From the August 30, 2020 episode of "Last Week Tonight with John Oliver". You can watch part 2 of this segment here: • Video I do not own any of this content.
I know Danbury as the site of the infamous New Jack/Vic Grimes match from ECW, in which New Jack's skull was cracked in a botched balcony dive. It's known among wrestling fans as "the Danbury Fall incident", thereby immortalizing the city in the only way it truly deserves.
@@acerock013 i meant absolutely no disrespect whatsoever, hope no offense was taken, I was enormously entertained and he seemed to be having a blast, I wish him the best.
In all honesty, if John Oliver makes fun of someone's hometown he does give them great publicity. As well as making random jokes is his job to make people laugh during crazy times. He is a good distraction.
The only thing I know about Danbury is that during his presidency they had correspondence with Jefferson about the separation of church and state and their desire to keep it. This is where Jefferson wrote the famous phrase, “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’ thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.”
I did a Google image search to see if any of Danbury's churches have a wall around them. At least one does: St. George Antiochian. But it seems rather low for a wall of separation.
I was so happy to watch someone "a fussin and a fuedin" without one mention of politics that I almost burst into tears. Could have been the laughter that. Well done sir please start a segment fighting with more small unknown towns around the country.
Good news: The Hat Tricks guy made two video responses for John Oliver. ua-cam.com/video/W1fMfPbAgX8/v-deo.html ua-cam.com/video/h4eGb1NjNpg/v-deo.html
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I'm Kenyan, never been to the States (dunno if I ever would want to visit because of all that ugly stuff going on there). But I sure would love to be there in person and see how this saga ends. And if it could have plot twists, the better. This is TV gold
Just google search "Danbury, CT local news" you will be able to see what local citizens are saying and they will be talking about this whole thing for months to come. It should be fun to follow, so much else is so serious and sad. 😪✌
@@GenerationTech You're right about the risks of the news sensationalizing subjects and exaggerating realities. I believe there are multitudes of good people in the US, of all racial backgrounds. It's just that as a black person from Kenya, reading/listening to other black people's experiences in the US makes me wonder if I could handle the apparent suspicion that black men bare on their shoulders. And if I were able to live in a good neighbourhood (which I think statistically are predominantly white - like somewhere nice in Danbury, CT) would I ever really be able to stop and smell the roses without spooking a local Karen somewhere peering through the windows?
i live about an hour away from danbury. and my mom used to have to take work trips out there up to her co-workers complained about how far away it was, so being frustrated with danbury's existence was already kind of an inside joke in my house. leave it to john oliver to take it to a national scale lol
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Danbury just did the classical error, never ever try to be witty or burn a comedian whose literal job is to be witty, talk and poke fun at stupid shit people do, your just giving him more arsenal to fling back at you and it's going to be a shit show XD, much to our enjoyment, thanks Danbury
Yes, Danbury will find the have woken the beast. They have stirred the undead, they have sown the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind. I have more metaphors but mom says I have chores to do.
You mean "never ever try to be witty or burn a comedian who has a whole team of writers***** whose job it is to be witty in writing his responses for him". There. Fixed it for ya.
He gave them their props. They went toe to toe (and without a team of highly paid professional comedy writers). I can easily see that IMDB resume burn being used on this very show against any number of people. John Oliver definitely followed in Jon Stewart’s shoes when it came to acting gigs.
Idk they are getting a lot of attention from this and I'd hope some of it good. Also john is a good person to feud with. He doesn't go below the belt and promotes random railway museums.
John Oliver has always cracked me and my family up. Such infectious and irreverent humor. He’s a joy. The squawking bird in the new Lion King. Totally perfect. You can’t kill me!👌
You know I was willing to just be like “okay maybe the joke is that it’s an inoffensive city for the sake of comedy” but all of these people seem weirdly defensive about it
@SiRenfield The hockey dude was all satire, he has fun doing his videos. I'm not sure the Mayor thought the beef was all that fun at first, seemed more like he was trying to make a joke on Oliver's expense. As for the kid, I don't think he fully understood the script he was given. He probably was going hard, but maybe his script writer was trying to jest.
Make sure when in Danbury Conn you do everything law enforcement says or the possibility exists you may loose your life, it's a very tough town where the rule of law is whatever they (law enforcement) want it to be, things might not end well for visitors. Enjoy!
You have done a great job on the DNC and the RNC, but could you do an article on why our country and media gives no air time or consideration to any other Presidential candidates? Sadly, there are several other options that the American people never get to hear from. Just a thought. Thank you.
America is a two party system. I other candidates will ever have a chance of winning. That being said, if you really want to influence politics, do it on the county and state level
Season 4. It started as a "and now this" where they played phone calls to a news station about a model train and spiraled as LWT often does to building a model train for the city of Scranton and donating it to the city...though they did make some changes ua-cam.com/video/DOt-lUUn3s4/v-deo.html
"This network, is operated by AT&T." ...That's the second best burn in 2 days. (First was a boss to a VERY bad employee.) "Thank you for your honesty. You're fired."
We need to get some comments on the thread about the most recent Danburry claim to fame, Officer Utter being caught on camera, saying about a first amendment auditor, “20 years ago he’d be found dead with his teeth missing and I’d of done it myself.“ My only advice for Danbury would be when you’re in a hole, stop digging.
The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Danbury is 1 in 64. Based on FBI crime data, Danbury is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Connecticut, Danbury has a crime rate that is higher than 69% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.
DOWN WITH DANBURY! I'll pay 2 pence to watch a cage match between John Oliver and the 8 year old kid...winner claims full ownership of the city of Danbury.
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John I'm sure you have enough material for showing the true side of Danbury, but if not look at Stamford, or Bridgeport, New Haven, the list goes on and on, in fact its safe to say the whole state of Connecticut. Keep u p the good work!
Wow...the best city to live in, in 2015. Never heard of it. Do love the hat! If there were a hat museum...nah...The accent on that little kid is a bit strong. Like Boston, without the charm. Hat City sounds so cute!
I love this whole thing: -John Oliver's "Fuck Danbury" rant in which he literally only lists good things about it -The city clapping back, including by naming their sewage plant after him -Alt-Right redditors interpreting this good sport slap fight as some sort of smackdown of John Oliver like he somehow got owned.
I'll never forget when John Oliver cursed out my town.... As a long time fan I really debated never watching the show again, I even scoured the internet for an address that Last Week Tonight accepted letters at but its one of the only shows I know that doesn't have an address. I wanted to explain to him the good things about my city and how many of us in the community are working to make it a better place. Anyway I've kinda gotten over it but it still hurts, I don't know why he does this so often, its like a sick hobby I guess he has fun doing it.
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The glee John exudes at a town pushing back is just great.
I hope this beef carries over multiple seasons.
Same thing happened with Pom wonderful or something like that. They sent him a fridge full of there juice and sent him a letter. It was hilarious.
He loves it when someone plays the game right back at him.
He's almost as happy as when he was shitting on AT&T
He just wants someone, anyone, to acknowledge he exists.
Unfortunately for Danbury, John Oliver is the only reason I'm aware of its existence.
I knew it from Suits already (Danbury Federal Prison)
This is f'in awesome, you got em good lol
Um. I mean. 🤷🏻♀️
I know Danbury as the site of the infamous New Jack/Vic Grimes match from ECW, in which New Jack's skull was cracked in a botched balcony dive. It's known among wrestling fans as "the Danbury Fall incident", thereby immortalizing the city in the only way it truly deserves.
Unfortunately for me I am well too aware of its existence. My mother in law lives there and let’s just say I agree with John!
I LOVE how both John and Danbury citizens are able to have so much fun like this
Plot twist: that kid yelling at John is actually a young Alex Jones who got stuck in an unfortunate time travel incident
Haha, I can see it
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@@acerock013 i really hope your son enjoyed that. John is a beautiful comedian
@@BigNate215 yeah it's been a great deal of fun for the boy. He's come a long way
@@acerock013 i meant absolutely no disrespect whatsoever, hope no offense was taken, I was enormously entertained and he seemed to be having a blast, I wish him the best.
In all honesty, if John Oliver makes fun of someone's hometown he does give them great publicity. As well as making random jokes is his job to make people laugh during crazy times. He is a good distraction.
And while at it, he's Somewhat informative while doing so. I mean I wouldn't use him as a primary news source but as a comedic suplementary.
my town is really mockable, it’s basically a little pocket of Alabama that got lost in MA
John offered Danbury the sign, *and* $ 55,000 dollars to local Danbury charities, IF they name their sewage plant after him.
So I take it you saw the video?
@@Clauriffo 😬😬😬😂😂😂😂😂😂... Sorry I didn't wanted, but I laugh!!! Hahahhahaahahhaa
I say take the deal, but only if John kicks in an extra $5k for Caio Ninja's Mom
And it’s been a week. If they haven’t accepted, they really are the fucking hopeless cocksplats he made them out to be in the first place.
John Oliver is one of the reasons i enjoy being alive.
That’s a very poor existence. You need to change your live
thats depressing
@@snarkykryptonite4768 i said ONE of the reasons, LOL
"...my fists, Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry" Omg, of course they are!
I wonder how many people are actually getting that reference. Lol
Says a lot of John that he loves and appreciates how Danbury rose to his challenge. Good man!
Danbury. The Air Quote Capital of the World.
The only thing I know about Danbury is that during his presidency they had correspondence with Jefferson about the separation of church and state and their desire to keep it. This is where Jefferson wrote the famous phrase, “I contemplate with sovereign reverence that act of the whole American people which declared that their legislature should ‘make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof,’ thus building a wall of separation between Church & State.”
I did a Google image search to see if any of Danbury's churches have a wall around them. At least one does: St. George Antiochian. But it seems rather low for a wall of separation.
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...thus building a wall of separation between church, state and Danbury
I was so happy to watch someone "a fussin and a fuedin" without one mention of politics that I almost burst into tears. Could have been the laughter that. Well done sir please start a segment fighting with more small unknown towns around the country.
The Hat Tricks guy did such a great segment I would love to see him again.
Intrepid reporter....lol
Good news: The Hat Tricks guy made two video responses for John Oliver.
ua-cam.com/video/W1fMfPbAgX8/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/h4eGb1NjNpg/v-deo.html
@@Stevoisiak They *JUST* uploaded a third!
ua-cam.com/video/vWQAeFW5i0E/v-deo.html
He absolutely exudes happiness, enjoying tremendously at a town trying to push him back, is just awesome!
I live in CT. Danbury is nice but John’s joke was great
I love how his fists are named after the two people from the great British Baking Show
I’ve never wanted to fight a child more than I did watching that video.
Ha...
Hahahaha! :D
Agreed, obnoxious little shit..
I'm guessing you don't have any siblings :D
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Those 42 dislikes are from Danbury.
I'm Kenyan, never been to the States (dunno if I ever would want to visit because of all that ugly stuff going on there). But I sure would love to be there in person and see how this saga ends. And if it could have plot twists, the better. This is TV gold
As an african American,I would say you might enjoy canada more
No offense,just shit in America is crazy rn
It’s actually not all that bad here it just depends on where you live (looking at you Danbury) but times are really crazy right now.
Just google search "Danbury, CT local news" you will be able to see what local citizens are saying and they will be talking about this whole thing for months to come. It should be fun to follow, so much else is so serious and sad. 😪✌
just like anywhere the news highlights the worse things and over sensationalizes
@@GenerationTech You're right about the risks of the news sensationalizing subjects and exaggerating realities. I believe there are multitudes of good people in the US, of all racial backgrounds.
It's just that as a black person from Kenya, reading/listening to other black people's experiences in the US makes me wonder if I could handle the apparent suspicion that black men bare on their shoulders.
And if I were able to live in a good neighbourhood (which I think statistically are predominantly white - like somewhere nice in Danbury, CT) would I ever really be able to stop and smell the roses without spooking a local Karen somewhere peering through the windows?
i live about an hour away from danbury. and my mom used to have to take work trips out there up to her co-workers complained about how far away it was, so being frustrated with danbury's existence was already kind of an inside joke in my house. leave it to john oliver to take it to a national scale lol
"It's been a weird few months." XD
It has indeed.
Thank you so much for uploading cool stuff that the official UA-cam channel won't!
I am going to Danbury, for sure. These kids were AWESOME and made me want to visit their city! ✌❤
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Danbury is filled with drug addicts . The cops lie , it’s a shit show . Stay away
At first I thought "isn't Danbury where 'IT' lives?" Then I remembered it's Derry.
Thanks for the bonus upload. And Now This is always a joy to receive but this was a fantastic surprise.☮️
+1
"My Fists...'Paul Hollywood' and 'Mary Berry' " I AM HOWLING
Wow. "Those people who I was a dick to, are standing up to me! Jolly good!" 🤣
Idk this is hilarious.
Subtitles said "ebola hats" instead of bowler hats.
No subtitle algorithm in existence can handle that British slack-jawed enunciation of words ending with “r”.
Well smallpox blankets are such a thing of the past.
I live in Scranton and I approve of the reference to the Electric City train set at the end.
"John Oliver! " "JOHN OLIVER!!!"
That little kid just nailed an interview to replace John Oliver and he didn't even know it!
Danbury just did the classical error, never ever try to be witty or burn a comedian whose literal job is to be witty, talk and poke fun at stupid shit people do, your just giving him more arsenal to fling back at you and it's going to be a shit show XD, much to our enjoyment, thanks Danbury
Yes, Danbury will find the have woken the beast.
They have stirred the undead, they have sown the wind, and they will reap the whirlwind.
I have more metaphors but mom says I have chores to do.
You mean "never ever try to be witty or burn a comedian who has a whole team of writers***** whose job it is to be witty in writing his responses for him".
There. Fixed it for ya.
He gave them their props. They went toe to toe (and without a team of highly paid professional comedy writers). I can easily see that IMDB resume burn being used on this very show against any number of people. John Oliver definitely followed in Jon Stewart’s shoes when it came to acting gigs.
Do yourselves a favor and search for the response, Danbury Mayor gave one and John upped the ante, its quite brilliant. 👍😊
Idk they are getting a lot of attention from this and I'd hope some of it good. Also john is a good person to feud with. He doesn't go below the belt and promotes random railway museums.
That kid is awesome and Hillarious. Reminds me of my nephew Johnny.
So wholesome, but like, in a negative way
Danbury: the only town that make Waterbury looks decent
Can confirm what John said about the Danbury Railway Museum.
The comments here were well worth the time to read. Well done.
I know everyone is thinking it, so I'll just say it. That kid looks like Roger from Doug.
That kid acts like the idiot from infowars, passible as satire but makes me wonder why people would want to copy someone like that
@@4philipp you're right, he does have Alex Jones vibes.
This is so much fun😂🤣
They went for the bait now they must be reeled in.
Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry as fist names is epic!!!!
.....“Paul Hollywood & Merry Berry”....
The comebacks are very good! I raise my hat to you, young people of Danbury!
I LOVE YOU JOHN OLIVER. ❤💕💜💕💙💕💚💕💛💕❤💕🧡💕💜💕💙💕💚💕💛💕
I want Caio to replace John for a week so he can rant to us about geopolitics for an hour.
YES YES YES
This thought just made my whole morning better.
OH MY GOD YES
It’s cut but not the infowars style of presentation.
I’ve visited Danbury, interviewed there for a job. The workers there told me they called it DAMNBORING, Connecticut. 😅
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️
John Oliver has always cracked me and my family up. Such infectious and irreverent humor. He’s a joy. The squawking bird in the new Lion King. Totally perfect. You can’t kill me!👌
Man, Caio has a career on Faux news with that kind of ranting.
You know I was willing to just be like “okay maybe the joke is that it’s an inoffensive city for the sake of comedy” but all of these people seem weirdly defensive about it
THEUPSTAIRS100 My apologies I’m autistic and that contains the lack of ability to detect sarcasm ...I still have my doubts about that one kid though
It would be kinda hilarious if John Oliver's innocent joking led to our accidentally uncovering some nefarious plot in the lil town of Danbury, lol
@SiRenfield The hockey dude was all satire, he has fun doing his videos.
I'm not sure the Mayor thought the beef was all that fun at first, seemed more like he was trying to make a joke on Oliver's expense.
As for the kid, I don't think he fully understood the script he was given. He probably was going hard, but maybe his script writer was trying to jest.
This is probably the only time the name Danbury has ever been uttered by a human being not living in Danbury
Paul Hollywood and Mary Berry. Phenomenal reference.
Omg! I LOVE John Oliver!!!
Make sure when in Danbury Conn you do everything law enforcement says or the possibility exists you may loose your life, it's a very tough town where the rule of law is whatever they (law enforcement) want it to be, things might not end well for visitors. Enjoy!
From CT still luv ya J.O
I'm from Ridgefield and watching this is pretty damn funny.
John you're awesome and you make fun everywhere you go
I might take a TRIP to Danbury, Connecticut!/
And eat CRANBERRIES just for the heck of it!
-The Mad Conductor
This is the best way to react to John randomly making quips about your town
That and the whole 'renaming the sewage system after him' thing.
OMG! I almost died! Hilarious! 😂
Too funny that Danbury actually took offense, that says all you need to know about the city.
and today i'm happy to have learned john oliver was "Dick Pants in The Love Guru"
and i thought "John Oliver as Zazu" was funny enough
You have done a great job on the DNC and the RNC, but could you do an article on why our country and media gives no air time or consideration to any other Presidential candidates? Sadly, there are several other options that the American people never get to hear from. Just a thought. Thank you.
@Imaginary Penguin 2...not 6
He did a piece for other options back in 2016
America is a two party system. I other candidates will ever have a chance of winning. That being said, if you really want to influence politics, do it on the county and state level
WHOA WHOA WHOA. WHEN in the HELL did LWT have that epic Mr Rogers looking railway mini museum?? Somebody help me find this episode!
Season 4. It started as a "and now this" where they played phone calls to a news station about a model train and spiraled as LWT often does to building a model train for the city of Scranton and donating it to the city...though they did make some changes ua-cam.com/video/DOt-lUUn3s4/v-deo.html
Lol...
"This network, is operated by AT&T."
...That's the second best burn in 2 days. (First was a boss to a VERY bad employee.) "Thank you for your honesty. You're fired."
Danbury, you are amazing. Giving so much item for John Oliver to entertain us.
Why hasn't anyone learned to accept John's criticism and just move on? Fighting John Oliver is suicide.
Or, alternatively, a potential opportunity for additional publicity.
They're playing into the joke.
This is the kind of content I'm here for. #JOlforevvaaa
Not forgetting his amazing voice acting performance in rick and morty. hahah love this guy.
John Oliver should take a visit to Meriden CT. Makes Danbury look like Hollywood hills
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Caio was AMAZING! When he used air quotes to refer to "John Oliver" I burst out laughing. What a talent!
Nope
Mag Fes lol
what that is actually my son. Who are you ?
Danbury has a Primark store, so thats the only reason I've ever gone there LOL
I dropped my drink laughing at "Dick Pants"...
That little boy reminds me of that episode of the Office when the guy pitched paper sales in the style of Mussolini.
Never mess with John
Cant wait to see Oliver at the ribbon cutting!
A whole town vs John Oliver 😂
Ooooof that Love Guru dirt is priceless.
You mean unfortunately for Danbury, John Oliver has made you aware of its existence.
That is so awesome, heartwarming satire...go figure.
We need to get some comments on the thread about the most recent Danburry claim to fame, Officer Utter being caught on camera, saying about a first amendment auditor, “20 years ago he’d be found dead with his teeth missing and I’d of done it myself.“ My only advice for Danbury would be when you’re in a hole, stop digging.
The chance of becoming a victim of either violent or property crime in Danbury is 1 in 64. Based on FBI crime data, Danbury is not one of the safest communities in America. Relative to Connecticut, Danbury has a crime rate that is higher than 69% of the state's cities and towns of all sizes.
THANK YOU FOR THAT BEAUTIFUL BREAK.....AAAAaaaaa...hhhh........... breathing out...
Paul Holywood and Marry Berry..... I bet the people of Danbury have a soggy bottoms
You cannot insult a comedian. They are a people of self-loathing and already give zero fucks.
As a brit i am proud he names his fists after bake off judges, fucking stupendous 👏🏾😂
DOWN WITH DANBURY! I'll pay 2 pence to watch a cage match between John Oliver and the 8 year old kid...winner claims full ownership of the city of Danbury.
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Love this man 😅🤣
Lewis Black needs to get a DNA test for that little boy. He’s his spitting image.
Too true.
I went to live-in mental health treatment in Danbury and was gonna move there... but Johnny makes some good points
John Oliver this kid just gave you the option of "having your cake and eating it too" You better take it.
i ♥️ this & hope John keeps it up. LOL 👏🤣
AT&T.. always the punching bag!
this is what i call awesome fun between a reporter and a city's people lol
John I'm sure you have enough material for showing the true side of Danbury, but if not look at Stamford, or Bridgeport, New Haven, the list goes on and on, in fact its safe to say the whole state of Connecticut. Keep u p the good work!
Someone should offer 55k to any town willing to rename their sewage plant after Donald J. Trump, I would love to see his reaction to that!!
Avimech 85 If they do that, it'll go bankrupt...
Nadine Westerveld Good one haha
Nope. Name it after Obama cuz he cleaned up a lot of ish. Anything w/Ts name on it he counts as a "win".
You mess with a comic of his caliber and your going down
Wow...the best city to live in, in 2015. Never heard of it. Do love the hat! If there were a hat museum...nah...The accent on that little kid is a bit strong. Like Boston, without the charm. Hat City sounds so cute!
When you start a fight with an entire city because you're lonely in your void.
I love this whole thing:
-John Oliver's "Fuck Danbury" rant in which he literally only lists good things about it
-The city clapping back, including by naming their sewage plant after him
-Alt-Right redditors interpreting this good sport slap fight as some sort of smackdown of John Oliver like he somehow got owned.
Danbury, CT. Formerly known as The Hat City; now more widely and popularly called the Air Quote City. Hold up air quotes, now say "Danbury".
I'll never forget when John Oliver cursed out my town.... As a long time fan I really debated never watching the show again, I even scoured the internet for an address that Last Week Tonight accepted letters at but its one of the only shows I know that doesn't have an address. I wanted to explain to him the good things about my city and how many of us in the community are working to make it a better place. Anyway I've kinda gotten over it but it still hurts, I don't know why he does this so often, its like a sick hobby I guess he has fun doing it.