard the French Aristocrats' were not happy with the situation they got mad and lost their heads.
Some 24 decades ago?
Pretending there's still an Empire.
"severed relations" is A+ word play 😂
France may get more tourists, but maybe, just maybe, the UK would get even less if went without the royal family as a tourist draw. Granted, with 60% of tourists visiting places associated with the royal family and a third listing Buckingham Palace as a must see, it's possible that quite a lot of those tourists would still visit those locations even if the royal family were to be deposed.
0:28 30…30 EMMYS (and counting)
Try going through immigration in the UK under Theresa May 2013 - that was loads of fun too...over 8000 in fees, each hurdle cost at least 1000 - then there was the ceremony with the mayor of Hillingdon bouncing around with a cap and sceptre. And having to pledge to God or the Queen - take your choice. Wow. I won't ever get over it.
the earth is one country. freedom of movement.
No, that's not how it works -- at all.
Oliver sounds so much different not using his "show" voice
Can you please interview John's wife, Kate? She sound like such an interesting person.
She’s an ambulance, I hear
@@brianr6651 I heard that, too.
@@brianr6651 what does that mean? I'm not from the US so for me an ambulance is an object 😅
@@laluna5177 exactly, that’s why it’s funny she phrased it like that. Instead of saying an EMT or paramedic
I Google'd John expecting to see if there were images of her. Our "Harry Potter" lad (John) cast a special petronus spell to land a goddess.
I lived in the North East of England in the sixties, for Christmas I got a Torch a Apple and Orange a chocolate smokers outfit and to give me something to aspire to i was given a copy of Kes.
Bleak! 😱
'Kes' was for British children as 'My Side of the Mountain' was for American children. An independent boy befriending a wild bird. My family loved both books.
@@daniellamcgee4251 I will read that book if i can find it.
As an American, I don't understand why people keep wanting to move here...our healthcare system is the worst among industrialized nations. If I was wealthy, I'd move to Norway or Germany...their healthcare systems are far superior to America's.
This is true but people like John Oliver earn huge amounts of money, so they don't worry about whether they can afford healthcare insurance in the USA.
An American are you? If you needed to depend upon the national health systems of the other countries you mention your opinion may quickly change as it comes from UA-cam & it’s ridiculously oversimplified ignorance and those who do not understand that US healthcare is delivered differently, no waiting for anything despite one’s income. And the nonsense that people don’t go to the doctor because ‘they can’t afford it.” I even hear EUs saying things like, “If I need an ambulance it’s paid for and I don’t have to worry about a bill.” Never mind that the situation is the very same in the US. But such comments do make the other countries feel all warm & fuzzy like they have something the US does not - a fever dream at best. You may get an award from some Commonwealth citizen who is more unclear than you are. I have lived all over the world and without a penny in my pocket I would choose US healthcare. US ex pats dial 1.800.USAIR when any healthcare is needed including a skinned knee. But such nonsense comments make the Commonwealth & EU feel so special over something especially on this channel.Do carry on especially after 11am when the drinking starts.
I really don't understand how the Electoral College system can overturn the votes of the people. It's such a gerrymandered system.
Gerrymandering affects the election of US Representatives, not Senators nor the President. There
are many, major problems with the EC, and even more with gerrymandering, but they're not connected.
I take your point, we just need a different word for it. 👍
Then again... its 3:30 on a Saturday, if I start thinking about how bad the system is I'm gonna start the day-drinking! 😆
I can't understand why one state can take the election. This time it's PA.
You probably need to take a Civics class because the Electoral College is built into our Constitution. It was designed to stop large states -- like New York at the time -- from dominating all the other states. Without the EC, politicians would only need to focus on California and New York while completely ignoring the rest of the country. It doesn't have anything to do with "gerrymandering".
@LG123ABC Sounds like you need to educate yourself mate...
@@LG123ABC So you just fix the states and ensure that you win the electoral college even though you lost the vote. Yes sounds a really fair system.
I read "A Kestrel for a Knave" in my English class in around 2006.
LOOOOVVVEEE John Oliver!
Re: John Oliver’s hair: 1) I love it, delightful. 2) I will never forget him saying years ago, “There is only one haircut that looks good on me and it is called The Business Judi Dench”
The British pretty much "severed" their relationship with the royal family in 1649, but it somehow regenerated after the Cromwells.
Well...? Even Aristotle said a dictatorship is worse than a monarchy.
I’m also from Bedford, so naturally I know John Oliver
Glad to have him aboard!
Great interview. Subscribed.
LOVE IT- JOHN OLIVER, BEAST OF THE WEEK‼
This was great. I know it wasn't the intention, but thanks for the laughs!
Funniest comment goes to Sam for the balloon drop. "Balloon drops are over, they're
full of sand and hurt!"😂
As someone who has lived in Sioux Falls SD, a lot of us loved you all!
The Royal Wedding was an "excuse to day drink". Wait...British people need an excuse to day drink?
Day drinking begins at 11am. Ends at 11pm. Period.
Chicago pretty crappy weather too!
Okay, you know what I would love to see John Oliver or Samantha Bee do as part of the British Commonwealth? I would LOVE to see you guys on Taskmaster.
I doubt very much they'd do a Daily Show Reunion of Jon Stewart, Steven Colbert, Steve Carell, Samantha Bee, and John Oliver because honestly, I think any one of you is a huge get. And also my American compatriots without dual citizenship are less likely to be asked. Though I can dream.
But yes, any of you being on would, I think, be hilarious.
I’ll dream with you
Delightful! Thank you.
Such a good point regarding the times prior to the UK opening up the the continent.
This was awesome! ❤️❤️❤️
Came for John, left in love with his wife.
John and Seth have a residency in Vegas?? That sounds like a guaranteed good time!
No, it's in the Beacon Theatre in NYC. They have a show there once a month. She just equated it with a Vegas one.
Everyone has great hair! Especially love yours John
Got to love Sam and Jon ❤
It's a thing that a lot of people don't get about the UK. We don't have the "great white north" sort of cold, where snow drifts 30 feet deep overnight and exposed skin gets frostbite in like 5 minutes or whatever. It's more insidious, and gradually seeps down through your flesh, into the very marrow of your bones, and kind of freeze distils hope out of your soul.
Yup! Perfect description.😂
You had no self-confidence?! I was a white gay teen in Apartheid South Africa during the start of the AIDS epidemic!
I have been watching John every Sunday that he’s been on for nearly the past decade, and I’m just now realizing what a master of metaphors this man is. The royal family is a vestigial tail that should have fallen off long ago. The man speaks and poetry comes out.
anyone else notice the "wandering wedding ring" on Johns hands? Every time his hands are visible that ring is on another finger 🙂
Channeling Les Nesman...
Sam was definitely affected by these two. She started off so positive and progressively got more and more gloomier 😂
Loved this!
I would like to institute citizenship classes in middle school. Just so the average U.S. citizen doesn't get owned by a freshly minted citizen when it comes to general U.S. knowledge.
We have but most kids don’t pay attention and teachers just pass them since the assignments are too easy. The no child left behind policy did more harm than good.
It took John a while to mention she left out Steve, but I was kinda shocked at that as well.
The United States surpassed the UK in GDP in the 1870s. But the US wasn't recognized as the world leader it still is, until The Great War (WW1) when the United States surpassed all other countries in its wartime capability.
Separate comment because this is concerning. I feel like doom stating the polls is not accurate. How many polls are focusing on under 30? It really seems to me like the reliable polls have been showing her several points ahead consistently, and the younger people are voting for her in a significant majority. Yes we should all get out and vote and make sure, NOTHING is more important. But doomcasting may have the opposite effect of encouraging people. Just a thought.
I did the opposite....American that moved to the UK....I know the stress.....happy to be done with it.....
You are spectacularly wrong about life in the UK during the 60s and 70. Kes is a book, fiction as well but beautifully portrays life in the industrial north during a time of transformation culminating in the 70s to joining Europe.
Love British immigrant comedy.. and yes Brit’s still have considerable power.. to be able to pass as expats rather than immigrants for one.. many thanks to immigrants and their contributions to America
❤🤍💙 👍 John and Sam are fantastic.
Kes was part of my school syllabus in Australia.
This was so great
My absolute Favorite wizard toucan!!!
Brilliant “All does turn to good “
When i got my Canadian passport, nobody cared.
Doesn’t matter, you knew your life was better. That’s all that’s important.
I would have passed from cardiac arrest at the ripe age of 17 if star spangled Jessica Simpson showed up to my workplace with BBQ lmao
what a great idea to marry a comedian if you have PTSD
I love how Kez goes all the way from Karl Pilkington to John Oliver.
I'm Canadian as well I was born in Comox Vancouver Island, my parents moved to Seattle Wa in 1967 when was going into 2nd grade. Spent 1st grade in Canadian school. They read the bible ( or something religious ) in 1st grade. My parents didn't attend church, neither did I.
Canadian as well. At school we sang God Save the Queen. Oliver would find that hilariously antiquated.
John’s wife sounds amazing.
I think the surprisingly gorgeous compliment was more about wondering how John got Kate. But I think it's easy to know how. She needed his humor and humanity to lean on when memories of war and back home rescues she's done get to be too much.
I love Sam and "Joliver" so much!!
You left off Aasif Mandvi, too, in your list of Daily Show alums. And Hasan Minhaj.
I love all of these people. And I really, really miss Sam's show.
Too funny. When we moved to England, we didn't realize we needed a living visa. So we showed up upon moving with literally a stacked cart with luggage. Anyone with a common sense would have asked why we had so much luggage, but alas, we sailed through and enjoyed three years of absolute bliss. Thank you England!
i miss your show Sam !!
I wish i could be be a researcher for jonhs show