I worked there for years. majority of folks (once they get over "I work in the pentagon" ... oi, we all do, calm down) have a pretty amazingly healthy sense of humor about it ... and the military ... and chain of command ... and (not kidding) the salad fork/cream-soup spoon issue. the ability to balance required supplicant gestures (even by civilians working there) w/ a good dose of humor is one of the most life-affirming things I've experienced. dunno if folks who /can't/ figure that out are self-culled (rft) or if working there makes almost everyone pretty damn funny ... but the workforce is amazingly centered.
@@abendrot___8055 jep while im sure day to day work is like in any other office apart from the fact that they decide over people's lives.. this piece while hilarious is clearly propaganda
Thanks, the inside look into the Pentagon was interesting. What a good sport everyone was. Thank you to ALL of you, and Military everywhere for your service.
I laughed so hard at this, my stomach hurt - and then I burst into tears when Secretary of Defense Ash Carter introduced the genuine servicemen and women in Seth's audience, and spoke of what they do to keep us safe. My family came to the U.S. in 1839 and has served in every military conflict since then, including today - I know the love they have for keeping us safe, and the sacrifice they make to do so. Thank you, Seth, for this, it's both hilarious, and educational.
When Ash Carter told Seth that he wants him to stop his provocations, and in return, become a valued member of the international community, and Seth said "No" I swear he turned into John Mulaney for a split second.
I literally want to kill everyone who has literally died but actually not dying. Actual living people who have died literally are the literal reason that I want to actually kill myself.
I agree! Swiss chocolate is amazing!!! And Toblerone is just the beginning! Another thing I love about Switzerland is that the meals on the planes are so classy, the scenery is absolutely breathtaking, the Alps covered in snow are majestic and my family has the same name as one of the European mountaintops!
TelePhotoLens Yeah remember the Patriot Act? How about NDAA? How about that time Al Qaeda went into the power vacuum he created in Libya then murdered 50,000 ethnic Africans? Remember that time the labor force was the lowest in history? Oh, look! The derivatives market is massively higher than it was in 2008 with huge bubbles in banking and housing! Guess you can blame that one on Bush again because Obama is just too cool.
If Trump recovers from pussygate, I will eat both of my monitors. There's no point even joking about what a President Trump would do, instead joking about what impossible events would need to happen for such to come to pass.
He'd get impeached and end up with a shorter presidency than William Henry Harrison. He can blame the NWO on that. I'd imagine he'd blame congress for any obstruction beforehand. We all know when Trump's fall is codified, he's going to go nuclear. I wonder what Christie and Giuliani are going to do...Christie especially seeing how he's a sitting governor who has become kind of a punchline, even in his own party...
The SoD makes decisions that determine the safety of the nation. If he makes a mistake it could lead to hundreds or thousands of Americans dying in combat. He is not supposed to be frivolous like some child. The SoD is supposed to be deadly serious. It was disgraceful that they were making such stupid jokes at the desk of John Pershing. No respect for history, no respect for the magnitude of the job. Say what you will about Trump, but at least Mattis is a true SoD. He is deadly serious, and every word out of his mouth shows deference for the troops he is commanding in the United State's wars. Mattis would never do some stupid, self-indulgent special with a comedian while US troops were dying in Afghanistan under his command. He has the air of a man who has had all of the frivolity crushed out of him by the terrible burden of war. He understands the purpose of the SoD, and the US military, is to destroy the enemies of the free world, and he is obviously committed to it.
Was very impressive to watch. And nice the secretary bought the men and women in uniform with him to watch. I love when Military personnel is show in a positive light.
First, thank you to our service men and women for your bravery and sacrifice. And for your great sense of humor! This was one of the best comedy sketches ever! Hilarious and endearing!
It's always nice to see that people with such serious jobs have a sense of humor. But what he said about being in the service, was perfect. It sounded sincere and intelligible.
I do respect that he just came out and said "I NEED RECRUITS LOL", it would've been hard to enjoy the video if he was trying to softball us the whole time.
President Obama's era was so delightful.... Even his admin members (well, some of them) were so light-hearted and the atmosphere around the President was cheerful.
I would never expected that sense of humor from the Pentagon. Great thing to see
I worked there for years. majority of folks (once they get over "I work in the pentagon" ... oi, we all do, calm down) have a pretty amazingly healthy sense of humor about it ... and the military ... and chain of command ... and (not kidding) the salad fork/cream-soup spoon issue.
the ability to balance required supplicant gestures (even by civilians working there) w/ a good dose of humor is one of the most life-affirming things I've experienced.
dunno if folks who /can't/ figure that out are self-culled (rft) or if working there makes almost everyone pretty damn funny ... but the workforce is amazingly centered.
When you're surrounded by military personnel every day. You have to have a sense of humor
@@abendrot___8055 jep while im sure day to day work is like in any other office apart from the fact that they decide over people's lives.. this piece while hilarious is clearly propaganda
@@op3129 it doesn’t seem like you’re over the “I work at the pentagon” stage, my dude
@@aproxamillionwasps474 nah ... silly ol' you
This guy is the second most power person in the U.S and he is such a goofball. I love it haha
And the most powerful person is also a goofball.
I am pretty sure President Trump will change that
WELL THE VIDEO shows america is great
Do you mean to say that he is second most powerful in the case of the US Military? Because he is #6 on the Presidential line of succession.
He is so normal.
Came here to watch this again after hearing about his passing. Such a great man. RIP
I was there for this episode taping. It was hilarious, when Ash Carter came out everyone cheered so loud it was great
Could you imagine a reception like that for Donald Rumsfeld? :P
This guy is so cool. A secretary of defense who's also an actual physicist.
Chuckie Manio Wow, I didn’t know that. That’s great.
Not a physician, unfortunately!
Did anyone else breathe a sigh of relief when they saw what a good sport the sanctuary of the defense was?
Sanctuary of defense? Isn’t it secretary of defense?
Nothing personal just a correction.
them out of tuscany they are on stolen property of mine (Family) this is national security information!
EXCELLENT SENSE OF HUMOR ¡¡¡¡ CONGRATULATIONS ¡¡¡¡
Ha Ha Ha
Seth, your writers deserve more money.
Seth was head writer on SNL for 7 years, he writes for himself (along with the writers)
Not Scollins. He tanks a lot. 🤣🤣
"We're going to have to change the nuclear codes"
I nearly died laughing.
Someone actually had to sit there and paint that portrait. That's amazing.
Ron Dayaram Or they just painted his face onto a pre-painted Arnold painting?
Even more amazing, it was painted standing.
Photoshop.
"We're gonna have to change the nuclear codes."
Just another day at work
I died!
That was the best!
I lost it there
Potatoes...
Thanks, the inside look into the Pentagon was interesting. What a good sport everyone was. Thank you to ALL of you, and Military everywhere for your service.
them out of tuscany they are on stolen property of mine (Family) this is national security information!
Shocked and saddened to hear about the sudden passing of Secretary Carter.
Thanks to him we got to see a glimpse inside the Pentagon.
Seth: "Can I guess the nuclear codes?"
Ash: "... Sure..."
Seth: "1 2... 3 4 5"
Ash: "LOL, no..."
**Minutes Later**
Ash [on the phone]: "We're gonna need to change the nuclear codes"
@Edward Jam 🤣🤣 fax
'That's the kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage.'
we can hear ourselves :)))
I laughed so hard at this, my stomach hurt - and then I burst into tears when Secretary of Defense Ash Carter introduced the genuine servicemen and women in Seth's audience, and spoke of what they do to keep us safe. My family came to the U.S. in 1839 and has served in every military conflict since then, including today - I know the love they have for keeping us safe, and the sacrifice they make to do so. Thank you, Seth, for this, it's both hilarious, and educational.
Absolutely LOVE that Ash Carter has such a great sense of humor...and his facial expressions/timing are spot on.
"Stone age sir, I have plans next Tuesday ."
That is awesome!!! Not every country has this kind of 'sense of humour' but it is important to have it!
When Ash Carter told Seth that he wants him to stop his provocations, and in return, become a valued member of the international community, and Seth said "No" I swear he turned into John Mulaney for a split second.
R.I.P Ash Carter XO
I literally died when he changed the nuclear code
No you didn't.
we'll miss you niloy u_u
niloy ahmed plot twist...when he changed them..it allowed you ro stay alive 😱😱
I literally want to kill everyone who has literally died but actually not dying. Actual living people who have died literally are the literal reason that I want to actually kill myself.
Mimi YuYu - Are you literally serious?
I love Seth.
This is so cool on so many levels.
Ash Carter sounds like the name of a BackStreet Boy.
Secretary of Defense is so cool
I'm a long time fan, but this is literally the funniest thing Seth has ever done. "We need to change the nuclear codes."
them out of tuscany they are on stolen property of mine (Family) this is national security information!
I loved this segment! Thank you to all our volunteer military.
Well done Ash Carter with your humor in a high level leadership position.
them out of tuscany they are on stolen property of mine (Family) this is national security information!
His Putin impression is impressive.
No it isn't
yes it was!
Harry Noh it sounded transylvanian lmao
@@Krazede it was an impression but it wasn't putin
I lost it at the Nuclear Codes joke x'D
This is pretty amazing.
I genuinely thought he's an actor
who knew Secretary Carter was such a cool guy XD
This was great! The secretary seemed like a cool guy! This was really funny
Hey don't annex us !! We make good chocolate.
Maybe if we can get a better deal on those Swiss Army Knives we can work something out.
too funny!
ChatolGE we love Switzerland! Great place to hide our money and great people!
I agree! Swiss chocolate is amazing!!! And Toblerone is just the beginning! Another thing I love about Switzerland is that the meals on the planes are so classy, the scenery is absolutely breathtaking, the Alps covered in snow are majestic and my family has the same name as one of the European mountaintops!
Signed up earlier this year in February. So proud to have such an amazing Secretary of Defense! :)
Obama hired an Amazing guy!
He is a cool guy.
While you all get drunk and play games, your leaders are pulling the rug from your feet. We are 3 minutes two midnight and counting.
+lancekosty Obama ain't amongst those leaders
Obama is a cool guy too :) Gonna miss him
Guess your prediction was off... Again...
TelePhotoLens
Yeah remember the Patriot Act? How about NDAA? How about that time Al Qaeda went into the power vacuum he created in Libya then murdered 50,000 ethnic Africans? Remember that time the labor force was the lowest in history? Oh, look! The derivatives market is massively higher than it was in 2008 with huge bubbles in banking and housing! Guess you can blame that one on Bush again because Obama is just too cool.
this needs to go viral!!!
This gag was really very hilarious. Why would these service people be such great actors?
so when they get caught they can lie and give the enemy false information
Seth Meyers, a great man..
I really miss this time.
The Pentagon. it's a magical place.
Yeah I want that star wars room on the sixth side of the pentagon .
I thought that was Tahiti.
I am sure they have rooms that can cover this and make you all better.
@Eric Ling Well, for military obsessed psychotic people It's the pentagon
zli nos
go away, just because you don't get the reference doesn't mean you are forgiven for ruining the mood.
LOVE HOW IMPRESSED SETH IS WHEN THE SECOND ARMY DUDE MAKES A SOLID SOLID JOKE
This was an amazing segment with a fantastic guy!! Loved that he had a great sense of humor and meshed so well with Seth! 👏🏾👏🏾
This was an awesome video. You might have to explain to Trump what a secretary is though.
Easy. A secretary wears a miniskirt and gets the boss his coffee. Trump will only have the best secretaries.
Jonathon Dunn who his wife
If Trump recovers from pussygate, I will eat both of my monitors. There's no point even joking about what a President Trump would do, instead joking about what impossible events would need to happen for such to come to pass.
He'd get impeached and end up with a shorter presidency than William Henry Harrison. He can blame the NWO on that. I'd imagine he'd blame congress for any obstruction beforehand.
We all know when Trump's fall is codified, he's going to go nuclear. I wonder what Christie and Giuliani are going to do...Christie especially seeing how he's a sitting governor who has become kind of a punchline, even in his own party...
oh man, the hindsight@@sarysa
This was SUPER GOOD (i there's a word like that) Didn't know how i missed this for 2 yrs!
This gives me hope. A sense of humor is so important.
The SoD makes decisions that determine the safety of the nation. If he makes a mistake it could lead to hundreds or thousands of Americans dying in combat. He is not supposed to be frivolous like some child. The SoD is supposed to be deadly serious. It was disgraceful that they were making such stupid jokes at the desk of John Pershing. No respect for history, no respect for the magnitude of the job.
Say what you will about Trump, but at least Mattis is a true SoD. He is deadly serious, and every word out of his mouth shows deference for the troops he is commanding in the United State's wars. Mattis would never do some stupid, self-indulgent special with a comedian while US troops were dying in Afghanistan under his command. He has the air of a man who has had all of the frivolity crushed out of him by the terrible burden of war. He understands the purpose of the SoD, and the US military, is to destroy the enemies of the free world, and he is obviously committed to it.
He's the real deal.
that was fantastic, more of these!
The portrait of Ash was perfect!
Was very impressive to watch. And nice the secretary bought the men and women in uniform with him to watch. I love when Military personnel is show in a positive light.
At 5:22 Seth says that mustache was discovered by private Bill Mulaney(Play on his friend's John Mulaney and Bill Hader's name).
How. HOW DO COMEDIANS MAKE THIS HAPPEN
Something green that folds
Lettuce?
Dirty low down threats. " You can either be the butt of my jokes or a part of them."
lol O Kanenas
SETH ROCKS
Well said, Sir. For our brave women and men in uniform, it is so important that we use them wisely.
One of the best segments ever! (Worthy of my first UA-cam comment)
My god will we get this time back?? Imagine this today...
Watching this in January 2020...Remembering when the Secretary of Defense put our troops first.
What a great guy! And thanks to all our service members!
I miss those days
Ash Carter is really like this, smart and funny! It doesn't hurt that he's competent too!
First, thank you to our service men and women for your bravery and sacrifice. And for your great sense of humor! This was one of the best comedy sketches ever! Hilarious and endearing!
This was really enjoyable. Seth was hilarious as usual.
And Secretary of Defence Ash Carter seems like a really genuine, nice bloke.
It's always nice to see that people with such serious jobs have a sense of humor. But what he said about being in the service, was perfect. It sounded sincere and intelligible.
This is hilarious! Way to go, Seth.
I got some real Conan vibes off this. Seth the true inheritor of Late Night.
Say what???
Conan is a devout agent-propagandeur for MIMC???
"Coast Guard"(Many thanks to the USCG, indispensable rescuing the unfortunate and reckless a like)
I do respect that he just came out and said "I NEED RECRUITS LOL", it would've been hard to enjoy the video if he was trying to softball us the whole time.
Seth is actually the cutest.
That Secretary of Defense has acting talent.
That was so funny. Thank you, Seth!
this was SO awesome :D And Ash Carter did really(!) great! :D
thanks for the show.
Anyone else think the Secretary of Defense has such an awesome action star voice? Kind of reminds me of Liam Neeson, but with an American accent
"We need to change the nuke codes". That was so funny.
This was gold.
Seth doesn't know it, but he just gave me an idea for why Trump is running --- he wants to walk in a room and be saluted.
"As you were."
One of Seth best work ! This was incredibly funny
Damn the nuclear codes are the same as my pin number on my bank card, I guess I better be changing that also.
***** Yeah I know, it was called a joke relax.
***** Ah
Awesome! Ash Carter is so likeable
LMFAOO . Laughed my ASSS OF from 3:56 till 4:06 . BEST PART EVER XD
"I have plans next Tuesday" XD
President Obama's era was so delightful.... Even his admin members (well, some of them) were so light-hearted and the atmosphere around the President was cheerful.
This was a trip. Carter is pretty funny.
"as you where" 🤣💀
Wauw he is such a good actor! He had me doubting the entire time.
This video is Kickass !
Ash Carter is fuckin deep man.
This is amazing :)
I've never seen anyone who more completely embodies the word affable.
Love this! he's like harrison ford. Love you too sethy-pants.
Ok we need more of these off-site segments!
That was amazing
Omg that was amazing
I love Seth
Missing you!!!
I LOVE IT! Seth, so happy for you! You are killing it. Thanks for the hours of entertainment.
USCG - the guys who do the _actual_ work.
this is great. Seth is great. Ash is now also great.
GOD BLESS OUR TROOPS seth 👏👏👏👏👏for these