S1 E19: Drones, Kansas & Afghanistan: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver

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  • Season 1, Episode 19, September 28th, 2014. John Oliver explains why the US launched an alarming number of drone strikes under President Obama and what sex toys have to do with balancing Kansas's budget, plus news from the UN, St. Louis and Afghanistan.
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  • @TheTexas1994
    @TheTexas1994 15 днів тому +169

    WELCOME TO LAST DECADE TONIGHT!

    • @ryebread4369
      @ryebread4369 6 днів тому +6

      Can we please everyone like this comment? Can this please be a running joke in the comments??

    • @anthonyslaight6721
      @anthonyslaight6721 6 днів тому

      ​@@ryebread4369 I'm on board

    • @Spacebanana-im5qt
      @Spacebanana-im5qt 4 дні тому +5

      I don't care if it's 16th Century Tonight. I'll still watch John Oliver.

    • @ZT1ST
      @ZT1ST 16 годин тому

      @@ryebread4369 I kind of want it to become a running joke in the video titles.

    • @ZT1ST
      @ZT1ST 15 годин тому

      @@Spacebanana-im5qt *Monkey paw curls* "The U.S. Supreme Court is willing to make life like the 16th Century...Tonight."

  • @TheBigBMoss
    @TheBigBMoss 17 днів тому +290

    That Donald Trump bit hit hard 😅

  • @johnchessant3012
    @johnchessant3012 17 днів тому +213

    S1 E19 (aired September 28, 2014)

  • @quantumkitty128
    @quantumkitty128 15 днів тому +72

    The fact that you guys are posting these makes me feel very appreciated tbh. They saw that one sad girl binge-watching DAYS of old Last Week Tonight clips for the serotonin of a comfort show, and you went, "Here you go. Have a little more, we see you."
    Thanks John 💜 your fellow bespectacled information junkie appreciates you.

    • @jayspeidell
      @jayspeidell 4 дні тому +1

      This is a very masochistic comfort watch but somehow it's very comfortable.

    • @quantumkitty128
      @quantumkitty128 4 дні тому

      @@jayspeidell you caught me, I'm a total masochist 🤣

    • @katherinerose7261
      @katherinerose7261 День тому +1

      Thank god im not the only person who has this as a comfort show!

  • @jmknmecrzy
    @jmknmecrzy 17 днів тому +192

    Omg I was like “Did he dye his hair?”

    • @jasonpekovitch7927
      @jasonpekovitch7927 17 днів тому +14

      I guess the S1: should have been a clue. But I was really trying to make it work too. New night cream too maybe.

    • @aaronkeet8238
      @aaronkeet8238 16 днів тому +3

      same lol!

    • @richardkeller9015
      @richardkeller9015 16 днів тому +4

      I was 10:10 in before I realized it wasn't new.

    • @nicolebogda1482
      @nicolebogda1482 15 днів тому

      Beck is a Scientologist?? 😱 I almost made a sensible comment RE: How amazing this applies to TODAY news but…Beck? I am even more shocked & hurt by that- until the Drones take me down😂

    • @majesticunicornturle
      @majesticunicornturle День тому

      I didn't realised until Obama..

  • @RogueSpectre749
    @RogueSpectre749 16 днів тому +217

    Sweet Jesus, the Donald Trump joke was eerily prescient 💀

    • @hannahdivic28
      @hannahdivic28 9 днів тому +2

      Precedent* but you also should use it in a different context :)

    • @RogueSpectre749
      @RogueSpectre749 9 днів тому +10

      @@hannahdivic28 Prescient: adjective. having prescience, or knowledge of things or events before they exist or happen; having foresight:

    • @hannahdivic28
      @hannahdivic28 9 днів тому +4

      @@RogueSpectre749 oh my goodness, I read your original comment as President 😂😂 apologies!!!

    • @PretendingToBeAHuman
      @PretendingToBeAHuman 9 днів тому +4

      I gasped out loud when I heard it. Man, that joke unfortunately aged way too well…

    • @RogueSpectre749
      @RogueSpectre749 8 днів тому +1

      @@hannahdivic28 you're good... That correction makes a lot more sense when you explain it that way 😂 but no, I'm just saying that John cursed us with that joke without even realizing lol

  • @CrAck-MoNey
    @CrAck-MoNey 17 днів тому +252

    I'm so happy they are putting up the full episodes of early work.

    • @swancorpse
      @swancorpse 17 днів тому +5

      me too bot

    • @boburanus69
      @boburanus69 17 днів тому +2

      I think there is relevance to the current news cycle. They are putting up specific episodes, looks like.

    • @nyfolkhero
      @nyfolkhero 16 днів тому +2

      @@swancorpseLMAO

    • @PokeBoy-ec5xc
      @PokeBoy-ec5xc 16 днів тому

      @@swancorpseoh no we spotted the NPC

    • @nintySW
      @nintySW 16 днів тому

      @@boburanus69 They put up all of them at the same time, you're just not getting recommended all of them.

  • @josebeteta8283
    @josebeteta8283 15 днів тому +30

    24:32 Oh no! Did they know what they were predicting?

  • @UnholyBasil
    @UnholyBasil 17 днів тому +41

    24:34 "Like Donald Trump" either aged very well or very poorly and I'm not sure I want to put in the energy to decide which it is.

    • @thewerebear1
      @thewerebear1 16 днів тому +6

      *Monkey's paw curls*

    • @danderedere
      @danderedere 11 днів тому +2

      I mean, we could say it aged like milk wine, but I'm not sure how good or bad milk wine actually is, so I'll just give you an extremely random alternative: It aged like surstromming. Rotten, smells so awful you can't open a can indoors because it will stink the entire fucking apartment complex for a bloody week, bland as hell, but for some reason still treated as a delicacy despite all of the above.

    • @strawberrymilkshake915
      @strawberrymilkshake915 6 днів тому +1

      @@danderedere brilliant!

  • @arp711
    @arp711 11 днів тому +15

    "like Donald Trump" - DAMN YOU, JOHN OLIVER.

  • @DNguyenchester
    @DNguyenchester 15 днів тому +8

    He speaks way faster than normal. I had to turn it down from x2 to x1.5. Young John Oliver is too powerful.

  • @HS-rw1fo
    @HS-rw1fo 17 днів тому +40

    Holy fuck this made me feel old as shit

    • @KtotheL
      @KtotheL 16 днів тому +1

      you are old

  • @S0P0N
    @S0P0N 14 днів тому +4

    Oh man. He looked so full of hope and energy.

  • @LydiAtheistLady
    @LydiAtheistLady 16 днів тому +24

    “Mainly wheat and tornadoes that blow away their wheat” 😂😂😂

  • @princesszoeylynn
    @princesszoeylynn 9 днів тому +4

    Thank you for uploading these older videos. It’s amazing seeing how much and how little things have changed over the years.

  • @williamwhitney7395
    @williamwhitney7395 17 днів тому +36

    When he said may the force be with you... everything was right in the world for a brief second.....
    PS. The Ayn Rand thing was brilliant.

  • @terratrox7180
    @terratrox7180 17 днів тому +46

    Hey LWT! Can you guys put the original air date for these episodes somewhere in the description or something? It'd help to know when exactly John is talking about.

  • @Mfootechargerssd82
    @Mfootechargerssd82 16 днів тому +6

    I have HBO Max but I'm almost through the entire S1. I loved him on TDS and was a fan since day 1 of this show but it's awesome to rewatch an entire season from 10 yrs ago. Depressing, but resolidifies my weird crush on John Oliver.

  • @murdermatics
    @murdermatics 17 днів тому +14

    No shit. They are uploading all of it. This show has taught me so much 😢

  • @shellylenhart6883
    @shellylenhart6883 13 днів тому +1

    I love that John Oliver takes on issues that we need to be addressed.

  • @KtotheL
    @KtotheL 16 днів тому +15

    i appreciate them posting S1 but... it fux me up lookin for the 'new' episode. THANKS JOHN OLIVER !

  • @dhn2549
    @dhn2549 17 днів тому +7

    Thank you so much for uploading all of these episodes!! Truly, it is awesome and you rock for supplying us with more humourous, good times! If I may make a suggestion: Can you please include the date they originally aired in the "more details" info section of the video? I'm sure most everyone would agree with me! That would be awesome!! Thank you again!! =)
    ✌🏼❤☯️

  • @mosaabmrad7717
    @mosaabmrad7717 16 днів тому +3

    Thank you HBO ❤❤❤

  • @nanyubusnis9397
    @nanyubusnis9397 15 днів тому +7

    I simply have to know now; what the heck are the "G","J","Q","T","U","W","Y" and "Z" words?!

    • @chuckfinley6341
      @chuckfinley6341 10 днів тому

      Gays, Jews, qanon, trump, uighers… w, y and z are pretty obvious

  • @w4439
    @w4439 17 днів тому +5

    19 "we were right then and we're right now"s in a row

  • @tee_es_bee
    @tee_es_bee 13 днів тому +2

    Thank you for releasing the entire first season from a current HBO subscriber! 🧡💛🧡

  • @GenaTrius
    @GenaTrius 17 днів тому +12

    Please add the original date released to the descriptions or something

  • @thecrippledpancake9455
    @thecrippledpancake9455 17 днів тому +28

    Are they just replaying a really old one?

    • @__Andrew
      @__Andrew 17 днів тому +18

      The entirety of season one is being put up on UA-cam. Im guessing later seasons may follow.

    • @KtotheL
      @KtotheL 16 днів тому +1

      yeah this was back BEFORE he got old.

    • @resto4life
      @resto4life 16 днів тому +4

      Took you awhile to figure that out?
      The title and picture wasn't quite enough?

    • @KtotheL
      @KtotheL 16 днів тому +1

      @@resto4life i like youre haircut tho !

    • @resto4life
      @resto4life 16 днів тому

      🥰

  • @user-cs8zc6gf6t
    @user-cs8zc6gf6t 15 днів тому

    Always relevant !!!! truly appreciate you !!!!!

  • @salvasalda
    @salvasalda 4 дні тому

    yoo they added air dates, very calendar nerd of you guys, great work, just as expected, ty for the conservation effort.

  • @lucaswintermote3329
    @lucaswintermote3329 16 днів тому

    The ayn rand bit got me sent. 😂❤

  • @RobertoArboleda
    @RobertoArboleda 2 години тому

    Oof that Ayn Rand segment aged like fine wine 🍷

  • @StefanMedici
    @StefanMedici День тому

    Crazy how current these old episodes are.

  • @nafyah_media
    @nafyah_media 11 днів тому

    thats really cool that they are incorporating live painters into the show! More Work for artists please and thank you!

  • @ashoalcraft4404
    @ashoalcraft4404 16 днів тому +3

    Not my Christian either! I'm glad John is brave enough to say what needs to be said.

  • @Guyonthecouch420
    @Guyonthecouch420 16 днів тому +1

    To be fair we do send drones over seas to weddings...... They usually take out someone just like this one did 😂😂

  • @paullees6687
    @paullees6687 14 днів тому +2

    24:25. Man. That's enough internet

  • @benzalkionium
    @benzalkionium 14 днів тому +1

    That After Dark Video store was near my first job, off Topeka Blvd and Hwy 24 in Topeka KS. Its not a Mexican restaurant, Tequilas Mexican Restaurant (520 NW Elm Row Ave, Topeka KS)

  • @ComedycopterDrake
    @ComedycopterDrake 8 днів тому

    This is a good one

  • @teddyfurstman1997
    @teddyfurstman1997 15 днів тому

    Happy that Seasons 1 - 8 and hopefully 9 - 11 seasons as well. #LastWeekTonight

  • @WanTan8888
    @WanTan8888 16 днів тому

    May the force be with you hahaha

  • @stevewindisch2882
    @stevewindisch2882 7 днів тому

    Anyone know of an update on the Kansas auction?

  • @naveen2650
    @naveen2650 16 днів тому +1

    GDF has a really good video on drones

  • @mudtaintmcgee3791
    @mudtaintmcgee3791 16 днів тому +2

    I wonder if Kansas got the tax money it was owed with John's help

  • @TheeAntiChris
    @TheeAntiChris 7 днів тому

    Thankfully, Beck is NOT a Scientologist! No really, he isn’t. 😂

  • @gemawesome7957
    @gemawesome7957 15 днів тому +1

    wow, so last week tonight used to be an accurate title? absolutely wild

  • @taxiavellaneda
    @taxiavellaneda 17 днів тому

    Emmy's should be renamed..

  • @zaghir8351
    @zaghir8351 16 днів тому +2

    Damn this episode really helps understand how targets are selected in Gaza.

  • @jeromedyson5247
    @jeromedyson5247 16 днів тому +3

    One of the most chilling things about this episode is that it predicted Trump becoming the face of the Republican Party and conservatism a full year before Trump had even announced his presidency and before anybody could have even imagined a world where Donald could actually hold any political office. Actually gives me chills.

    • @chuckfinley6341
      @chuckfinley6341 10 днів тому +1

      In the clip they showed didn’t it say something like “trumps serious presidential run”? Wouldn’t that be the exact opposite of what you just said?

  • @kamoflasche
    @kamoflasche 16 днів тому +4

    Please put the date in the new reuploads. I was so confused

  • @JamesVomit
    @JamesVomit 16 днів тому +1

    Episode 2 reported on Russia invading part of Ukraine and episode 4 talked about fighting between Israel and Gaza. So...

  • @waxandwayne
    @waxandwayne 10 днів тому

    Fact Check: Ryan Gosling is, in fact, Canadian..... gotcha Oliver!

  • @lardoram
    @lardoram 16 днів тому +1

    oh man i miss the old intro

  • @dannydaze69
    @dannydaze69 13 годин тому

    Modi is hilarious lmao may the force be with you is unhinged

  • @MrPilgrim
    @MrPilgrim 4 години тому

    7:58 Kamila Harris lol

  • @majesticunicornturle
    @majesticunicornturle День тому

    13:38 hits harder in todays climate 😢

  • @DCGreenZone
    @DCGreenZone 17 днів тому +1

    Jack Ryan showed what the program can do to someone who works in it.

  • @EZLogikal
    @EZLogikal 3 дні тому

    Oops, you just killed Ayn Rand for me.

  • @shawnheneghan4110
    @shawnheneghan4110 15 днів тому

    At least Devon was experienced

  • @Liedson9000
    @Liedson9000 День тому

    Times used to be much easier...

  • @KaitlynWaters23
    @KaitlynWaters23 17 днів тому +3

    First 🤪 love you, Mr. Oliver!!!! 🔥

    • @karalozdan4414
      @karalozdan4414 16 днів тому

      He is married!!! Wife is a gorgeous saint.

  • @crokiecrocanine1657
    @crokiecrocanine1657 13 днів тому +1

    24:23 what foreshadowing

  • @alrose8870
    @alrose8870 8 днів тому

    Drake worried about himself, now he worried that Kendrick gonna win the beef.

  • @Rice-bowl214
    @Rice-bowl214 17 днів тому

    Yes

  • @Satsujinki1973
    @Satsujinki1973 2 дні тому

    They shoulda called rhis one "Last Week Tonight with Giuseppe" and had Giuseppe host for 30 seconds before John kicks him off
    A wasted opportunity for a follow up joke.

  • @thatjeff7550
    @thatjeff7550 15 днів тому +1

    The bit about drone strikes is comically funny in 2024 when we now have armies using what looks like tiny personal drones to do kamikaze strikes on tanks, APCs, infantry, etc.

  • @Hollywood041
    @Hollywood041 5 днів тому

    It is wild going back and seeing the things that we thought were problems (minor) that became nothing and the AbSo-fucking-Lutely horrible things we saw coming, made note of, and then just ate it.

  • @lostindustries4961
    @lostindustries4961 14 днів тому

    He looks so... Optimistic.

  • @captaingraybeard
    @captaingraybeard 14 днів тому +1

    “Do not trust the American government”… well f’n duh!

  • @roberttremaine5620
    @roberttremaine5620 17 днів тому +1

    Drones + AI = Unjustified carnage. Just imagine if a foreign country used them on YOUR country!
    How would you feel about that?

  • @ninongfons
    @ninongfons 9 днів тому

    24:23 DJT oof

  • @lYoTl
    @lYoTl 16 днів тому

    We seen 80% of this or am i reading jons face that good ? Naah that face is gorgeously blank and adorable

  • @swapshots4427
    @swapshots4427 4 дні тому

    Damn near cried thinking of how, and why I have had deep disdain for USA since I first listened to Cronkite in 60s "and that's the way it was" after a litany of American atrocities.
    And I was a preteen Canadian.
    Imagine Yemenese or pakistani or afghan. Iraq,...(ygti), kid

  • @OkaruEXE
    @OkaruEXE 14 днів тому +1

    Well, that Donald Trump line certainly aged finely...

  • @timharris3292
    @timharris3292 4 дні тому

    Well, the Hamid Karzai bit aged like milk.

  • @Marvelomarv
    @Marvelomarv День тому

    What the hell were most of those letter words??

  • @edwardroche2480
    @edwardroche2480 17 днів тому +3

    Drones have no conscience. Can a president be charged with murder for a botched drone attack

    • @victorpradha9946
      @victorpradha9946 17 днів тому +2

      Here's the three part test for THAT issue: 1) Was the action undertaken to defend/protect/safeguard the United States, its citizens, its military personnel and/or assets germane to the cohesive, orderly function of the United States. If YES, proceed to factor#2. 2) Was the action taken to render neutral or inert an identified threat pursuant to factor#1. IF yes, proceed to factor#3. 3) Was the action designed to benefit the government of the United States from a threat or harm and NOT for the benefit of personal gain, enhancement of the power of the Office of POTUS or the individual in that Office. ONLY if the answer is YES to all three factors should a POTUS enjoy any degree of immunity from criminal prosecution.
      IF the answer is NO to any one of those factors, then I believe it is fair to pursue the possible prosecution of a POTUS, once out of office.
      For example, knowingly taking and retaining and refusing to return documents which contain sensitive government information or have been identified or classified as Secret, Top Secret or national security level items which the government has requested/demanded the return of would NOT meet this 3 factor test and thus a former POTUS would and should be legally liable.
      A POTUS conducting a drone strike on advice and counsel from the national security personnel and intelligence agencies and military advisers to target someone who is believed to be engaging in actions targeting the United States, would and should be deemed to be acting within official capacity, and thus not subject to prosecution.

    • @edwardroche2480
      @edwardroche2480 17 днів тому

      @@victorpradha9946 that sounds very logical. But if the Drone attack resulted in the death of innocent bystanders, who would they file their grievance with or sue for reparations, Dr Bill's loss of a loved one Etc

    • @victorpradha9946
      @victorpradha9946 17 днів тому

      @@edwardroche2480 What's the excuse that Bush II gave for all those Iraqi and Afghan civilian casualties? Collateral damage, unavoidable during military operations executed to safeguard the United States. It was a collective "Oh well".
      Odd isn't it, people ask all sorts of questions about the deaths of people overseas from U.S. intelligence and military operations. FoxNews wouldn't stop talking about the U.S. Citizen who was identified as a member of a terrorist org that participated in attacks against the U.S., and targeted in a drone strike.
      Yet, when students get slaughtered in schools and on college campuses, the response is "oh well, this is the price of freedom."--"thoughts and prayers to the families of those lost".
      Conversely, when students protest U.S. entities investing heavily in Israel while Israel is leveling entire blocks of Gaza without regard for loss of civilian life (as per reports by international news agencies and scatteringly reported by U.S. news media), some scream send in the National Guard.
      It's ALL illogical, inconsistent and incomprehensibly hypocritical.
      To answer your question, likely NOBODY is going to be held criminally liable in the situation of errant missiles, but there may be some payouts by the U.S. government to the families of those where killed or injured.

    • @victorpradha9946
      @victorpradha9946 16 днів тому

      @@edwardroche2480 To answer your question, ordering a drone strike against enemy combatants will likely be considered within the scope of official acts of the Office of POTUS, so there will likely be NO presidential liability civil or criminal. The U.S. military may make some kind of payout in an effort to quell anger for bystanders or innocent civilian deaths in such cases.
      What I find curious is that RIGHT NOW we have members of Congress and Governors demanding that the national guard be called in against students protesting the razing of Gaza to rubble with significant civilian loss of life. And yet, when there is a school shooter, those voices are largely silent but for "thoughts and prayers".
      To say there it is all incomprehensibly inconsistent is a mild characterization

  • @hotefects
    @hotefects 14 днів тому +1

    Why do you say WE? WE have not agreed to this, there is a few people that take these decisions WE as whole do not like to hurt other people.

  • @MariaMartinez-researcher
    @MariaMartinez-researcher 16 днів тому +1

    2014.09.28

  • @waxandwayne
    @waxandwayne 10 днів тому

    Ryan Gosling is Canadian.... isn't he?

  • @loudinkrueg1139
    @loudinkrueg1139 17 днів тому +1

    He looks so young again

  • @dionysuspicious
    @dionysuspicious 8 днів тому

    I have friends from Waziristan whose family members were killed in those drone strikes, the hatred those people have for the US and Pakistani Governments is incredibly strong.

  • @effenwolf
    @effenwolf 16 днів тому

    20:15 wtf

  • @tellmewhyfirst
    @tellmewhyfirst 17 днів тому +1

    Thank you, John, for asking Republicans to consider idolizing Donald Trump over Ayn Rand a decade ago. The Oliver Effect at its finest 😂

  • @juliabrunsman6081
    @juliabrunsman6081 15 днів тому

    Can you guys include the original air date in the description? Thank you!

  • @EattheApple666
    @EattheApple666 17 днів тому

    Wow he looks younger.

  • @The-die-youve-created
    @The-die-youve-created 17 днів тому

    Sith rizz!

  • @girlgeniusnyc272
    @girlgeniusnyc272 8 днів тому

    John did you dye your hair? The grey went away... some of us noticed, eh?

  • @kayalee783
    @kayalee783 4 години тому

    Google daddy is clearly watching

  • @chaseorton-brown5225
    @chaseorton-brown5225 15 днів тому

    Beck hasn't been a scientologist for years

  • @erikhoryza9068
    @erikhoryza9068 16 днів тому

    Intro was icy

  • @lindaanthony5527
    @lindaanthony5527 11 днів тому

    What's with the speed of the video!!!!!!

  • @kmksmith1935
    @kmksmith1935 16 днів тому

    I wish they would put the date of original release on these

  • @TheJasonPharis
    @TheJasonPharis 4 дні тому

    I’d love to know how much money the sex toy auction actually made…

  • @chromicapop4595
    @chromicapop4595 2 дні тому

    What’s funny is that now we use drones way more like in our yards to record TikTok’s n random stuff 😮like the irony

  • @emsleywyatt3400
    @emsleywyatt3400 17 днів тому +1

    If you think John looks young wait till you see Joe and Mika.

  • @EndPoliticalCorruption
    @EndPoliticalCorruption 6 днів тому

    Wow did this include a cavalcade of terrible people.

  • @rebeccachambers4701
    @rebeccachambers4701 5 днів тому

    22:00 baby boomer gernation ate way to many lead chips

  • @pesmerga4862
    @pesmerga4862 13 днів тому

    10 years ago when John looked 27 years younger

  • @mistercohaagen
    @mistercohaagen 17 днів тому

    I know how to solve this. We let Artificial Intelligence fly the drones!