fun fact about the cinderella bit: in the brothers grimm version, her step-sisters actually cut parts of their feet off, so they can fit into the slipper, and prince charming only finds out when a small bird tells him to look at the blood in the shoe. even in fairy tales, people only get caught if there's an independent third-party regulating it
she also tries to run away from the prince twice, on the third night the prince has the halls covered in pitch so she can't run away and that's how she lost the shoe. Also the birds have to tell the prince twice, because both step-sisters do the same trick. TBH not sure the prince was that great of a catch.
Fun fact: it's an allegory for virginity. The prince and Cinderella did the deed (put the foot in the shoe), so any woman who bled on the first night (had blood in the shoe if it actually fit the foot in) would by his conclusion, not be Cinderella.
The woman who said she felt like she was racing robots, Alysia Montano, once ran the 800 in a championship competition while 8.5 months pregnant. Her time was 2mins and 32 seconds. She ran it again while 5 months pregnant and her time was 2:21. Those would be strong 800 times for talented non-pregnant high school runners. Don’t worry it wasn’t dangerous for her to run while pregnant. She is incredible. Alysia Montano is and will always be a champion.
The one inaccurate thing i can feasibly claim about this piece: As a competetive swimmer, i can say with 100% certainty that *every* competetive swimmer wants a sandwich in the pool.
One of my favorite childhood memories is when my cousin dropped a bologna sandwich in the pool and my uncle sat there with the pool net trying to fish it out, and muttered "I can't believe I'm spending my Sunday trying to fish a fucking sandwich out of my pool."
I've been watching older episodes as well, and I so miss the energy of the audience. He made a Cuba Gooding Jr. joke one episode, and the audience was like 'Ohhh!', and Oliver said, "Why was that the thing in this story that upset you the most?" It was hilarious, and totally unscripted.
The guy they had playing the "athlete" is Derek Klena, a Broadway actor. Love him, but all I could wonder was: "WTF is he doing in a John Oliver video?"
There are actually people who have the blood of one DNA type and the rest of their body of another DNA type due to two twins fusing, but they are ridiculously rare. They throw cops for a loop.
i think this can also happen in a different way with bone marrow transplants. the dna of the transplant can be found in the blood and can show up in tests. i doubt many pro athletes need bone marrow transplants but it is definetly a way to have 2 dna strains in your blood.
@lil kfo if they said "my fitness goals tbh", you wouldn't give a damn. no one cares if they work out either, they're just making a normal reply to a comment they liked. real irritating that trans people exist and are able to speak their mind, i know. also, is that a phrasing mistake or have you assumed i am trans? it intrigues me.
2:49 the complete story of the 1904 Olympic marathon was even crazier. The road was unpaved, leaving many runners inhaling dust every time they took a breath. There were only *2 water stations for the entire 25.4 miles (41 km) course* because the organiser secretly wanted to see what dehydration does to the human body. The guy who rode for 11 miles in a car was Fred Lorz. He won the race, and was just about to be given the gold medal by Alice Roosevelt (daughter to then-president Teddy Roosevelt) before being exposed as a cheat. He then said that he did it as a joke and was banned from professional marathon for a year. Another one of the runner was Thomas Hicks. He was given egg whites, brandy, and strychnine (rat poison, but can be used as a stimulant in miniscule doses) by his trainer who was riding beside him. He ended up so exhausted after inhaling all the dust he had to be carried across the finish line by his team and could have died had he not received immediate medical attention. Relevant to this topic, *Hicks was the first known instance of doping in modern Olympic history.*
Didn’t another guy (or maybe one already mentioned) get chased off course by dogs? All at one marathon 😕 Edit: removed something someone else already said
It should be one were *All* drugs are allowed, including LSD. It would be fun to watch who is the first to climb the flagpole during the 4000 m race =P
Okay, that Montano chick's story? That feels VERY slanted. She came in 5th in her chosen event. *5th*. I get it that the Russian athlete that won was doping, but the way they portrayed that human interest story, everybody that passed her was doping and she alone was doing the right thing. That's dishonest as hell.
but if the 4 that passed her all have been caught doping, wouldnt that be the truth... the way i understood it, all 4 had been doping and caught doing it...
the 3rd place runner (also russian) is getting a lifetime ban for doping along with the winner. so yeah, she woulda gotten a bronze at least. and not for nothing, but there was a 3rd russian in that race who was also later disqualified for doping.
well, technically some people are genetically and biologically doped, so why stop doping? If everyone is at the pinnacle of what is biologically possible, it would be totally up to skill rather than genetic and biological differences
That's the point, but an interesting fact is that the genetic advantage for africans or people of african origin is that since the human race originated in africa, in the continent you can find more genetic diversity
Perché dovrei essere razzista scusa, è la verità che se due atleti sono allo stesso livello di tecnica, ma uno ha un vantaggio genetico, come avere naturalmente più testosterone nel sangue, o dei polmoni più grandi, o un senso dell'equilibrio più spiccato e preciso, quello avrà un vantaggio. Certo, un atleta non può basarsi solo su quel vantaggio per vincere, ma è un aiuto. Tra l'altro non ho mai detto che fosse un vantaggio razziale ma GENETICO, e che visto che l'uomo origina dall'africa, lì è presente più varietà genetica.
Why can't people fathom the idea that fans already know they will like the video? It shouldn't be surprising to see Likes so soon. Now with dislikes, you must be very jaded.
Please. I once worked by a man named Richard Head. He was either clueless or defiant because his son was Richard Head Jr. Incidentally, both nice guys.
On a more serious note, I feel horrible for athletes who genuinely work their asses off to become the best, and they lose to folks that cheat by doping.
Therese Johaug (a Norwegian cross country skier) got "the wrong kind of lip balm by accident" (despite the lip balm having a massive label on it that says it's considered doping). That's aside from over 90% of the Norwegian skiing team having asthma... They just obviously went and picked the sickliest people who have the most trouble breathing for this demanding endurance sport, and they need to use asthma medicine, which would otherwise be a doping infraction if it weren't for their condition...
4:15 I drive a Cube. They're actually kinda fun to drive & decently roomy but damn is he right. They're about as unsexy as a minivan who cup holders are filled with half empty baggies of Cheerios.
I work as a caregiver for the elderly...and that car honestly feels less sexual than I do after 8 hours of daipers and old people, if anything its the perfect car for teenage drivers! That car kills hormones!
Alysia Montaño is amazing. The fact she was able to compete against all this is inspiring. It reminds me of Jackie Joyner-Kersee who is also inspiring as well.
Daniel Mocsny Well I guess but that could take a while. And wouldn't a larger amount of water in the blatter maybe thin out the drugs so it's harder to detect or something? Seems very inconvenient xD
It happened to me during the process of getting hired in my first job. A woman had to be there, as well. I did it, though, after four hours and three bottles of water.
Meh. If it's such a big deal, just permanently ban the athletes caught doping. If that doesn't stop people, then nothing will and you may as well just let it happen.
Not if athletes were permanently banned. The issue at the moment is that these people only get temporarily suspended so it is worth it to continue doing it or to at least try it until you get caught.
I don't think you understand just how easy it is to get away with steroids or doping. If you simply follow a coach's orders and take the right doses at the right times with masking agents, it's literally impossible to be caught. And better yet, if you know when tests are coming, which athletes often do, you can take doses putting you well over what's physiologically possible without worrying about being caught because of the short detection time of many drugs. And some newer drugs don't even have reliable testing. For these reasons, doping and steroids have become a standard at the top level of competition, it's just the stupid or careless that get caught.
Okay dude if it's so easy to get away with it all the more reason those caught should be forever banned. Not only are they doping, but they are apparently too fucking stupid to get away with something that is supposedly very easy.
2:50 This does not scratch the surface of the 1904 marathon. It was 100+ degrees out, there were only 14 or so finishers of the pool of 41, and the winner was given rat poison and brandy in the middle of the race.
IMHO, The Olympics is an outdated concept. Other than those mentioned by Mr.Oliver (NBC, sponsors etc) who actually benefits from the Olympics? This event actually financially ruins a city. Look at Athens and now look at what is happening to Rio. If we look back to say the Seoul Olympics of 1988, it was a spectacular event because the world back then was a 'larger' place. We got to see people from different cultures come together and compete. Plus there was really nothing else to watch on TV. Nowadays, we could be having lunch with a mate from Sydney and dinner with someone from Singapore. No big deal. In fact, FIFA puts on a much better show with the World Cup (sorry John) and so does UEFA with the Euro Cup. I think the concept of the Olympics needs a rethink for the 21st century. Maybe the financial burden of hosting the event should not fall on just one city. Just my 2 cents....
winter olympics still help citys look at utah. they built great buldings that are still used by the colleges today and they built transpertation systum that has been so succesfull it has grown 10 fold and covers many citys. it is honestly the best city transite i have ever used and its cheep.
Thanks for sharing. I'm happy to hear about Utah. However, in some cities, e.g. Sochi (Russia) where the venues were never built to standard in the first place and are now unused white elephants.
+Reko Sri the issue seems to stem from weather the people in power and control of building and designs care more about looking great or acting improving things. nothing at the Utah ones were that crazy over the top. the docks was using the money to improve the city not to impress china
Could we have a video on the importance of the Olympics, or organized sports in General? What benefit does society gain by having athletes from all over world meeting up in an appointed country, who had to spend millions of dollars just on the stadiums and infrastructure alone to host these events? Not to mention the controversy about how these countries bid to host the games. Not to mention the millions of dollars spent by the competing countries on athlete training, gear, and matching uniforms. I suppose people will say that it's all done in the name of some nebulous ideal like nationalistic pride or the joy of the game, but surely there are better ways to celebrate your country than saying that an athlete from your nation jumped higher than anyone else or ran faster than anyone else in a given year.
In my opinion, we should hold the Olympics on some sort of Jurastic Park type island with a massive thunderdome structure in the middle with bleachers all around the inside.
that "twins body absorbed into him thing" is (for real) a quirky explanation for a real thing. Twin-twin syndrome can lead to one twin dying and getting degraded inside the mothers womb while the other survives. The other twin doesn't absorb anything, however, and would anyway have the same blood type xD
The twin that absorbs the other can actually wind up with duel blood cell populations. Basically two blood types. This kinda requires a lot of things to happen for duel blood types to occur, so the athlete is probably lying.
@@partlycloudy7707 indeed. It's a poor excuse because it is pretty easily (dis)provable, since the two embryos would necessarily share a mother, that relationship would be detectable by genetic analysis.
@@partlycloudy7707 The athlete was indeed lying. He eventually struck a deal with USADA to help expose Lance Armstrong, and became somewhat of an antidoping advocate.
Pity about the Russian athletes. That's some bad shot. Also are there any major clean sprinters from the US at all? You got Flo-Jo, Marion Jones, Carl Lewis, Tyson Gay, Maurice Greene, Justin Gatlin, all dirty.
It would make sense that the top athletes were the one's doping up and outperforming the others, so any legitimate athletes would likely be far behind those that doped.
3:00 There is actually a lot more craziness to this marathon race than just one dude take a ride on a car. First off, unlike today's marathons, not every part of the course was being filmed or easily kept tracked of (which should be obvious, since, you know, SOMEONE TOOK A RIDE IN A CAR). The event's judges rode in their own cars in front of an behind the runners, which created dust clouds that didn't do wonder on the runner's lungs. That, combined with the extreme heat of the area, meant that about HALF of the participants collapsed and were unable to finish at all. The guy who rode in the car, Fred Lorz, actually only stopped his automotive assitance because the car broke down. The next man over the finish line, Thomas Hicks, had actually been doped up on strychnine sulfate, I.E. RAT POISON. Thomas was declared the winner of the race, and immediately collapsed. If the medics hadn't been right there, Thomas would've likely died. However, he wasn't disqualified because doping up on rat poison wasn't actually illegal. A Cuban postman and two Africans apart of some travelling racist sideshow also decided to unofficially join the race as well.
Some day when I become super wealthy, I'm going to start my own Olympics where doping is 100% legal. A lot of people will die, but it will sure make for entertaining television!
Most sports are only watched for accidents anyway. Who the fuck wants to see guys driving around in a circle for a few hours? People want them to crash and burn.
Love this John Oliver. Thank you for bringing not just state-sponsored doping but also the commercial doping as seen in pro-cycling. Not in Russia (alone). And hope Russia isn't completely banned!
biostarkick7 I actually thought it was amazing. But oh... John Oliver cannot be wrong... :D I loved Daniel Radcliffe in it. He played the rich guy from the first movie (the guy they stole all the money from)'s "son" (someone he had taken care off and had become like a son). It was pretty intense. The funniest part was probably Woody Harrelson, who not only played his character role, but also his own "twin". Pretty damn funny ;)
Cutting off their heel and their toes, right? It's unrelated, but when I was a kid I watched an anime adaptation of Cinderella that in general pretty PG, but near the climax when the stepsisters failed the shoe fitting test, the stepmom referenced the original story when she shouted "Do I have to cut you two's toes off?"
At this point, after countless scandals none of this surprises me. Micro-doping, precise dope cycling, and wide testing margins and the prevalence of the act means that if you want to get ANYWHERE in your sport, you have to dope and if you don't you will be the outcast of your sporting community. Dick Pound was right, people would much rather have their iconic Heroes of Sport™ that they can plaster on Wheaties boxes and posters and commercials then actually root out these people. A sad state of sports indeed.
+Rinoa Super-Genius Have seen side effects of doping up, compared to hard work and exercise. it's no contest which is more dangerous and shouldn't be encouraged.And yes its cheating no matter how you look at it.
if you promote doping you basically making it competetive about the money because doping is expensive and those who get the better stuff get better and those who can't either drop out or never get a chance to compete for the top.
I work for an enforcement agency and sometimes I have to wait lawyers outside the bathroom when then come to deliver leniency statements... I now see some have it far worse.
People should be very sceptical of this show. No mention of TPP for two years and a lot of cherry picking/oversimplifications in other stories. It still has its value but I watch it with a pinch of salt now.
i think you misunderstand the place last week tonight holds. it isn't the daily show, it has always either tackled topics that don't get great limelight or the big topics purely for the purpose of simple explanation rather than updating journalism
Oh, that's what Cinderellas sisters did... I mean they didn't take drugs but they cut off their heel and their toes in order to fit the shoe and the Prince kinda fell for it.
at 4:40 all I could think is "whoever videotaped this, thank you so much for doing so. this is gold. Also, shout out to the cameraman for not dying of laughter."
I personally prefer him to be hosting this show as the daily show is ,hence the name, daily and is less funny and taken up by boring interviews with random people that no one really cares to watch. Last week tonight has less episodes airing but the episodes that do air are hilarious and very well thought out. My opinion by the way.
My and my Hamilton obsession is a problem because at 8:26 when he’s talking about being “Schuyler Hamilton” I thought of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton and I am DONE WITH MYSELF.
fun fact about the cinderella bit: in the brothers grimm version, her step-sisters actually cut parts of their feet off, so they can fit into the slipper, and prince charming only finds out when a small bird tells him to look at the blood in the shoe. even in fairy tales, people only get caught if there's an independent third-party regulating it
she also tries to run away from the prince twice, on the third night the prince has the halls covered in pitch so she can't run away and that's how she lost the shoe.
Also the birds have to tell the prince twice, because both step-sisters do the same trick. TBH not sure the prince was that great of a catch.
Fun fact: it's an allegory for virginity.
The prince and Cinderella did the deed (put the foot in the shoe), so any woman who bled on the first night (had blood in the shoe if it actually fit the foot in) would by his conclusion, not be Cinderella.
Fun Fact: The main guy in the parody at the end is Derek Klena. He's on Broadway right now in Anastasia. Super talented guy.
lucastarks I like him
Right now?
Or right now?
his last show is this sunday :(
AHHHH, I thought he looked like Klena! I just wasn't positive! Thanks for affirming this!
The woman who said she felt like she was racing robots, Alysia Montano, once ran the 800 in a championship competition while 8.5 months pregnant. Her time was 2mins and 32 seconds. She ran it again while 5 months pregnant and her time was 2:21. Those would be strong 800 times for talented non-pregnant high school runners. Don’t worry it wasn’t dangerous for her to run while pregnant. She is incredible. Alysia Montano is and will always be a champion.
The one inaccurate thing i can feasibly claim about this piece:
As a competetive swimmer, i can say with 100% certainty that *every* competetive swimmer wants a sandwich in the pool.
DESGUSTEN
One of my favorite childhood memories is when my cousin dropped a bologna sandwich in the pool and my uncle sat there with the pool net trying to fish it out, and muttered "I can't believe I'm spending my Sunday trying to fish a fucking sandwich out of my pool."
@@morgancarmichael2386 I was drinking! I almost spat it out onto my phone from laughing! Please add a warning!
Yes!!! I have eaten poolside. When you pretty much live in a pool, your mind starts sounding like seagulls from Finding Nemo.
For some reason, lightly Chlorinated sandwiches post event just hit different
I love John Oliver because he knows the simple rule for getting to the bottom of every single issue: follow the money.
The look on that tester's face is so priceless
That is the face of a piss sniffer.
Adam Smith no, that is the face of a man who could find literally no other job.
It's amazing, he's a 0 on the gay scale and managed to find the only job in existance where that's a real problem.
Lmao I used to maintain direct eye contact when I would have random UAs in the army. They always got uncomfortable, it was great.
:I
Racing Against Robots sounds like a cool band name.
lets make a band then. druma
papdi?
guitar
I wanna sing #cracpipes lol
Is it too late too get in on this
I'm rewatching this during quarantine and hearing the audience laugh threw me off for a bit.
Same here
Same though this is my first time watching. When things first came out my 12 year old self had no idea what was going on lmao.
@Johnson Jamse if done right, you can mitigate most of the damage.
I've been watching older episodes as well, and I so miss the energy of the audience. He made a Cuba Gooding Jr. joke one episode, and the audience was like 'Ohhh!', and Oliver said, "Why was that the thing in this story that upset you the most?" It was hilarious, and totally unscripted.
28.02.2021. Still in Quarantine, regards from Germany. 😁
Well then, now I want to see the "Hot Pocket" episode of Top Chef.
It would be magical. Also, everyone must be high.
+Ollie Langdon I watch your videos!
I would watch the shit out of that even if I was on my death bed.
I think that John Oliver just gave them the idea for a new season. Top Chef: Hot Pockets.
They should have the chefs one episode make a gourmet hand-prepared Hot Pocket to reference this.
The guy they had playing the "athlete" is Derek Klena, a Broadway actor. Love him, but all I could wonder was: "WTF is he doing in a John Oliver video?"
Thank you miranda i love you! lol. Derek is very attractive 💋
Answer: acting. Aka his job.
I wanted to see Regis Philbin appear when he was mentioned during that ad parody.
MAKING MONEY
I thought he looked familiar! Thanks for saying who it was.
*The Olympics - world's greatest science fair for applied organic chemistry*
_[Note: There's also a cute little sideshow with brawny people]_
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That Putin joke hits much harder now
Fr 😂
Truely does. This aged like wine
I just saw this, and when I heard the Putin joke I was gonna comment the same thing. Then I saw your comment. 😆
@@danieldp1931 we are brothers now
Looking back on these old episodes, things certainly do hit differently today
There are actually people who have the blood of one DNA type and the rest of their body of another DNA type due to two twins fusing, but they are ridiculously rare. They throw cops for a loop.
"Today's sophisticated DNA techniques are not subject to the same fallibility" www.biography.com/people/andrei-chikatilo-17169648
i think this can also happen in a different way with bone marrow transplants. the dna of the transplant can be found in the blood and can show up in tests. i doubt many pro athletes need bone marrow transplants but it is definetly a way to have 2 dna strains in your blood.
Don't twins have the same DNA though?
@@coalblooded Not fraternal twins as they are 2 separate eggs
@@Unknownsoldier740 Ahh, good point, forgot about those ones lol
Beware the MAFIFA
It was sincerely funny when it made him remember about FIFA which got him instantly frustrated..
M who cares A ? And FIFA yayty
That's right, MAFIFA 3 is coming out.
+Louis Pre-order one now in the nearest syndicate.
@@FeyTheBin lol
"Be better than God intended!"
OK, that's my new personal motto.
I prefer, “if you ain’t sinning at least a little, god died for nothing.”
@lil kfo
oh boohoo, so sorry you had to read the completely ordinary words of a trans person minding their own business
@lil kfo
if they said "my fitness goals tbh", you wouldn't give a damn. no one cares if they work out either, they're just making a normal reply to a comment they liked. real irritating that trans people exist and are able to speak their mind, i know.
also, is that a phrasing mistake or have you assumed i am trans? it intrigues me.
Exceed expectations is still my favorite, because it could be good or bad
The look on that tester's face is so priceless
2:49 the complete story of the 1904 Olympic marathon was even crazier. The road was unpaved, leaving many runners inhaling dust every time they took a breath. There were only *2 water stations for the entire 25.4 miles (41 km) course* because the organiser secretly wanted to see what dehydration does to the human body.
The guy who rode for 11 miles in a car was Fred Lorz. He won the race, and was just about to be given the gold medal by Alice Roosevelt (daughter to then-president Teddy Roosevelt) before being exposed as a cheat. He then said that he did it as a joke and was banned from professional marathon for a year.
Another one of the runner was Thomas Hicks. He was given egg whites, brandy, and strychnine (rat poison, but can be used as a stimulant in miniscule doses) by his trainer who was riding beside him. He ended up so exhausted after inhaling all the dust he had to be carried across the finish line by his team and could have died had he not received immediate medical attention. Relevant to this topic, *Hicks was the first known instance of doping in modern Olympic history.*
Jon Bois moment
Another guy hadn't eaten for like 10 hours, ate weird apples off the track, fainted, and got 3rd place. WOW
Didn’t another guy (or maybe one already mentioned) get chased off course by dogs? All at one marathon 😕
Edit: removed something someone else already said
@@theheathbar123 that's what I said. (the second part)
Also, ua-cam.com/video/myM5SY1mHoA/v-deo.html&ab
As a swimmer, THERE IS NOTHING BETTER THAN DELIVERED FOOD TO THE POOL AFTER A WORKOUT
Sandwiches especially were nice!
I love the taste of chlorinated bread ༼ ºل͟º ༽
Hi I guess after practice, everything was chlorinated... You just kinda get used to it.
+LeiosOS ...it just became the ordinary. Now anything without chlorine tastes bland.
Ivan cheung haha, yeah. Not smelling chlorine all the time was also a weird experience.
Please do a brexit follow up soon, I'm American but very concerned with what's happening over there right now
Have any links for the people who don't have ("legal") access to it?
+TheICombaticon it's on youtube
+TheICombaticon Type this John Oliver UK votes to leave eu
Much obliged
stop listening to the main steam media. john oliver and all the other late night talk show hosts are the most dishonest people on this planet
They need to make an Olympics for athletes who use steroids.
Haha nice idea
SNL skit back in the 70's
That's just the normal Olympics.
Aside from the friends and families of the athletes, who would watch the Non-Steroid Olympics?
It should be one were *All* drugs are allowed, including LSD. It would be fun to watch who is the first to climb the flagpole during the 4000 m race =P
A new one for imaginative explanations: A figure skater drinking out of the same glass as her grandfather who takes heart medication. Sure.
Does he dissolve the medication in the glass or does she expect the committee to develop a sudden irrational belief in homeopathy?
I say NAY to you, circadian rhythm! John Oliver is here.
While we're here, remember to say no to chlorophyll supplements.
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Ever since UA-cam was invented, I’ve had no circadian rhythm.
Okay, that Montano chick's story? That feels VERY slanted. She came in 5th in her chosen event. *5th*. I get it that the Russian athlete that won was doping, but the way they portrayed that human interest story, everybody that passed her was doping and she alone was doing the right thing.
That's dishonest as hell.
Precisely the reason to question her slander of Maranova.
She was saying that everyone that beat her was doping. Not just the Russians.
all the doped up athletes just hang with the group and sprint at the end not to raise suspicions ..........u're just 2 stupid 2 get that by yourself
but if the 4 that passed her all have been caught doping, wouldnt that be the truth... the way i understood it, all 4 had been doping and caught doing it...
the 3rd place runner (also russian) is getting a lifetime ban for doping along with the winner. so yeah, she woulda gotten a bronze at least. and not for nothing, but there was a 3rd russian in that race who was also later disqualified for doping.
I was about to go to sleep, but then I got a notification...
I was going to comment this exact same comment, but then I scrolled down...
+Austin Duffy I've commented the exact same thing on most of his recent videos lol, gotta be quick.
😊😊😊😊
It's morning for me.
I just woke up at 1:30 because I was hungry.
"Another time, I got Regis Philbin to scream into a jar and had him inhale it."
That fucking killed me xD .
My solution is simple, we let actual robots compete with athletes.
+MyShreddedSanity
Better yet, why don't we just make Real Steel?
well, technically some people are genetically and biologically doped, so why stop doping? If everyone is at the pinnacle of what is biologically possible, it would be totally up to skill rather than genetic and biological differences
+Matteo Del Gallo of course, have some medical oversight so that the athletes don't keel over and die of overdose
That's the point, but an interesting fact is that the genetic advantage for africans or people of african origin is that since the human race originated in africa, in the continent you can find more genetic diversity
Perché dovrei essere razzista scusa, è la verità che se due atleti sono allo stesso livello di tecnica, ma uno ha un vantaggio genetico, come avere naturalmente più testosterone nel sangue, o dei polmoni più grandi, o un senso dell'equilibrio più spiccato e preciso, quello avrà un vantaggio. Certo, un atleta non può basarsi solo su quel vantaggio per vincere, ma è un aiuto. Tra l'altro non ho mai detto che fosse un vantaggio razziale ma GENETICO, e che visto che l'uomo origina dall'africa, lì è presente più varietà genetica.
You know it's a John Oliver video when there are likes when it was uploaded before the videos length.
Or you know, maybe some people just watched his segment on HBO already.
Maybe, but it's also likely that many just liked upon opening the video. He's that awesome, after all! People go in knowing it will be good! :p
You also know when you see his name in the title and him in the thumbnail
#SkylerHamiltonLives
Why can't people fathom the idea that fans already know they will like the video? It shouldn't be surprising to see Likes so soon. Now with dislikes, you must be very jaded.
You know someone cares about their message when a 20 minute UA-cam video doesn't have any ads. So rare, so inspirational, I could cry.
Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Pound, it's a boy! Did you choose a name? Father: Honey, I got this! 🤣
*D I C K P O U N D*
At least it is not Pound Dick.
@@hamydunn9183 It was if he served in the military. Private Pound, Dick.
@@hamydunn9183 it is backwards though!!!
Please. I once worked by a man named Richard Head. He was either clueless or defiant because his son was Richard Head Jr. Incidentally, both nice guys.
On a more serious note, I feel horrible for athletes who genuinely work their asses off to become the best, and they lose to folks that cheat by doping.
Justin Gatlin's excuse for doping: "A disgruntled masseuse rubbed steroid cream on me."
Up the Irons mate
Therese Johaug (a Norwegian cross country skier) got "the wrong kind of lip balm by accident" (despite the lip balm having a massive label on it that says it's considered doping).
That's aside from over 90% of the Norwegian skiing team having asthma... They just obviously went and picked the sickliest people who have the most trouble breathing for this demanding endurance sport, and they need to use asthma medicine, which would otherwise be a doping infraction if it weren't for their condition...
4:15 I drive a Cube. They're actually kinda fun to drive & decently roomy but damn is he right. They're about as unsexy as a minivan who cup holders are filled with half empty baggies of Cheerios.
Lol dad life
I work as a caregiver for the elderly...and that car honestly feels less sexual than I do after 8 hours of daipers and old people, if anything its the perfect car for teenage drivers! That car kills hormones!
You’ve inspired me to buy one after I get my license, cheers
Many things are fun without being sexy.
I would have lots of fun in a cube.
Orgasm, though? More difficult.
Like. Both can be true, as you made clear.
Alysia Montaño is amazing. The fact she was able to compete against all this is inspiring. It reminds me of Jackie Joyner-Kersee who is also inspiring as well.
What if you're one of those people who can't pee when somebody is watching? Automatic disqualification or something?
You just keep drinking fluids until either you overcome your shyness or your bladder explodes.
Daniel Mocsny Well I guess but that could take a while. And wouldn't a larger amount of water in the blatter maybe thin out the drugs so it's harder to detect or something? Seems very inconvenient xD
It happened to me during the process of getting hired in my first job. A woman had to be there, as well. I did it, though, after four hours and three bottles of water.
+Dew PM for what Job do you have to do a drug test?
It was a call center. In my country it's not illegal to make HIV and drug test to potential employees.
Just realized Brandon Schmidt's initials are B. S.
'the most powerful drug of all.....LOVE (CRACK).....'
'the most powerful drug of all.....LOVE (CRACK).....'
Jason Chatham : WAIT TILL U GET SICK 😷 .!!!!!! . ⚰️😳💔.....
I thought he'd say sugar.
@I. Wynn Wynn ima call bullshit on that chief.
Wish my name was Dick Pound. Sounds manly.
Sounds like where they put the dicks no one wants
It'd be interesting if such a pound existed, then I could get a new dick.
I met a guy named Dick Power's, now that was a real dick of a douchebag.
brother
Why are you guys talking about dicks/ No that there's anything wrong with that...hmmm porn name?
Meh. If it's such a big deal, just permanently ban the athletes caught doping.
If that doesn't stop people, then nothing will and you may as well just let it happen.
Due to low risk of getting caught it's still worth doping for the chance of big money & fame
Not if athletes were permanently banned. The issue at the moment is that these people only get temporarily suspended so it is worth it to continue doing it or to at least try it until you get caught.
I don't think you understand just how easy it is to get away with steroids or doping. If you simply follow a coach's orders and take the right doses at the right times with masking agents, it's literally impossible to be caught. And better yet, if you know when tests are coming, which athletes often do, you can take doses putting you well over what's physiologically possible without worrying about being caught because of the short detection time of many drugs. And some newer drugs don't even have reliable testing. For these reasons, doping and steroids have become a standard at the top level of competition, it's just the stupid or careless that get caught.
Okay dude if it's so easy to get away with it all the more reason those caught should be forever banned. Not only are they doping, but they are apparently too fucking stupid to get away with something that is supposedly very easy.
+Nick Panchakg b
2:50
This does not scratch the surface of the 1904 marathon. It was 100+ degrees out, there were only 14 or so finishers of the pool of 41, and the winner was given rat poison and brandy in the middle of the race.
That is wild!
Yeah I saw the Jon Bois video about that too
IN THE MIDDLE?!
I was expecting a piece on Brexit.
He talked at length about it in the full episode.
In the piece about doping? You are a special one.
You realize this isn't the entire episode, right?
Yeah I saw the piece on Brexit now. Thanks.
www.ew.com/article/2016/06/27/john-oliver-brexit-vote-last-week-tonight
10:00 Ironically, where I live, "Araf" means "slow".
It means "Crap" where I live :D
and WADA in hindi means promise ...
It means "I know" in Arabic
Mohammad Ebrahim "A'ref" in Arabic not "Araf"
Welsh gang
If I'm not wrong the 1904 Olympic race was the best one. So many shenanigans...
Can't believe he didn't mention the fact that the winner of the race was high on rat poison lol
18:45 that was one hell of a line for the actor to deliver
IMHO, The Olympics is an outdated concept. Other than those mentioned by Mr.Oliver (NBC, sponsors etc) who actually benefits from the Olympics? This event actually financially ruins a city. Look at Athens and now look at what is happening to Rio. If we look back to say the Seoul Olympics of 1988, it was a spectacular event because the world back then was a 'larger' place. We got to see people from different cultures come together and compete. Plus there was really nothing else to watch on TV. Nowadays, we could be having lunch with a mate from Sydney and dinner with someone from Singapore. No big deal. In fact, FIFA puts on a much better show with the World Cup (sorry John) and so does UEFA with the Euro Cup. I think the concept of the Olympics needs a rethink for the 21st century. Maybe the financial burden of hosting the event should not fall on just one city. Just my 2 cents....
I stopped caring about the Olympics after 2000. I really loved playing Sydney 2000 on the Dreamcast. haha
winter olympics still help citys look at utah. they built great buldings that are still used by the colleges today and they built transpertation systum that has been so succesfull it has grown 10 fold and covers many citys. it is honestly the best city transite i have ever used and its cheep.
Thanks for sharing. I'm happy to hear about Utah. However, in some cities, e.g. Sochi (Russia) where the venues were never built to standard in the first place and are now unused white elephants.
+Reko Sri the issue seems to stem from weather the people in power and control of building and designs care more about looking great or acting improving things. nothing at the Utah ones were that crazy over the top. the docks was using the money to improve the city not to impress china
The Olympics haven't been interesting since the end of the cold war, imo.
Could we have a video on the importance of the Olympics, or organized sports in General? What benefit does society gain by having athletes from all over world meeting up in an appointed country, who had to spend millions of dollars just on the stadiums and infrastructure alone to host these events? Not to mention the controversy about how these countries bid to host the games. Not to mention the millions of dollars spent by the competing countries on athlete training, gear, and matching uniforms. I suppose people will say that it's all done in the name of some nebulous ideal like nationalistic pride or the joy of the game, but surely there are better ways to celebrate your country than saying that an athlete from your nation jumped higher than anyone else or ran faster than anyone else in a given year.
In my opinion, we should hold the Olympics on some sort of Jurastic Park type island with a massive thunderdome structure in the middle with bleachers all around the inside.
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It's entertaining. It's that simple a lot of us just like to see the best from each country play a game to see who's best.
If that really is the case, why should countries spend so much of taxpayer's money on something only meant for entertainment?
its for propaganda and national pride...people waste their money on far worse things like drugs and alcohol and gambling.
that "twins body absorbed into him thing" is (for real) a quirky explanation for a real thing. Twin-twin syndrome can lead to one twin dying and getting degraded inside the mothers womb while the other survives. The other twin doesn't absorb anything, however, and would anyway have the same blood type xD
The twin that absorbs the other can actually wind up with duel blood cell populations. Basically two blood types. This kinda requires a lot of things to happen for duel blood types to occur, so the athlete is probably lying.
@@partlycloudy7707 indeed. It's a poor excuse because it is pretty easily (dis)provable, since the two embryos would necessarily share a mother, that relationship would be detectable by genetic analysis.
@@partlycloudy7707 The athlete was indeed lying. He eventually struck a deal with USADA to help expose Lance Armstrong, and became somewhat of an antidoping advocate.
Really disappointed John didn't break out his "bodybuilding bro" routine at some point in this. I just love him hearing say "swole."
@13:39 With the name Dick Pound, he must have heard every joke possible.
What's the name of the cute guy who did the skit at the end?
Derek Klena
Brandon
Hot ;D
Derek Klena
thats what im saying!
I have never noticed how much John blinks.
0:54 Try and blink with him xD
Pity about the Russian athletes. That's some bad shot. Also are there any major clean sprinters from the US at all? You got Flo-Jo, Marion Jones, Carl Lewis, Tyson Gay, Maurice Greene, Justin Gatlin, all dirty.
Bad *shit
Allyson Felix comes to mind. There are certainly others that haven't been caught up in doping scandals.
havent been CAUGHT up in doping scandals
Exactly :P
It would make sense that the top athletes were the one's doping up and outperforming the others, so any legitimate athletes would likely be far behind those that doped.
"Be Better than god intended"
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That's my new motto!
I imagine roll when Dick Pound was in elementary school played out similar to the Bigus Dickus skit.
But friendship was the most powerful drug of all, last time I checked
Just like a Cinderella story - you use magic to get into places you shouldn't be in and quickly run away before the magic can be discovered.
"Get focused and get ready to pee." That's my whole life right there.
All of you commenting numbers have sad, sad lives.
True words, brother.
This is the earliest I've ever been to LWT :)
I woke up at 1:30 because I was hungry.
666th like
I have 1 penis and 2 balls.
All of you commenting All of you commenting numbers have sad, sad lives. have sad sad lives
Minor Update: Savinova was eventually disqualified and had those medals stripped from her (15:00)
3:00 There is actually a lot more craziness to this marathon race than just one dude take a ride on a car. First off, unlike today's marathons, not every part of the course was being filmed or easily kept tracked of (which should be obvious, since, you know, SOMEONE TOOK A RIDE IN A CAR). The event's judges rode in their own cars in front of an behind the runners, which created dust clouds that didn't do wonder on the runner's lungs. That, combined with the extreme heat of the area, meant that about HALF of the participants collapsed and were unable to finish at all.
The guy who rode in the car, Fred Lorz, actually only stopped his automotive assitance because the car broke down. The next man over the finish line, Thomas Hicks, had actually been doped up on strychnine sulfate, I.E. RAT POISON. Thomas was declared the winner of the race, and immediately collapsed. If the medics hadn't been right there, Thomas would've likely died. However, he wasn't disqualified because doping up on rat poison wasn't actually illegal. A Cuban postman and two Africans apart of some travelling racist sideshow also decided to unofficially join the race as well.
Some day when I become super wealthy, I'm going to start my own Olympics where doping is 100% legal. A lot of people will die, but it will sure make for entertaining television!
Should have Marathon death-matches. Athletes run until they DIE
Based on some ultramarathons I've read about, the fans are going to give out first!
Most sports are only watched for accidents anyway. Who the fuck wants to see guys driving around in a circle for a few hours? People want them to crash and burn.
From your comment I can confirm you won't be wealthy
Add in some genetic altering and we got something with fire.
Last time I came this early, the UK was still in the EU
they still are
How original.
+Michael Panggabean Uh, think you might've missed some big, recent news...
Modnar47 I guess you really don't understand how the EU referendum, and process to leave the eu work.
leaving EU takes like a year. Its not like UK's dick was in Eu vagina and they just pulled.
There is still a lot of legal work
I laughed so hard at that vanished twin excuse, I needed my inhaler
"I am so pro steroids it's ridiculous" A very true quote from the great Bill Burr
This is one dope video.
Love this John Oliver. Thank you for bringing not just state-sponsored doping but also the commercial doping as seen in pro-cycling. Not in Russia (alone). And hope Russia isn't completely banned!
That Now You See Me 2 bit is charmingly funny
The feeling when you're watching this, ACTUALLY having went to go see Now You See Me 2 :(
So... was it any good?
biostarkick7 I actually thought it was amazing. But oh... John Oliver cannot be wrong... :D I loved Daniel Radcliffe in it. He played the rich guy from the first movie (the guy they stole all the money from)'s "son" (someone he had taken care off and had become like a son). It was pretty intense. The funniest part was probably Woody Harrelson, who not only played his character role, but also his own "twin". Pretty damn funny ;)
biostarkick7 it was terrible
I loved it.
*having gone...
The Boys had a whole season basically dedicated to this topic
20:06 IE literally the thing Cinderella's sisters did in the original German story, except their method was a lot more dangerous than taking pills.
Cutting off their heel and their toes, right?
It's unrelated, but when I was a kid I watched an anime adaptation of Cinderella that in general pretty PG, but near the climax when the stepsisters failed the shoe fitting test, the stepmom referenced the original story when she shouted "Do I have to cut you two's toes off?"
and now for my daily 'feel like a dumbass' moment: this whole time i thought "Virginia Slims" was a type of beef jerky
😂
16:56 - 17:02 and it's still rings true
At this point, after countless scandals none of this surprises me. Micro-doping, precise dope cycling, and wide testing margins and the prevalence of the act means that if you want to get ANYWHERE in your sport, you have to dope and if you don't you will be the outcast of your sporting community. Dick Pound was right, people would much rather have their iconic Heroes of Sport™ that they can plaster on Wheaties boxes and posters and commercials then actually root out these people. A sad state of sports indeed.
The part about the British "asthmatics" was the best...
Do people still care about doping in sports? I know i don't.
ECH
ECH!
+Taco go home Jon, you're drunk
No I don't
+Skippy Doo I love your comment
i really dont care about sports, and i dont see why we dont allow doping. after all its competitive.
It's effectively cheating, not to mention extraordinarily dangerous.
Lost
and pushing yourself really hard isnt dangerous?
+Rinoa Super-Genius Have seen side effects of doping up, compared to hard work and exercise. it's no contest which is more dangerous and shouldn't be encouraged.And yes its cheating no matter how you look at it.
Because it is cheating you moron.
if you promote doping you basically making it competetive about the money because doping is expensive and those who get the better stuff get better and those who can't either drop out or never get a chance to compete for the top.
...but I like the Nissan Cube.
You monster
You have brought dishonor to your family.
Dishonor to you! Dishonor to your cow!
How......is that even possible???!!?
+slice n' dice 2016 that's how
I work for an enforcement agency and sometimes I have to wait lawyers outside the bathroom when then come to deliver leniency statements... I now see some have it far worse.
People should be very sceptical of this show. No mention of TPP for two years and a lot of cherry picking/oversimplifications in other stories. It still has its value but I watch it with a pinch of salt now.
maybe because tpp isnt even close to being in effect so it doesnt matter when you have tons of other stories going on
this seems oversimplified and cherry picked
Alot of times he goes with what is in the news cycle. TPP hasnt been in the cycle for a while.
While I get your point, as what the others have said, ^_^
it's named Last week tonight so it only goes with the flow.
i think you misunderstand the place last week tonight holds. it isn't the daily show, it has always either tackled topics that don't get great limelight or the big topics purely for the purpose of simple explanation rather than updating journalism
Oh, that's what Cinderellas sisters did... I mean they didn't take drugs but they cut off their heel and their toes in order to fit the shoe and the Prince kinda fell for it.
They hadn’t invented eyeglasses yet?
XD
the 1904 olympic marathon is way more wild than just a guy riding in a car
at 4:40 all I could think is "whoever videotaped this, thank you so much for doing so. this is gold. Also, shout out to the cameraman for not dying of laughter."
Im early so let me make a joke...
Woman's rights
And lefts.
So edgy
I'd make a mockery about the day you were born, but your mother beat me to it.
Let me make a joke... Oh wait your mom already made one
lol
Schuyler Hamilton 😂😂
hopeless...
6:13
As a Dutchie, I still cannot believe John just dissed the bikes.
I was really expecting a Segment on #Brexit today. Hopefully next week.
:)
he spent around 5 mins on it. somebody probably has it uploaded to here.
+Richard Flynn consumer uploaded it
he already did that, check his channel, it should be the video before this one.
Thanks guys. Found it. I still hope he does a more detailed analysis of it soon.
The teacher who taught me how to swim taught Micheal Phelps swimming 30 years earlier almost. Lives in Alaska now
John Oliver is my main source for news now.
This guy and his team is awesome hahaha
I love the way that John Oliver explains the news. His jokes really cut.
Don't you mean... Schuyler Hamilton?
Dodie's Ukulele HA! I see what you did there!
THE SCHUYLER SISTERS
dodie's Ukulele **Kicks door down** I caME AS SOON AS I HEARD
So much musical theater in this comment section. I’m so happy
The fact that Oliver isnt the host of the Daily Show is a crime. This needs to be corrected. I like Trevor but, Oliver is Da Man.
I personally prefer him to be hosting this show as the daily show is ,hence the name, daily and is less funny and taken up by boring interviews with random people that no one really cares to watch. Last week tonight has less episodes airing but the episodes that do air are hilarious and very well thought out.
My opinion by the way.
I understand what you're saying. The interviews on TDS can be boring.
The Brandon story at the end 🤣
This is one of the funniest episodes ever
ron james 💯
This episode aged like fine wine
Yikes, that “Putin is the worlds problem” line really came out of no where today. Freedom for Ukraine.
I just realized, “Brandon schmidt” is in jagged little pill!!
John is secretly Eliza Schuyler-Hamilton confirmed
I related so hard to the Now you see me 2 joke...serious buyer's remorse.
Enlightened and depressed, those are the two most prevalent feelings I have after most of John Oliver's videos...
Dick Pound is a Canadian Sports Hall of Fame athlete btw
But can beat Chris Hadfield!
No Brexit follow up lol, John just lost all kinds of respect... All KindZzz
He did in the full 30-minute episode. This channel only posts his main story of every episode.
If you watched this episode on TV, he addressed it before this story
He absolutely did one, but it's not uploaded to his channel yet... someone else posted it.
Hodge twins?
+MadriFilmArt 4 real what was his reaction?
My and my Hamilton obsession is a problem because at 8:26 when he’s talking about being “Schuyler Hamilton” I thought of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton and I am DONE WITH MYSELF.