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Jeff Gachihi Belgium: the Darth Vader of countries. Do ya get it, because they cut hands off Congolese during the rubber harvesting of Congo, it’s dark humor.
Like a “ashputtle” the basis for Cinderella except the stepsisters cut of parts of there own feet it will fit in the slipper and then get there eyes pecked out by birds
@@lizardman1432 how about the seven little goats where a wolf eats chalk to sound like the 7 goats' mother and does other stuff to get into their house and eat them (basically painting his paw white so it is.... White like a ghoats...etc.etc.), and as soon as the mom comes home and the wolf gave up and went to sleep they cut him up, put stones in him and let him drown in a river when he tried to trink
One of the funniest jokes I have ever heard in my life was his description of Canada (not shown here). Canada. If the UK and America had a baby and left it in the snow.
Doesn't the A come before the E? Like I was going to correct you, but then I saw your username and turned it into a question, because I'm pretty sure you know better then me.
Everybody shitting on Russia when it claims a mass of land where the population is in agreement with being annexed, when everybody applauds America "bringing democracy" to several countries via bombs and tanks to people who do not want to be stripped of their natural resources. Propaganda at work. But, oh no, only the enemies do propaganda, not the USA.
Sam Hawes It's because after introducing a particular country to the audience on a day, he dives into giving them news or an important event in that country. He uses the hand to start the discussion
+Heroic love Well it depends on their upbringing and how you tell the stories :P As a pedagogic worker, I suggest not right before bed and when the child is scared, stop reading the book ^_^ As long as you do that, you can read them the entire Struwelpeter.
Widdekuu91 I just Googled that Struwelpeter and WOWZERS! Germans read this shit to kids?! Yeah you're right it's a little too dark and grim. It would make for a fascinating adult read though.
+Heroic Love Well, I was told the translated version of Paulienchen, the girl that burned alive. I gotta say, it scarred me for about 3 days, and I'm still very cautious with fire, even tealights, haha, but other than that, it wasn't really that bad. I was also told the original fairytales, sometimes a little too harsh for my taste, with Snowwhites stephmom being forced to dance on hot iron shoes or the little mermaid committing suicide to save the prince's life. Other than that, the 'mild' details, like Snowwhite being killed 3 times in the original (strangled with a ribbon, stabbed with a comb and choking on an apple) wasn't as bad. That was just part of the story. And as I've mentioned before in the comments, I was brought up with some sad chidrenssongs, about hares being shot, and I never realised the content of the song was gruesome untill I thought about it as an adult :P So usually...unless it scares the child or leaves them fearful...it's not as bad :P I still love the songs now xD
“New Zealand: Hobbit Australia” Greece: a country of, and in, ruin” “Greece: the most recent Greek tragedy” as a history nerd, these ones got me good 🤣🤣
To be fair, German fairy tales usually have one thing in common: Bad people get what they deserve. Are they scary? Yes. But what makes it scary are the witches, wolves or whoever else is the bad guy in the story - and they always get punished. Compare to a French version of Little Red Riding Hood where the wolf wins in the end.
+DrunkenNordmann you know how it is with those french. heck, they guillotine their queen and king, and killed their princess and prince. what did you expect from those cynics?
For Pete sake Norway, how could you pull out? The only reason we have Winter Olympics is that you freakish snow people can pick up your cross country ski medals.
“Iran’s relationship with the US is like Star Wars. It starts out good, then it’s really bad for a long time, then hopefully, it will get better.” -something among the lines of what John Oliver said
I'm from Austria and grew up with "Hänsel und Gretel" and I cried when the kids were left in the woods and my parents still find it funny that a three year old didn't want kids to be left alone....
🎶 Hänsel und Gretel verliefen sich im Wald, Dort war es finster und auch so bitterkalt. Sie kamen an ein Häuschen aus pfefferkuchen fein~ Wer mag der Herr wohl von diesem Häuschen sein? 🎶
We have a bedtime song in Brazil that goes like: "sleep sleep baby, that Cuca's gonna catch you, daddy is in the farm and mommy is at work" and other "Bull, bull, bull, black-faced bull, catch this kid which is afraid of funny faces"
@@xShinigami-gk2um but mostly because hänsel is used in one variant of the word being bullied (gehänselt) so naming today someone hänsel is like calling someone kevin.
Shalala WTF Its definitely not a guarantee. Sudan's been one of the most politically corrupt and poverty-ridden and yet all we're mentioned in is Brooklyn Nine Nine where the guy wants to eat Sudanese because hes been wanting to vomit 😂😭
You have to applaud on how wonderfully this aligns with the characters it's as if he spent all night on ff.net but is ashamed to admit that he watches hetalia
Interesting that someone who doesn't talk about bands very often had both a Dropkick Murphy's reference in this and a segment about how the DM's hated the politician that was using their song. I like to imagine that he's a superfan.
Canada. That perfectly functional apartment above a meth lab.
CAM_o_man al right that’s pretty funny as an American😂
Loool
Ouch
Robin Williams used to say that.
Well said!
As an American I am not offended at all, thats very true
New Zealand : Australia's Australia XD
Danah AlAzmi
That last one killed me.
Danah AlAzmi This is a good one!
Danah AlAzmi I
Best New Zealand insult ever...Australia's Australia!
he said Australia's Austria not Australia
UK: Europe's America.
Well where did you think America got it from?
Lalotte red It should have been "America: the earth's United Kingdom"
The thirteen colonies: Britain's Britain.
Leonardo “The US:America’s UK”
America comes from Amerigo Vespucci. Look up who he was.
@Sean Bennington Italian*
You left out Belgium - "That casual friend France crops out of it's Instagram pictures."
Jeff Gachihi Belgium: the Darth Vader of countries.
Do ya get it, because they cut hands off Congolese during the rubber harvesting of Congo, it’s dark humor.
Belgium the EA haters
Belgium. famous for choclate and kongolese genocide.
Belgium: That imaginary nation made up of parts of southern Netherlands and northern France.
Belgium - Proof that a country can exist without any functioning government whatsoever.
No, John! Canada is NOT five hockey rinks surrounded by bears. It is SEVEN hockey rinks surrounded by MOOSE.
cromusic ibra Don’t forget a Tim Hortons on every block.
*meese
Naaaaailll! Do you know what I love about Canada?
you forgot about the poutine
cromusic ibra you mean Meese
3:09 Russia: A country that will continue to be funny until it SUDDENLY isn't
It didn't take long until that rang true.
My favourite description and also it made me dribble my beer
Russia still makes some of the world's best Porn Straight & Gay
@@shydreamguyman4098 no that is Prague
Or the other one. “Russia: Earth’s Death Star”
Two years later
Keeps ringing
"The United Kingdom: Europe's America" the accuracy is painful
I thought it was just England that was Europe's America?
I know they're part of the UK; but I thought, of the constituent parts of the United Kingdom, only England was considered 'Europe's America'.
Isn't Germany Europe's America?
@@atharvamahajan5775 thats what americans wish
@@atharvamahajan5775 No, because U. K. is the most powerful EUROPEAN NATION
"North Korea, Earth's Florida"
LOL that's perfect
The further southeast you go in the U.S. the worse it gets
Move to Alaska
Rly? I’ve been to Miami and Tampa they’re both pree good
@Royal Satan Kim Yough Un even arranged two meetings with Trump to discuss the situation in Florida.
I'm not from usa, so i dunno what's wrong with florida
@@anse7288 Florida is the bipolar child of the U.S.
Hänsel und Gretel actually is rather tame among German stories for children. Everything by Ernst Busch is downright vicious.
....no wonder germany famous for their mad scientist.
Alex Bermann - let's not forget about Max and Moritz, though!
Like a “ashputtle” the basis for Cinderella except the stepsisters cut of parts of there own feet it will fit in the slipper and then get there eyes pecked out by birds
@@lizardman1432 how about the seven little goats where a wolf eats chalk to sound like the 7 goats' mother and does other stuff to get into their house and eat them (basically painting his paw white so it is.... White like a ghoats...etc.etc.), and as soon as the mom comes home and the wolf gave up and went to sleep they cut him up, put stones in him and let him drown in a river when he tried to trink
Lets not forget about the original little mermaid story
Belgium: Germany's entrance to France
Germany´s speed-bumper
The home of James Ensor!
One of the funniest jokes I have ever heard in my life was his description of Canada (not shown here). Canada. If the UK and America had a baby and left it in the snow.
I would say Canada is the child from UK and France, but then left alone to be raised by his older brother (USA)
@@justanotherweirdhumanbeing6862 That would be a more accurate statement yes
"Israel, drama wise the opposite of Canada"
So true it hurts.
Doesn't the A come before the E? Like I was going to correct you, but then I saw your username and turned it into a question, because I'm pretty sure you know better then me.
@@James--Parker No you're right James, but honestly it's a 2000 year old name, so you can really spell it however you'd like.
You're right, it does hurt. Not so much for Israelis, but for the Palestinians who constantly have their human rights violated.
@@douglassmithe9799 Tough luck.
@@Bengy. Do you like the idea of Palestinians having their human rights violated?
best one is: "Russia, a country that will continue to be funny, until it suddenly isn't."
Bassie 😂
that did not age well at all
Ukraine. Or as Vladimir Putin calls it: *next*
Ukraine: or as Vladimir Putin calls it southwest Russia
Everybody: Ukraine
Putin: Mycraine
It is funny until thousands of corpses of dead russkies start coming home.
Everybody shitting on Russia when it claims a mass of land where the population is in agreement with being annexed, when everybody applauds America "bringing democracy" to several countries via bombs and tanks to people who do not want to be stripped of their natural resources. Propaganda at work. But, oh no, only the enemies do propaganda, not the USA.
@@DraculaCronqvist finally person with a brain! Where are you from?
everytime he finishes a joke he moves his hands
Sam Hawes what have you doonee!! omg
It's common for emphasis and visual effect. It's what makes a good host/anchor better, basic stuff that most people fail to realize
Sam Hawes It's because after introducing a particular country to the audience on a day, he dives into giving them news or an important event in that country. He uses the hand to start the discussion
And.. rewatch.
this comment ruined me
The United Kingdom: The slightly damp corpse of the British Empire
@@randomguy555 Okay wow I made this comment ages ago and completely forgot about it, I didn't even realize it had that many likes lol
@@randomguy555 I made it 531
"North Korea, alphabetically the worlds foremost Korea" is missing
North Korea: The world's hardest escape room
I'm suddenly interested in German bedtime stories.
you twisted soul.
Nurlinda F Sihotang Why? They seem interesting. We need to educate children on the harsh realities.
+Heroic love
Well it depends on their upbringing and how you tell the stories :P As a pedagogic worker, I suggest not right before bed and when the child is scared, stop reading the book ^_^
As long as you do that, you can read them the entire Struwelpeter.
Widdekuu91 I just Googled that Struwelpeter and WOWZERS! Germans read this shit to kids?! Yeah you're right it's a little too dark and grim. It would make for a fascinating adult read though.
+Heroic Love
Well, I was told the translated version of Paulienchen, the girl that burned alive.
I gotta say, it scarred me for about 3 days, and I'm still very cautious with fire, even tealights, haha, but other than that, it wasn't really that bad.
I was also told the original fairytales, sometimes a little too harsh for my taste, with Snowwhites stephmom being forced to dance on hot iron shoes or the little mermaid committing suicide to save the prince's life.
Other than that, the 'mild' details, like Snowwhite being killed 3 times in the original (strangled with a ribbon, stabbed with a comb and choking on an apple) wasn't as bad. That was just part of the story.
And as I've mentioned before in the comments, I was brought up with some sad chidrenssongs, about hares being shot, and I never realised the content of the song was gruesome untill I thought about it as an adult :P
So usually...unless it scares the child or leaves them fearful...it's not as bad :P I still love the songs now xD
I really appreciate that the clips are accurately sorted from west to east.
Russia : Earth's death star.😂
Sumit Singh fuc
"That thing Belgium is in" I'm Belgian and this is accurate. I mean, WE EXIST JFC.
We weren't even mentioned...*cries in Dutch*
Widdekuu91 "Cries in Dutch". Could you be even more racist against people in Wallonia ?
Thank you for Tintin
they were talking about hte netherlands
"Belgium: That thing Bruges is in."
“New Zealand: Hobbit Australia”
Greece: a country of, and in, ruin”
“Greece: the most recent Greek tragedy”
as a history nerd, these ones got me good 🤣🤣
Greece - The recent greek tragedy xDDDD
Dont try. They're american. To them, Your cultures are like new zealand. Overly shoved to side.
I'm Greek and I find this hilarious xD
5:08 Australia
3:31 Azerbaijan
1:08 Brazil
0:04 Canada
3:25 Chechnya
4:39 China
0:30 Cuba
1:43 Denmark
1:28 Europe (?)
2:29 Germany
2:51 Greece
0:37 Guatemala
2:40 Hungary
4:31 India
4:17 Iran
2:17 Ireland
4:10 Israel
5:00 Japan
0:21 Mexico
5:14 New Zealand
3:41 Nigeria
4:50 North Korea
1:31 Norway
1:12 Peru
3:09 Russia
1:50 Scotland
3:56 Syria
3:47 Turkey
2:57 Ukraine
1:57 United Kingdom
0:49 Venezuela
4:24 Yemen
In case any one is here for a specific country
0:04 Canada
0:22 Mexico
0:31 Cuba
0:38 Guatemala
0:50 Venezuela
1:08 Brazil
1:12 Peru
1:28 Europe
1:31 Norway
1:43 Denmark
1:50 Scotland
1:58 United Kingdom
2:17 Ireland
2:29 Germany
2:41 Hungary
2:51 Greece
2:58 Ukraine
3:09 Russia
3:24 Chechnya
3:31 Azerbaijan
3:41 Nigeria
3:47 Turkey
3:56 Syria
4:10 Israel
4:17 Iran
4:24 Yemen
4:31 India
4:40 China
4:51 North Korea
5:00 Japan
5:08 Australia
5:15 New Zealand
I laughed hard about Germany :D
The fact about the "good-night-story" is true xD
Yeah, our good night stories are kind of fucked up, when you think about it.. Never noticed until I was older. It seemed normal back then, lol
To be fair, German fairy tales usually have one thing in common: Bad people get what they deserve. Are they scary? Yes. But what makes it scary are the witches, wolves or whoever else is the bad guy in the story - and they always get punished.
Compare to a French version of Little Red Riding Hood where the wolf wins in the end.
+DrunkenNordmann you know how it is with those french. heck, they guillotine their queen and king, and killed their princess and prince. what did you expect from those cynics?
Nurlinda F Sihotang well they kinda deserved it.
Pascal Germany, the country where the girls are so hot, until they starts to speak.
It is missing the first "you didnt even realize", Paraguay.
Matias Daniel A joke you think about so little, you didn't even realise that that's not the first joke, Uraguay is.
Ben Ward No you’re gay
I was waiting for it
Scandinavia: the place where everyone hates and loves eachother.
another would be: the home of LEGO, IKEA and whatever Norway has to offer.
Norway= The home of the two dudes that are wondering what the fox says.
Scandinavia: The worlds foremost producers and consumers of anti-depressants.
For Pete sake Norway, how could you pull out? The only reason we have Winter Olympics is that you freakish snow people can pick up your cross country ski medals.
Lego is from Denmark.
Brejvik
Zimbabwe: where 50 cent is known as 4 trillion.
Zimbabwe, the country where everyone is a millionaire, but can't even afford an egg.
jokes on you john i was forced to memorize the location of every spanish-speaking country in middle school
Same tho, you didn't get me olive man.
Same here, all my Spanish classes were basically geography classes too.
I can picture him saying "Chile: South America's America", or "Chile: Just when you thought the map was over".
India: and honestly the last time a British person said that, we didn't leave for about 200 years.. Painfully true.
(sorry again India)
Apology accepted
Britain’s spice rack😂
@@BatraSahb In these times of highly contentious geopolitics, it's always nice to see people from different cultures get along.
it's funny tho 😂 chill guys
I felt like he went easy on India. Must be the guilt.
as he should
anonymous anthropoid nah he shouldn’t have
@@shibavekreal i bet he does and rightly so lol
@@shibavekreal you're an asshole
@@anonymousanthropoid What is John guilty of doing to India???
“Iran’s relationship with the US is like Star Wars. It starts out good, then it’s really bad for a long time, then hopefully, it will get better.”
-something among the lines of what John Oliver said
I'm from Austria and grew up with "Hänsel und Gretel" and I cried when the kids were left in the woods and my parents still find it funny that a three year old didn't want kids to be left alone....
UK - Europe's America lmfao
During the whole video i was worried he will mention my country.
which country? 🤨🤨🤨🤨
I hoped that!
Same here
ceska Republika?
Slovakia, the country nobody ever mentions
🎶 Hänsel und Gretel verliefen sich im Wald,
Dort war es finster und auch so bitterkalt.
Sie kamen an ein Häuschen aus pfefferkuchen fein~
Wer mag der Herr wohl von diesem Häuschen sein? 🎶
It's been a long while since I trusted John Oliver's maps.
I'm Canadian and not insulted by Canada one
But somehow insulted by Mexico one
Im mexican, and I can tell you, nothing said wasnt true
Canada: Mexico covered in maple syrup.
gogal2277 it’s a funny pun, not a serious fact
the fact that he mentioned Peru made me somewhat proud lol
Canada: America without the school shootings
And with kinder Überraschung
Canada the intelligent and friendly version of America
@@aserehtdraws7941 I can't argue with that.
Asereht Draws As an American, I concur with this statement.
Canada. What America dreamt it would be.
"New Zealand: Australias Australia" is my favorite ^^
Australia's Canada
New Zealand: Australia’s Canada.
Last Week Tonight: The Daily Show with unbleeped f-bombs.
AUSTRALIA: Not just the country where Russell Crowe lives bit also the Russell Crowe of Countries.
Lol that’s pretty much spot on! XD
and the irony is that russell is a kiwi
My favorite:
New Zealand, the country that like a bad edible arrangement is full of fucking Kiwis.
The United Kingdom, where I’m fondly known as “Who?”
no one:
john oliver:
a CouNtRy yOU tHinK abOuT sO liTtLe
"Ukriane, Russia's fastest growing import" 😂😂😂
The “Earths Death Star” lime got me 😂
"Japan: Earth's Pervert Uncle" You don't know the half of it Skippy.
all those loli hentai..................
The UK: the slightly damp corpse of the british empire. Amazing.
The Czech Republic: a country you still think is Czechoslovakia
‘New Zealand- hobbit Australia ‘ - that hurts John.
OMG the first Ukraine one aged so well...
North Korea: Earth's Florida 🤦🏼♀️🤦🏼♀️😂😂 but do they have guys throwing alligators at Wendy's drive thru operators while high on meth?
Sierra Leone: Earth's South Side Chicago
West side is wayyyyy worse
“North Korea, Earth’s Florida” that one killed me😹
Mexico: spicy Canada lmao!
02:29
That made me illogically happy xD
Germany killed me cuz I am german and it's true what John said....Hänsel und Gretel is really weird!!
i though hansel and gretel were made up names for the story until now i realized those are actual German common names hahaha XD
YAR-YAR DRINKS well they used to be comment these days nobody called their kids stuff like that
We have a bedtime song in Brazil that goes like:
"sleep sleep baby, that Cuca's gonna catch you, daddy is in the farm and mommy is at work"
and other
"Bull, bull, bull, black-faced bull, catch this kid which is afraid of funny faces"
@@xShinigami-gk2um but mostly because hänsel is used in one variant of the word being bullied (gehänselt) so naming today someone hänsel is like calling someone kevin.
@@19ars92 200 year old real german names
german here, can confirm, that description is definitely accurate
Part of me keeps hoping my country will one day fuck up so bad to deserve one of these
Shalala WTF Its definitely not a guarantee. Sudan's been one of the most politically corrupt and poverty-ridden and yet all we're mentioned in is Brooklyn Nine Nine where the guy wants to eat Sudanese because hes been wanting to vomit 😂😭
lol)
2:40 I did danke #GermanBedtimestoriesrule
I love how the order of this video is geographically sound
I could watch a solid hour of this.
Note: make a Hetalia animatic of England roasting these countries
Note: Make a countryball comic about UKball roasting everyone, and post it on r/polandball.
You have to applaud on how wonderfully this aligns with the characters it's as if he spent all night on ff.net but is ashamed to admit that he watches hetalia
the country the UK could roast the most is the UK itself
Mean while in pakistan : he dint insult us :( why
No jokes about Muslims...it's like he values his life or something 😏
No one remembers you
Trollface Killa turkey surya yemen are muslim countries.....
@@yattaguru so what's Turkey and Iran then. Talking countries not religion
saurav tomar He would have been stoned to death or accused of blasphemy.
Interesting that someone who doesn't talk about bands very often had both a Dropkick Murphy's reference in this and a segment about how the DM's hated the politician that was using their song. I like to imagine that he's a superfan.
2:10 those two were beautiful
America. The guy who comes to sleep over and then takes over.
Yessssss
"Mexico: Also known as spicy Canada." lmao
“North Korea, Earths Florida”
My God, these are so right on. Very good writing.
I'm german and I first heard: "New Zealand : Australia's Austria".
Ireland 🇮🇪Europe’s Boston 👌👌👌
🤣🤣🤣
Just came here for the New Zealand ones. He nails it so good
I love that sentence splice intro
Russia : Europe's Texas
Russia: Europe's Detroit
russia a country that will keep it funny until that it suddenly isn't 😂😂😂😂
Estonia: A country where, by the look of it, they still worry about Shrek attacks.
"The slightly damp corpse of the British Empire" made my day
Spicy Canada got me 😂😂
Connor McKenzie fucking same omg
As a freaking snow person. I approve.
Thanks UA-cam for giving me TV funimen on my recommendations I really wanted this
3 years old. Awesome if you made a updated version.
Idek how old this is I'm making it APH style
Felicity Lovett YES DO IT!!
I have found the Hetalians....
Bolivia was missed in this
I think this compilation was made almost a year before the zebra story.
Bolivian surfers matter.
No it wasn't....
Ayy bulls fan
Bolivia. The country Butch Cassidy gave one star on Trip Advisor.
3:18 damn😂
Thanks for the video!! :)
Russia: Earth's Death Star
China: Am I a joke to you?
Belgium: Or as you may know it: The Southern Netherlands
This guy is always so much excited. Even all Americans are so excited. don't know why?
The Venezuela part was hilarious!
Mexico: Spicy Canada. I’m dead. XD
Who says Scotland was a birthplace of Shrek? Oh no what the fu-
Some *BODY ONCE TOLD ME THE WORLD*
God I love the "that's not even ________" gag
Those Greece jokes were so good 😂