Air Bud: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (Web Exclusive)

John Oliver discusses rules, moral intention, and 1997's Air Bud.
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[@Shakazaramesh]

Fun fact: all the constitution says about the speaker of the house is "The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker". It doesn't list any requirements, meaning that the speaker doesn't have to be a congressman or even a US citizen. It also doesn't say that the speaker must be a human. I'm writing a script for a new Air Bud movie based on this, don't steal it.

[@SassyP17]

Straight forward from here...

[@TotemoGaijin]

And we'd all watch it, but how will you get Weinstein out of the lockup to executive produce it? Unless....please don't steal my script about an Air Bud prison break movie!

[@The1AndOnlyGoldenboy]

As long as you title it: Air Bud - Barker of the House, I accept this and will give you all the monies.

[@ccsilverwolf8462]

Yes. FUCK YES. DO it.

[@themoneypromethod465]

Air Bud: Golden ReSPEAKER

[@soltaire4775]

John killed it with his delivery of this web exclusive. He killed it like it was Josh's dad.

[@pylons5485]

Lawd haff mercy

[@alicelaybourne1620]

The only thing funnier than this JO exclusive...was your comment!

[@Lectrikfro]

Off screen?

[@kingjamos2422]

Or he killed it like he killed Josh's dad.

[@Vaderi300]

I disagree, He killed it onscreen very much unlike Josh's dad, who bites it offscreen :D

[@classicaltrombone]

Homie went to jail for getting his dog stolen.

[@jamesdriscoll_tmp1515]

If they also take the truck he's country western star

[@KULTOFKYLE]

Fr carried off 💀💀

[@ZezacleB]

Maybe those Cops "Don't see color" so they couldn't tell he wasn't black.

[@BrainOnVacation]

omg pretty much ahahaha

[@ericwhelan4433]

That’s peak America right there

[@fishbone3333]

The seriousness and sincerity with which Oliver says "Air Bud, crucially, is NOT Josh's dog" just cracks me up.

[@andrew_wow6892]

And then the solid few second silence lmao

[@Ev0l_Prod1gy]

I had chuckled a few times but that part absolutely busted me

[@ScottDieken]

john's delivery is impeccable, hence the popular tv show.

[@hooting-ton5215]

Then the slow laughs from the audience as they realise "Oh shit, he's right!"

[@DavidStill]

This has big “Dad quarantined for several months with small child with Disney+ access” energy

[@kateemma22]

TWO sons under ten so… yes, that is exactly what he went through.

[@hirothedragonking]

@@kateemma22 I love that this line of thinking means that the Oliver children had access to decades of content and John was like "Buckle up boys, it's time to spin the Wheel of Classics"

[@nothingnobody1454]

This movie is so old John probably saw it at oxford, probably

[@RabidDogma]

John Oliver DEFINITELY watches First Things First. He was straight up channeling Nick Wright for a moment there.

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@Robertlavigne1]

As someone who spent more than 30 minutes on a 2nd date giving a dramatic retelling of the movie air bud to my now wife this rant was a highlight of the year.

[@BeOtterMyFriend]

Never let her go.

[@ILoveCanada0]

She is a keeper

[@aubreylear]

*your results may vary

[@nmgg6928]

Amazing lol

[@Jenifer_R_]

And that's the night she fell in love.

[@bedsteler20]

I love how this show can go from blackmailing congress on week to having a deep discussion on air bud lore the next

[@mariacarolinecosta8793]

Aint no rule against it, I suppose

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

which is the blackmail congress one?

[@Mlooong]

The best

[@zack1stplayer]

He'll make you laugh at Congress, and cry at Air Bud, truly the entire spectrum

[@FurbyPurrson]

why don't they upload 1st part of the segment to youtube sometimes? i want to see blackmailing the congress part..

[@mgsPWlover]

I love that this entire piece feels like the opening and closing statement to a lawsuit about who deserves Buddy, and John was hired as Snively's attorney.

[@LKYme]

Lmao! I watched the rest of the segment with this in mind after reading your comment, and it made it even funnier! 🤣

[@johnbod]

"I went to Oxford probably" This is weirdly Oliver's best clip in a long time. The jokes are so spot on.

[@DARWINZOO]

Right ? That was gold

[@junhaoxu2724]

It's funnier once one realizes that he actually went to Cambridge lol

[@jessebarlow1277]

hear hear

[@JefCollier]

I got to the end of this video and was thinking the same sentiment. This is fucking art.

[@oneandonlyjark]

I went to Yale, maybe.

[@silverblue73]

This is a real test of, “I’d listen to John Oliver talk about anything” and yeah it passes

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

NGL, I got 5minutes in further than any of his recent soul crushing content🥺😩 Airbud definitely more wholesome despite it's blatant disregard for sanctity of Naismith's vision for felines to ultimately rise up and secure their place in the sport. Blasphemous🙀😿😤

[@jeanettewaverly2590]

Blind loyalty is what kept me going.

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@crimps321]

"In one of the most flagrant examples of America's fetish for carceral solutions ever committed to film" -- I love this show so much.

[@WiLDCHiLD.]

The CC showed it as "castle solutions," so I was like, "what fuck is that?" I immediately thought of castles or forts that are used as prisons, like the Bastille. So, I googled it and it just showed a bunch of IT and tech repair companies. Carceral makes way more sense. 😅🤣

[@atlasfeynman1039]

I also love Air Bud

[@Darkprosper]

@@WiLDCHiLD. I heard Castle as well, I thought he was talking about the Castle doctrine and got real confused... this makes more sense.

[@suyashawasthi1]

@@WiLDCHiLD. That's coz CC here are auto generated. Not official.

[@jeandrzyzgula]

And this is why HBO should shell out for human captioners. So that we can properly appreciate this masterpiece on Air Bud.

[@fandomqueer1267]

I grew up on the Air Buddies series so it's so funny to see John Oliver make fun of how they became superheroes and not reference how their owners (children) almost got killed by ghosts and they had to save them by talking to a chihuahua medium who used a crystal ball

[@serpentmaster1323]

That’s what I was thinking! Spooky buddies is 10x weirder than super buddies. Also, is he not going to mention the talking shift in perspective? Snow buddies will always be my favorite tho. (I do own all the air buddies sequels on dvd. No, I don’t know why.

[@ob2kenobi388]

Every movie in the _Air Bud_ series and spinoffs so far (taken verbatim from Wikipedia): • _Air Bud_ (1997) - Josh meets an abused Golden Retriever and finds out that he can play basketball. • _Air Bud: Golden Receiver_ (1998) - Josh's Golden Retriever learns to play American football. • _Air Bud: World Pup_ (2000) - Josh discovers that Buddy's ballplaying skills apply to soccer. • _Air Bud: Seventh Inning Fetch_ (2002) - Buddy makes the baseball team and becomes a star player. • _Air Bud: Spikes Back_ (2003) - Buddy tackles volleyball. • _Air Buddies_ (2006) - Buddy and Molly's offspring work together to help each other while attempting to rescue their parents. • _Snow Buddies_ (2008) - The offspring of Buddy and Molly go on an Alaskan adventure. • _Space Buddies_ (2009) - The Buddies tag along for a school field trip to the space museum and accidentally walk aboard a rocket ship. • _Santa Buddies_ (2009) - The Buddies team up with Puppy Paws, the son of Santa Paws, to end the melting of a magical icicle threatening Christmas Eve. • _The Search for Santa Paws_ (2010) - When Santa is in trouble, Paws has to save Christmas with the help of some friends. • _Spooky Buddies_ (2011) - The Buddies are in a new adventure when Halloween hits Fernfield.Treasure Buddies_ (2012) - The Buddies find themselves on an Indiana Jones style adventure. • _Santa Paws 2: The Santa Pups_ (2012) - When the Christmas spirit begins to disappear, Mrs. Claus and the Santa Pups must race to save Christmas around the world. • _Super Buddies_ (2013) - After acquiring rings that grant them superpowers, the Buddies must use them to stop a villainous alien dictator. All in all, Buddy's accomplishments include (as far as I am aware): 1. Winning a children's championship basketball game 2. Helping to win a children's championship football game (though not winning it himself, as he was taken out for injuries part way through) 3. Fathering five children 4. Winning a children's championship soccer game 5. Winning a children's championship baseball game 6. Winning a children's championship volleyball game 7. Assisting in the capture of multiple criminals 8. Being kidnapped three times (four if you count both Snively and Josh's kidnappings) His children's accomplishments include (as far as I am aware): 1. Winning a dogsled race 2. Going to the moon 3. Saving the lives of a Cosmonaut and his dog 4. Performing necessary repairs on their spaceship 5. Saving Christmas 6. Ghostbusting 7. Assisting in the defeat of an evil warlock, thus saving their entire town (and possibly world), using the power of God 8. Assisting in the discovery of ancient Egyptian treasure 9. Acquiring super powers to become the Puppy Avengers (not their official name) 10. Assisting in the defeat of an alien warlord 11. Being kidnapped multiple times 12. Assisting in the capture of multiple criminals

[@kennymorelandiii9406]

Didn't even know this movie existed but now I must watch it 😂

[@007Julie]

@@ob2kenobi388thank you for your research, it’s highly appreciated.

[@coraedscorn9381]

​@@serpentmaster1323 I loved that movie so much as a child and I recently learned so many puppies died in the making of that film appearently. 😢

[@My.HumbleOpinion]

The throw away line, "I went to Oxford, probably" was absolute genius

[@makotoo__]

Haha, yeah - he actually went to Cambridge

[@王艺璇-w3k]

I burst out laughing at that part because *he went to Cambridge*

[@r3snaadille]

Josh's dad dead wrong was my favourite.

[@TheMister123]

Reminds me of The Doctor's line in *The City of Death*: "You're an attractive woman, probably." :-)

[@roems6396]

Just playing into the American stereotype that everyone with a British accent is a genius with an Oxford education.

[@brandongillette6463]

I'm an ethics professor. I might use this in class. There's no rule that says I can't.

[@kazemizu]

Ain't no rule*

[@randylangton7910]

Ethics professor eh? I’ll give you 50 bucks for a passing grade.

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@whaleymom76]

Except perhaps for a few pesky copyright and intellectual property prohibitions. 🙂

[@jaysoncowan5763]

copyright laws

[@vaqueroliquido7339]

John's web exclusives are becoming an exemplification of "kind of a weird hill to die on, but ok", and I'm here for it edit: John's web exclusive content units*

[@liabe18]

You mean die like Josh's dad?

[@lankatr]

Kinda like the kid's dad did

[@soledieairvideos5974]

@@lankatr good one 😂

[@DarthShadow91]

It’s the hill he chose to die on, but I don’t think anybody is showing up to kill him.

[@xmlthegreat]

@@lankatr good grief

[@chiwara3619]

Even though it’s a web exclusive, this was honestly one of John Oliver’s best bits ever. He should do more deconstructions of movies/TV shows like this.

[@sarahgent2674]

I recommend watching Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder. It's an old series that one of the writers of this show, Daniel O'Brien, used to do on KZbin and this honestly feels like an episode of it

[@Valkbg]

@@sarahgent2674 Daniel is one of the writers? I miss his YT content

[@frankiechiappetta6499]

​@@sarahgent2674this totally sounds like an "After Hours" episode... Miss the whole Cracked crew

[@wallacerose8663]

John has a similar web exclusive dismantling The Da Vinci Code, which is also a masterpiece of KZbin. I would love to see more such videos as well.

[@NightDocs]

The sheer novelty that this happened is reason enough to watch.

[@MC-yt1uv]

I can almost guarantee that this was written Daniel O'Brien, one of Last Week Tonight's staff members. O'Brien used to make a bunch of rant videos exactly like this called "Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder". They are worth a watch if you enjoyed this video.

[@jasonfarrell00]

I know I did

[@FausterZ]

We could consider whether Air Bud is actually a moral fable that tells the true but lamentable story that privilege and social status corrupt. Of course the privileged upper middle class white kid would get the dog instead of his low-status neighbor. Of course Snively is powerless to have his one friend in life and one source of income removed. In choosing this movie, Weinstein is telling it like it is, knowing that power dynamics can crush those who are compromised, and allow the victors to lead a life without consequences.

[@calibmatlock]

@@MC-yt1uv now that you mention it, this does have similar vibes to that series. I had no idea he was a writer for them but it totally makes sense.

[@aprophethere]

@@MC-yt1uv the kissing/mouths thing sounds exactly like him.

[@samgold9]

I'm fully convinced that John could do a 20 minute rant on how paint dries and I would not only watch it but enjoy it

[@vanadyan1674]

I'd grin and Behr it.

[@AderynBach42]

Go watch the old OCPD episodes of Cracked TV, cos this was written by Dan O'Brian or I'll eat my hat.

[@adlibby6448]

don’t tempt him

[@afterthought3341]

I find him annoying , irritates me , I liked him on Community his character seems to close to his real self .

[@WiseandVegan]

Most crucial!!! 🖐👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖🙌

[@emilydavis9068]

I’d love to hear John go over the morality of Stuart Little next.

[@HenryLeslieGraham]

stuart littles great grandfather x99 actually brought the black plague to Europe. stuart little's family was responsible for the deaths of 1/3 of europe's population.

[@jeka8826]

God, yes. I also want a discussion of whether Stuart is a mouse (as the movie suggests) or a fully human child who LOOKS like a mouse in every way (per the book). In the book, Stuart is not adopted, but birthed by Mrs Little directly. Both of those scenarios could support a deep dive.

[@mattbuszko]

Leo Vader does a delightful deep dive into the world of Stuart Little. It's not to be missed. Matter o' fact, this whole episode seems like someone watched a Leo Vader episode and decided to emulate it. Perfection.

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@PMntheAM]

Omg yesssss please that be quite enjoyable.

[@AgentAika001]

This movie had one of the best lines of dialogue in cinema *opposing teams coach* "Will somebody guard that dog?!?!?!"

[@exqueue3813]

"Does Buddy only deserve a good home if he's good at basketball?" You just described the NCAA.

[@katietoole8345]

SHOTS. FIRED.

[@serenasynthesis]

@@katietoole8345 Sadly, right at Josh's dad. Poor guy.

[@katietoole8345]

@@serenasynthesis 😆😆😆😆

[@Krissi076]

BOOM.

[@himesilva]

No bouncy bounce, no scholarship

[@mannye4169]

John definitely watched this for the first time with his wife and toddlers and after arguing with his wife about it decided to take it to the platform and I'm here for it.

[@martysquirll5960]

She wouldnt hear him out so he made this out of spite, I bet 🤣

[@LaundryFaerie]

"Look, you've already got an audience. Torture them with this, not me." "Right then, I will!"

[@miasmacaron]

Or one of the staff writers had a similar situation and brought the argument to the office

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@hippiechickite]

Oh my god, my thoughts exactly ! Can’t wait for more of johns kid movie reviews he’s gonna have a field day!

[@ms9heather]

After watching this I wondered "Does John have an 8 year old child he's watching Air Bud with these days?" I Googled it. He has a 7 year old. I was close.

[@minister2965]

Now the last two web exclusive starts to make sense

[@littleironsides]

he has daniel o'brien lmao which is like the same thing. watch some of his old content from Cracked on yt, you'll see this is exactly the kind of stuff he'd make; analysis of obscure pop culture things we all saw but never think about

[@arthurdurham]

This is 100% a Daniel O'Brien fever dream he convinced John to do. Esp the joke about too much kissing in movies, that's something he'd definitely say on obsessive pop culture disorder.

[@CraigStevenLikesStuff]

DOB works for John Oliver?! I had no idea, but it makes perfect sense.

[@Calekoflight]

After I scrolled down halfway through the video and was reminded of Deany O'Beany, I could definitely hear his voice in some of these jokes.......

[@allenwalsh1180]

Omg, you're so right. This has DOB all over it.

[@tj-intercharismaticdwyer6569]

This is 100% an episode of OPCD that he never got to film, tweaked slightly to fit John Oliver's delivery. DOB's still got it, that's for sure, I hope he's having more fun just focusing on writing, and given that later projects he helmed on Cracked he would write and direct but not do nearly as much on camera as he did prior, I think he is. But my question is, if John Oliver is Daniel, who would be the best Swaim, Katie, and Soren to join him at the After Hours table?

[@frankiechiappetta6499]

​@@tj-intercharismaticdwyer6569I would suggest Ryan Reynolds as Soren. Maybe Cecily Strong as Katie. I think you have to keep Swaim. I struggle to see another performer take

[@PrinceVegeta2134567]

I like how the absurdity of the outside court scene wasn't the cops carrying him away for no reason, it was the swiftness of the verdict

[@darrenmuse]

What was his rap? Being an alcoholic?

[@willjapheth23789]

@@darrenmuse since the dog chose the kid, the man was trying to take the kid's dog by sue him for the dog, so he is retroactively guilty of dog napping

[@surveyorsairinc2166]

also outside? office chair? the dog's choice?

[@jenyaspahieva]

I live for these random web exclusives. John just gets to rant about the most obscure topics, just as nature intended

[@anotherdropintheocean5672]

All their content units good

[@thiago713]

Rant free little Johnny!!! Rant away!!!

[@voteZDLR]

This is why John Oliver wins Emmy's in his category every single year. Protect John at all costs.

[@veramae4098]

Well then, hire President Zelensky's bodyguards. I'm still amazed he's not dead. (And happy.)

[@g.d.graham2446]

Amen to that

[@AderynBach42]

Protect Dan O'Brian.

[@WiseandVegan]

Most crucial!!! 🖐👉The Connections (2021) [short documentary] 💖🙌

[@Gatzby42]

@@AderynBach42 I can't be 100% sure, that DOB wrote it, but it sure does sound like his rants.

[@kevint8476]

I love it when Daniel O'Brien's Writing shines.

[@amnessie]

Oh my God you're completely right

[@mikecarroll3538]

I was thinking the same thing lol

[@Elandrianthetrue]

This was wonderful. I got to watch John Oliver and actually felt less depressed afterwards for once.

[@mckernan603]

Check out his podcast The Bugle

[@youknowwhoyouare2269]

You feel less depressed after realizing that airbud died?

[@dimitriwoiciechowski6561]

Lol all of his episodes are depressing and that’s the point! They should be! So you can get up and do the right thing!

[@glasshope3274]

If you want to get depressed watch Tucker.

[@dirkbaldorad3634]

May I remind you: Only four!

[@ericagerrard2099]

“Keep you entertained between now and when you die.” That brought a laugh from a deep dark place. Gold. Love your work.

[@systemsoversymptomsvisionw9806]

You clearly like dark humour. Me too. A favourite of mine is Louis CK when he says that we don't exist, then we do for a glimmer, then we'll be dead for a LONG time - far, far longer than we were ever alive. Most of what we'll ever be is a "dead person". So, really, we're just "dead people" that haven't died yet. LOL!

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@systemsoversymptomsvisionw9806]

@@foxinsocks7531 Ha ha. Thanks. I'm a fan of both, though there may be some Bill Hicks stuff I actually have not seen. Old Georgie is one of my all time permanent faves, though. He's down there right now, screaming up at us, and I think he's in a lot of pain. LOL! In a very different way, maybe less cerebral and more technical, Anthony Jesselnick (spelling?) is pretty good, too, though obviously not on par with Carlin, Louis CK, etc.

[@TheWtfanime]

I appreciate John giving us his content units simply because he wants to. I will take this on a week off, they didn't have to... they wanted to.

[@tomboy2980]

They did it because there ain't no rule against it

[@88happiness]

Yeah, I want to complain that they always seem to be on holidays, but you're right, they didn't have to give us content.

[@fredymaganga5770]

00

[@Ness2Alyza]

Ha one of the best

[@MasterChiefBazzle]

Trust me… they had to

[@ruleofnice8757]

The Kevin Durant bit was gold. *Chef's kiss* "You'd be wrong, Dead wrong. I'm talking Josh's Dad dead wrong" I cracked up for a full minute to this one. This was my favourite Web Excusive EVER.

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@Flipper0509]

Love how the final set of notes played for kevin durant tease kind of matches the sound of someone shouting "KEEVV-IINN DURRRR-AAAAAAAAAANT!"

[@aaronjv]

"I'm a material generator who distributes content units designed to occupy your time between now and death." is the greatest phrase ever spoken in business lingo. I now understand the entire entertainment industry. Thanks, John! PS-This may be the greatest episode of LWT ever.

[@RICDirector]

You do realize he just called us all dung beetles...... ;)

[@KB-hd4iz]

Keep pushin'!

[@NJRDC]

The best episode will always be Eat Shit Bob. This is wonderful tho.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

Agreed, on all points. Television actually makes sense now.

[@bilindalaw-morley161]

@@NJRDC I have a fondness for the Nutter Butter eps. Can't remember the mine owner's name, but I've never forgotten Mr Nutter Butter.

[@humboldt2087]

I really have to admire John Oliver's attention to detail and commitment to the looping intensity of an absurdist but logic-based comedy premise.

[@tommccarthy6795]

Very reminiscent of Stewart Lee

[@obiwankenobi661]

you do know he has a team of writers right?

[@humboldt2087]

@@obiwankenobi661 Yes.

[@christophermanley3602]

Almost as if he had a disorder. An obsessive pop culture disorder.

[@hakim6158]

I really enjoyed Kevin Durant's cameo. He seems down to earth.

[@LukeLeonettiYouTube]

HISS

[@Najolve]

Truly I've never seen anyone quite so transparent.

[@xtaporx]

This bit was so funny

[@theyruinedyoutubeagain]

Nah he was pretty out of it

[@OriginalPiMan]

I was hoping he was going to turn up at the end, perhaps apologising for being late.

[@Jamaz1992]

This is like my comfort episode. When I need to calm my anxiety I come listen to John talk about Josh's dead dad and the weird fake rules we make up in our society.

[@flynnpaterson2025]

Same. I've been here every day for a week.

[@flurglhinge3051]

"The worst thing to happen to movies is kissing." Strong words from a man with The Love Guru and two Smurfs movies on his IMDB page.

[@TakelGryph]

Are you seriously trying to tell me that someone who had a role in The Love Guru DOESN'T know what it takes to make you not want to watch a movie?

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@busterfixxitt]

This is absolutely in line with the (presumed, but with near certainty) principal writer of this webisode, Daniel O'Brien's usual writing persona. Check out his Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder series on KZbin. They're great.

[@danierinash7952]

And he's in Big Mouth, a show about horny tweens kissing (and fingering, and slapping the salami) and has the word 'mouth' in the title.

[@danitho]

@@busterfixxitt Yes, thank you! I've noticed his style since he started working on this show. This whole script has his name all over it.

[@cedricsullivan6277]

This Web-Exclusive demonstrates John's outstanding ability to make a persuasive argument.

[@baylinkdashyt]

Sure. But it also demonstrates that the editors from the show don't work on the webexes; this should have been 5 minutes shorter...

[@BeOtterMyFriend]

@@baylinkdashyt Says which rule?

[@Fredfredfredfredfredfredfred]

For sure. This expanded my mind because of the logic

[@mikeunti688]

@@baylinkdashyt I interpreted it as an intentional shaggy dog joke

[@blackphoenixfamily8477]

@@baylinkdashyt Your logic literally doesn't compute. It demonstrates no such thing, the web exclusives vary from the longest here down to 2 mins and change. The clips vary from 17 to 28 mins. O_o

[@jbreaks4743]

FINALLY, SOMEONE has the COURAGE to address this topic. Rules matter or they don’t. Period.

[@DARWINZOO]

If only everyone could confront their deep need "to know"

[@Makarosc]

Obviously, hence why they can be changed, reinterpreted, or have exceptions

[@zeobide]

I think about this a lot honestly. Came to the conclusion that they dont!

[@oneandonlyjark]

Rules don't matter, only power and control does. Lol

[@Makarosc]

@@oneandonlyjark how is wearing a seat belt about power and control? Explain

[@miguelaguas8699]

Air Bud and his owner were my neighbors back in the early '90s (Saphire in PB). It was amazing watching them practice. I'm sure that dog was a reincarnated athlete. He was just as impressive as a wide receiver.

[@MilloSpiegel]

Sadly he was never made to be a wide receiver. He was perfect as a Golden Retriever though

[@miguelaguas8699]

@@MilloSpiegel funny story his owner told me. He discovered the talent tossing the ball on the beach. Bud never wanted to let the ball hit the sand. always a jump and catch it mid-air. He didn't teach this. it was all Buds natural instinct

[@MilloSpiegel]

@@miguelaguas8699 you didn't even go for my very good Golden Retriever joke. Shame on you Edit: thanks for the story though

[@user-ge6dh3oo8k]

topics you should never bring up at the Thanksgiving table: religion, politics, or Air Bud lore

[@realzachfluke1]

That's spam ^^^ don't click on it. Goddamn spambots and scambots. lol

[@realzachfluke1]

Also spam ^^^ though I am 99.9% sure nobody alive is dumb enough to fall for that one lmao. Still don't click on it regardless.

[@RealBadGaming52]

I love the lore, I’ve never seen the first 4 air bud films but I’ve seen ALL the Air Buddies films , all of them because the puppies talked in them

[@kingjamos2422]

I'd bring up all but Air Bud. If I did, everybody would assume that I'm suffering from a stroke. lol

[@xXxJSCOTTxXx]

@@realzachfluke1 just report it and move on. Don't waste your time typing. Shit. I just wasted my own time 🤦‍♂️

[@robhurlocker7040]

John Oliver taking Air Bud so seriously is EXACTLY the reason I love him so much. 🤣

[@Technizor]

The critical analysis applied to the weird shit is self-parody. Good shit.

[@thesicaeffect5164]

this is one of John's best pieces. I'm not even saying this as a joke. this is one of his best. pieces.

[@kaemonbonet4931]

You might like obsessive pop culture disorder

[@nerdybuildingdudes]

Somehow I agree. Silly on the surface but actually philosophically fascinating.

[@earthlingua]

Don't you mean one of his best content units

[@Ernest_More]

Some of his best content units so far to occupy my time between now and death

[@brentnevius2849]

He'll say ANYTHING in an attempt to hide his Democrap SHAME!

[@crazygirlsrant911]

I love how this is basically "Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder." Happy to see Daniel O'Brien being able to continue his obsessiveness on a different platform.

[@TheManWithThePlan360]

Man, John just keeps nailing hit after hit in this piece. He's hit on more points than Buddy did all season. Let's not forget: four field goals.

[@greggorytame6672]

He's hitting harder than Josh's dad got hit before the start of the film.

[@TheAvandriaSeries]

I’m not a big sports fan, but…I thought field goals were in football and soccer? Isn’t basketball “baskets” ?

[@skwerl224]

No because free throws are baskets, but not field goals

[@everkira2993]

@@TheAvandriaSeries field goals are any shots on goal that are not free throws in basketball

[@georgecarlin2097]

@@everkira2993 3 pointers aren't field goals either iirc

[@mikotomisaka8714]

"Because he wants to" That is EXACTLY why John Oliver is so good. he puts heart into it because he WANTS to do it. Sure its his job, but only a person who WANTS to do more can put in that heart.

[@seanm3ify]

No one cares what you think.

[@HellHunter00]

The thing is, this _isn't_ part of his job though. He's just doing it because there ain't no rule against it!

[@HurricaneJD]

As the saying goes if you like what you do in your occupation then you never really work a day in your life

[@kamenanew9867]

@purple X indeed. It's not apples btw.

[@kamenanew9867]

@Steve Stephens he's, uh, a writer on the show, so like, stfu and take this 'um actually' humbly kind sir and or madam. Dude been here less than two weeks on this account and already attempting to troll. Sad. Harsh. Bummer. Total wipeout. Other 90s things. Cowabunga?

[@gregdinardo2119]

My favourite part of this is the thought of this entire, Emmy-winning writing team sitting around to watch Air Bud, probably more than once, to prepare for this gem.

[@dancoyle6911]

The nuanced analysis of Air Bud I’ve been waiting 20 years for.

[@3rix]

Wow, John really went deep on this one... but not as deep as Josh's dad is, beneath the ground

[@Rampala]

But of a reach, but I'll give it to you.

[@Jenifer_R_]

@@Rampala How about: "Wow, John went really deep on this one... his shovel hit Josh's dad."

[@justincoleman3805]

Does his death happening offscreen represent absentee fathers? Maybe the drunken clown was really his dad and his mom lied. Probably not. But at least I wasted your time.

[@vojtechjanku2534]

Josh's dad is rolling in the deep, in his grave

[@DarkKnight-uz3os]

I bet people will be watching this and praise John Oliver’s comedic genius even after decades……. I’ve never laughed this much at a movie review😂

[@communistpropagandist4608]

I'm watching this in 2042.

[@ericamcghie8476]

Every week I think about how amazing his writers are…

[@jakeryan9469]

The DaVinci Code

[@wheresmyoscar5543]

He’s not funny, check your pulse.

[@johnyliltoe]

Comedic genius? I don't see what's funny about it. This is an excellent academic dissection of our society's views on ethics, morality and law. It also perfectly illustrates the effect of media on the public psyche revolving around rules, and our willingness to buy into the hero archetype even if that "Hero" is breaking the structure on which our society is built.

[@Rattleboneses]

Finally, John is allowing us to have the pre-pandemic experience of being trapped at a party by a man drunk on schnapps and an understanding of the universe that only he can perceive

[@vanessaluna7827]

My god, this may be the most perfect sentence I’ve ever read.

[@mr.danielfoster]

Oh shoot, you put your finger on that so well, it went through. Now I'm back at that party.

[@Rattleboneses]

@@mr.danielfoster My condolences

[@FourthDerivative]

As someone who has never seen Air Bud (1997) and only knows about it via the "ain't no rule" meme, I feel like I just went on an epic journey of discovery about not only this film, but life itself.

[@DangerDurians]

I can very much imagine John saying "Hey, I'm going to need everyone to come in for the weekend we're off, I have something important we need to record"

[@14232319]

"It's about nothing".. Lol.

[@bandolin1216]

I'd love to see an episode of just John and his writing staff around a table coming up with this premise for a show. I think that would be equally as funny.

[@kainoa_written]

The Making of Last Week Tonight

[@hypochondriac4491]

A Pitch meeting for the web shows would be nice

[@fanzhang3746]

I think it would be a standardized critical exhausting procedure.

[@litsci1877]

probably less funny than you’re imagining for writers scrolling linkedin

[@tristanflynn4014]

@@hypochondriac4491 Pitch Meetings for Web shows are tight.

[@BainesMkII]

Air Bud is *not* about rules mattering, it is about exploiting and bending the framework of rules to reach your desired outcome. This holds for both Bud being allowed to play basketball (there's no rule excluding it) and the judge's final ruling (the person with the power makes up the rules he wants).

[@joshuaharyono]

I’ve watched this show since the beginning and for me this is his best segment ever. Maybe it’s come off as absurd, but it’s a perfect segment from the beginning to end and the writing, pace, and delivery are EXCELLENT. He takes complaining to whole another level. The ending was a chef’s kiss

[@MpWrproductions]

Pure comedy gold 100%

[@foxbutterfly-eden8715]

I agree. This one was top tier, and if not THE best “content unit” then it’s definitely close. Definitely the best web exclusive.

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@hank_430]

I’d like to think this has been the post-it note idea that’s been stuck on the writers’ room wall for YEARS…until now 🤣

[@ModeMan101]

It's probably been an in-joke. "So are we finally going to do Air Bud this week?" "Seriously? We're that low on ideas that you want to just reach for the hammer and break the emergency Air Bud glass? And what then? There's no going back from Air Bud."

[@Daniel-jp1cq]

As a full-time designer, hearing "i'm a material generator, who distributes content units designed to occupy your time between now and death." made me nearly choke on my quesadilla.

[@surveyorsairinc2166]

very specific

[@Abel-Alvarez]

You must've made an extra T H I C C quesadilla to be able to choke. 😉

[@surveyorsairinc2166]

@@Abel-Alvarez the only way to roll bra

[@personofinterest2024]

Good thing it wasn't nachos or you'd definitely be dead

[@Corn0nTheCobb]

@@surveyorsairinc2166 random question, but do you still see the comment you replied to? It tells me that there are 4 replies here but all I see are your 2 comments (and now mine).

[@TripleXMango]

For whatever reason, my family never picked up a copy of Air Bud for our DVD collection as kids, but we had Air Bud Golden Receiver, and I watched that shit easily a few hundred times. It shook my world to the core when I grew up and found out I loved the wrong Air Bud.

[@CyclonSilver]

As someone who's been tuning in religiously for roughly three years and completely understands and values the concept of denouncing american society's imperfections to an audience of millions, this was still probably my favorite episode of the show.

[@db5823]

As one judge once said to a plaintiff: "This is a legal system, not a justice system"

[@PristinePerceptions]

To be fair, Josh getting the dog is both unjust and illegal :)

[@dianapevtsov]

Wowww. That's a much more high-stakes version of Lorne Michaels saying, "You knooow, Saturday Night Live is not actually a comedy shooow, it's a variety shooow." (Which of course baits haters who don't actually watch it to say, "So THAT'S why it definitively hasn't been funny since I watched it when I was 12.")

[@dirtside]

@@dianapevtsov Hey, SNL has given us a *huge* variety of unfunny sketches.

[@blingblingstarmie-5294]

That thought experiment did make me realise we view alcoholism as the victims fault instead of as a disease to be treated

[@CMDRZero01]

Mitch Hedgeberg pointed that out. "Alcoholism is a disease but it's the only disease you get in trouble for having... Damn it Otto you're an alcoholic, damn it Otto you have lupus. One of these two doesn't sound right."

[@liamnehren1054]

which it isn't. It really isn't a disease, it's not even a chemical addiction like heroine where you can't get off of it without a chemical aid (meth in the example of heroine). You can stop drinking cold turkey at any time. But drug addiction has been linked to a failed society, which is why we shouldn't treat them badly, the more people aren't happy with their life, the more people are taking something and can't kick it so the man shouldn't be punished, he should be enrolled in a government funded program of his choosing like carpentry or ironworking or whatever so he can stop working in a job he hates and make better money.

[@stillmagic714]

"it's not your fault but it is your responsibility." That phrase has changed my ADHD having life.

[@danielgarrett7226]

it is 100,000% the fault of the person who's putting the alcohol in their body. God I can't stand this shit. nobody's wrong it's nobody's fault nobody's an asshole everything's just a disease oh sorry oh poor you oh my goodness oh. NO. A DISEASE IS SOMETHING YOU STILL HAVE *AFTER* I LOCK YOU IN A ROOM FOR 6 MONTHS. IF I CAN LOCK YOU IN A ROOM FOR 6 MONTHS AND "CURE" YOU THEN IT WASN'T A DISEASE WAS IT

[@GhostOfSnuffles]

It takes years to become an alcoholic, and at any point the person could have stopped themselves. People aren't _victims_ of alcohol it's a choice they make that everyone else suffers with. Sounds to me like you're trying to push the blame for your own bad life decision if anything.

[@Chrissepisje]

Best 14 minutes of entertainment in a long while. And a fairly good rundown of any judicial system.

[@jennifersoaper1292]

As a parent, I deeply appreciate content like this. Over analyzing a movie you've watched 1000 times is very relatable

[@rohankurian5641]

😘✌

[@pvic6959]

youd LOVE Film Theory then lol. Thats ALL they do haha

[@sannehombroek]

Have a look at pitch meetings from Ryan George then. They are awesome!

[@pvic6959]

@@sannehombroek oh those are fun too!

[@morkeljakeson9438]

Don’t get me started on Happy Feet

[@JBaby11105]

I love the fact that he spent 15 minutes dedicated to critiquing a 1997 mediocre kids movie with a Rotten Tomatoes score of 45%. This was fantastiic!

[@aubreylear]

45%? wow that's generous.

[@annaairahala9462]

tbf, it's an extremely popular mediocre kids movie

[@frankied.roosevelt6232]

My golden is both a highly trained, life saving service dog with enormous intelligence, while also being the dumbest goofball at the same time. And she's literally watching the episode with great intensity. Which is hilarious to me. 🤣

[@MsLindaluu]

Please give your dog a scratch behind the ears and tell her I think she's a very good dog.

[@elysia3294]

yea xD My old dog who was part golden could open doors but could not understand that the cats would not want to play with em cause he kept running at them and wagging his tail xD

[@frankied.roosevelt6232]

@@elysia3294 omg. That's my dog too! She thinks she's a cat and loves them. We're both cat ladies! So when I was paired with her 4 years ago (she was 2 years old), My cat wouldn't entertain her but knew she was doing her job and let her do it... as a grumpy old man would. Lol took her to the shelter to pick out a kitten and now her kitten (2 years old now) and her work together to trick me. 🤣

[@marcfortier6632]

WHO'S A GOOD GIRL!!!!

[@Zorander.]

Yeah, but according to that film, if a kid lost his dad recently, he can have your dog.

[@michaelj.r457]

Fun Fact: Air Bud is not even the first Disney kids movie involving an animal who plays sports where someone has to invoke the rules of the sport to allow the animal to play. Does anyone remember GUS (1976) about the mule who kicks field goals in football!

[@umachan9286]

There's only one way to reply to that: Oyage!

[@kbrnsr]

I really love that movie despite not watching it for several years. The ending scene left an impression on me with how visceral it was.

[@mistertea603]

Truly...nope...sorry

[@cokesquirrel]

I was just thinking about that when I started watching this. I think my poor mother had to take me to that 3 times.

[@gillieography]

I feel like this rant has been building in John’s mind for at least a decade and he just couldn’t keep it inside a minute longer.

[@bcwbcw3741]

This really needs as many sequels as airbud itself.

[@benoitwaffle5439]

I'm sure Vanity Smurf has thoughts about the role of Dick Pants as well. People and dogs have to make a living.

[@theBear89451]

Yes, this rant shows how John is slowly becoming a conservative, with his literal interpretation of rules.

[@MasterPJ12345]

@@theBear89451 Go back in your box Bear. Enjoy life a little.

[@PunkRockMohawk]

Much as I love John, I don't think this was his brainchild. This one reeks of DOB, and I am living for it!

[@MegamanXGold]

When he said "45 minutes ago", I actually asked myself "wait, really". This episode felt longer than it was and I'm okay with that.

[@Atakir1984]

So I'm not the only one.

[@notachannel6261]

I love how this probably came about because John was watching this movie with his kids, and the absurdity of it all drove him to this rant! 😂

[@abcddcba09]

He got me with that Kevin Durant moment. I laughed to tears when he simply sat down Durantlessly!

[@nnichols8358]

Fantastic!

[@Sp4mMe]

... imagine how much better it'd have been had Durant then appeared at the very end. With a dog. And a clown. And no explanation.

[@brianmagill9704]

Missed opportunity for a "I guess Kevin Durant didn't show up - again" joke

[@bbsy1]

I knew it was a joke and still laughed

[@KMACKTIME]

Airbud 3 golden receiver where he plays football is absolutely wild. The passes the kids throw world make John elway jealous

[@craigtothec]

You have to admit that that's a fantastic name for a sequel though

[@jamalhartley5863]

Honestly out the originals that one was actually my favorite. Especially since the cheating was definitely more blatant there. Catching any dog in a sprint is not easy.

[@kidfantastic93]

*Air Bud 2 Golden Receiver, the movie that made me accidentally call Golden Retrievers Golden Receivers for several years of my childhood!

[@benoitwaffle5439]

I really do hope Oliver's kids make him watch the Air Bud movies at home all the time.

[@kobochaos]

Of course he would score what monster would tackle a dog

[@alexandermonday4196]

That was an “Air Bud,” metaphor for all of this season’s main stories. Fucking brilliant writing!

[@carterford8831]

The 9-11 jokes reaction was so accurate to the point it was like the 9-11 of 9-11 jokes

[@ruekurei88]

'ALL'? I thought it was about the Clarence and the Supreme Court? AKA it is the backbone of the American legal system, but yet a sitting judge is flaunting the rules, despite before, saying how important the rule of law was and no matter what was sticking to them. But he was let off...well I guess there are rules against what he did technically, but nothing to hold him liable or mechanism to remove him. That's what I thought anyway.

[@mangos2888]

@@ruekurei88 YES!!

[@brianpatenaude2321]

This is one of the best bits in the history of the show.

[@13lood13ath]

John is making good points and asking great questions. This is the type of journalism I've been looking for.

[@DARWINZOO]

He always sneaks it in doesn't he? Brilliant

[@RenSkywalker2187]

As a film worker who works on Air Bud movies, thank you for this

[@RenSkywalker2187]

And by the way, after superhero's, we did dog magic school, then superheros again, and then in a shocking twist after only 25 years of the franchise, A CAT SPIN OFF. And just to make this clear, Super Buddies is a spin off of a sequel of a sequel of a spin off of a spin off of a sequel of a spin off of a sequel of a sequel of a sequel of a sequel

[@ellarasei4404]

Thank you for your work on ghost buddies. My fave movie

[@NightDocs]

@@RenSkywalker2187my kids were obsessed with space buddies lol

[@ELWest1000]

John Oliver is the only person who could engage me when talking about a movie I have never seen and have absolutely no interest in whatsoever. 😂

[@johnnytwotimes7854]

You've never seen air bud???? What the hell are you wasting your free time on????

[@MrDeathpilot]

...and now I have even less interest in seeing it.

[@XanderLars2]

If you like that, you should check out Quentin Reviews. I've watched almost 22 hours of his reaction to Nickelodeon shows I've never seen before.

[@SilentBeutlin]

I mean, technically this episode is about moral relativism, which is and always has been a super fascinating topic.

[@c182SkylaneRG]

@@johnnytwotimes7854 Star Trek...

[@elizaiv]

As a lawyer I thoroughly enjoyed this exclusive; my brain so often 'ruins' children movies for me by noticing such kind of BS, and it's good to see I am not the only one :D... Also, it's an excellent exercise in logic and law, should be used to teach kids these disciplines in school :D

[@Tom-cn4cm]

You're not a competent lawyer then if you didn't think about how the clown was abusive to his dog, thus his right to own pets would be taken away, thus there is no flaw within the movie about rules. Congrats on NOT having logic and NOT knowing about the law. lol

[@PaperRaines]

Dude I'm not even a lawyer and I was losing my s*** watching Zootopia make up laws on a table napkin as the movie went on, and my girlfriend really wished I stopped ruining the movie for the kids watching 🤣🤣🤣

[@Sonichero151]

@Eduardo this is a curse many of us must bear....... the curse of ruining kids movies by being such pedantic nitpicky assholes. I blame CinemaSins

[@IstasPumaNevada]

@@Tom-cn4cm The judge left it up to the dog to decide, so the matter was not decided on the evidence of abuse. Congrats on being a dick _and_ wrong at the same time. :)

[@stanphillips7277]

I'm no lawyer but, I don't even play one on TV but, I can see the merits of holding court outside when a dog is involved due to the risk of fleas and urinating on the rug. As far as the producer of the film, maybe we could save that discussion for after they've taken health class! 🤣

[@Daoshifu]

Does this episode finally prove that John (being the spectacled Zazu that he is) can talk about absolutely, and I mean ABSOLUTELY, anything and make it entertaining, fun, and secretly educational? Can we please get more John Oliver while the world still holds itself together please?

[@squirrel8185]

i really want last week tonight to move to week days. i would love 5 episods a week.

[@surealivro6242]

we already know that he can't make anything funny, the 2020 season is evidence piece A

[@surealivro6242]

@@squirrel8185 the quality, and the sanity of everyone involved, would suffer greatly.

[@squirrel8185]

@@surealivro6242 ok, if you don't like him, why are you here? like are you just troling? becuse this isent a complant about this episod. you basicly sed for the las year, year and a half you havent enjoyed him. i don't know maby i'm reading to far into it, but when i don't like something i don't watch it for a howl year longer. i stop on the episode i diside i don't like it any more...

[@Mr.Brewer83]

Not that entertaining. And he isn't that educational, take away the British accent and he sounds like a common idiot reading a prompter. Even Bill Maher said he is a talentless hack who has done the great disservice to comedy by assuming anything that makes fun of "the right" is automatically comic gold that deserves little thought into it to be funny.

[@c.w.r.794]

The fact that we haven’t heard anything from Kevin Zegers since 2014- is beyond me. The AirBuddies extended universe is freaking insane! Which is why I stop at the third movie, when Josh moves out to go to college. Also- yes. That is the same dog from Full House.

[@louieo.blevinsmusic2011]

You actually watched these movies? I like your style.

[@bryalogicalgaming5817]

Air Bud or fast & Furious, which goes to.the multiverse first?

[@diamondOmega]

Vdyawee a

[@jacobpolitte410]

He was in Fear The Walking Dead in 2018 I thought

[@atiredfloridian777]

The one with baseball is one of my comfort films honestly, though yes the Buddies kinda gnawed the metaphorical bone down. Excuse me while I mime a gag.

[@indiecred1116]

I knew Dan O'Brien was writing for this show recently, but this is the first episode that I could truly tell he was writing for. This feels so much like his old series "Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder"

[@CharmChampion]

Dan totally wrote this before even pitching the idea.

[@bobbyfeet2240]

I did not know he was writing for the show, so thank you for telling me. Good to see him moving up after Cracked went south.

[@uyuman1]

Dan O'Brien a name I haven't heard in a while.

[@coreyhenderson172]

Came here to say this same thing. For those that don't know: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fpiZk2uYm7ydZsU - one of my favorite KZbin videos of all time.

[@Placker8102]

Lol I just typed that out and then found the same comment. Yeah it's clear he wrote this

[@afmgreentea]

To be fair, the discussion of "if there isn't a rule against it, it's fine" or basing the enforcement of rules on feelings is VERY relevant in our current socioeconomic climate

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@bcatarino83]

That's basically why he did this. It wasn't about Air Bud, it was about the exact thing you just described, using Air Bud as a metaphor.

[@nicholasvredenburg6154]

You must be a baseball player/fan too. We have unwritten rules for a reason.

[@Clown_Wizard]

It’s never too late to take the piss out of a movie that centers around a golden retriever. John Oliver, you are a treasure! This bit just got funnier the more he dug his heels in.

[@danielvezina5521]

#Mrnyangostar

[@kingmortz]

So very true... A brilliantly hilarious analysis

[@VaanOtacon]

Further proof that I can literally watch this tucan talk about anything at length and still be entertained.

[@jeff4867]

My favorite of all the birbs

[@digitaldali]

Zazu can cover it all

[@tanyawade5197]

That intro of Kevin Durrant was too hilarious! And the way he just slid on past him not being there😂😂😂.

[@hongkongfueynz3071]

He did suck me in, I won’t lie lol

[@derekwagner157]

I have never seen that movie and for that I am grateful. The closest thing to being entertained by it is listening to John Oliver rip it a new one! Thank you good sir.

[@geraldmerkowitz4360]

Being thrown in jail for getting your dog stolen is weirdly coherent with the recent pieces we've had on the US's prison system

[@TFalconwing]

I'm pretty sure it was because of contempt of court

[@SpirusOfH]

Unironically one of the best web exclusives you've made. It screams "Daniel O'Brien" and if he had a hand in this Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder tribute, I salute him.

[@shortdrink873]

100%. This feels like a more polished version of his work for Cracked, filtered through John Oliver’s persona.

[@christophermanley3602]

I felt it man.

[@adammike3376]

I came to the comments to make sure this was said!

[@FFBCommishJT]

Came here to say it. DUHOB and OPCD still rock to this day.

[@charlestoncooper5265]

rip to ocpd

[@NickferZev]

The movie Airbud is the last topic I thought John Oliver would cover. Cool.

[@LindaC616]

Well, his son is getting older...I think he's 5 or 6. So we're in for a lot of commentary on kid-friendly films, etc

[@destroyerblackdragon]

It wasn't something I was expecting but it wasn't something I felt out of character.

[@mattdavis7368]

Actually, if I recall correctly, he's mentioned it at least once in a main story on LWT in the past.

[@garrettcannon2120]

He’s talked about the Air Bud rule thing several times

[@ishotmyboss]

I don't think he'll ever cover A Serbian Film.

[@smatilofy]

Hey John, if you are reading this, I would like to thank you. This is the best analogy for Roe v Wade I have ever heard.

[@bcatarino83]

I'm disappointed with humanity. I had to scroll down this much to find someone who understood what this segment was actually about 🙃 Problem with subtlety is that the people who need to understand the message won't get it...

[@olliefischer]

i've watched this video multiple times and never picked up on that connection. could you explain please?

[@ashraffnajwan]

If John were an ethics and social/political ideology lecturer I swear I’ll attend every bit of his classes

[@kostisdedes4175]

Watch community

[@jeffersonricardo]

HBO was so preoccupied with whether or not they could give John Oliver this much freedom, they didn’t stop to think if they should. And we get to enjoy this masterpiece!

[@wirelesmike73]

Underrated comment.🤌

[@teslo8020]

There ain’t no rule against it

[@jlambo6248]

Just like John Hammond

[@DashCat9]

They continue to give him millions of dollars every year for production costs, knowing full well that in the past he has used that money to buy Russel Crowe's Jock Strap, brag about it on television, and then donate it to a Blockbuster Video.

[@melaniedennis9540]

The truth should always be the norm not the outlier

[@SayandipDutta]

The bit where he said Kevin Durant, and John Cena came out, was simply brilliant.

[@dzd2371]

🤣

[@danbogosian3305]

I rewatch this all the time when I try to explain why moral consistency is important.

[@janhachmann9753]

Pretty sure this was Johns way of taking revenge against the air bud franchise because his kids made him watch every single movie.

[@leroture7750]

So true, I remember having to watch these with my baby brother and sister

[@stephen3164]

The Air Buds movies broke me. After sitting through a bunch with my son, we now have a strict “no talking animals” movies in our house (animated animal excluded, of course). Any movie where an animal on screen has talking lines - that isn’t part of some short drugged out montage - is not allowed to be watched on family movie night.

[@leroture7750]

@@stephen3164 Extremely reasonable

[@aserta]

@@stephen3164 Never watched any of these. Europe rocks!!!

[@richjohnston]

@@stephen3164 No Ratatouille?

[@rallymonkey150]

I love how the writers pitch room has had one guy screaming about Air Bud for years and finally got their moment to shine

[@ApolloStarfall]

My money would be on DOB

[@thefaboo]

@@ApolloStarfall I was just thinking, "Doesn't Dan O'Brien work on this show?" 😄

[@unclecrunch9581]

I rewatched several times to memorize the talking points so I can debate dog ownership, and the rules of basketball with my friends.

[@veramae4098]

There is now a rule that the sr-7 blackbird, one of America's spy planes, cannot buzz the tower. There wasn't. So it did. "SR-71 Pilot Tells the Story of When He Buzzed the Tower of Sacramento Airport with Afterburners Lit"

[@davidglenchynoweth4902]

@@veramae4098 Googled it. Great story.

[@chrisprilloisebola]

maybe go outside

[@Albe3331]

I watched because Seth Myers suggested it. Glad he did. You brightened a rainy dreary day. Thanks.

[@raphaelcalado4335]

This is one of the cases of "i didn't knew I needed it, but I really liked it". I've always loved the web exclusives, but this one is just pure gold.

[@BigWrig305]

They always leave me wanting more since they are so brief in comparison to the main shows topic segment. But damn was this perfect.

[@squirrel8185]

not as good as pringals, but still pritty good.

[@ThatNordicGuy]

I find it delightful that so many people watched this and went "Oh yeah, Daniel O'Brien writes for this show!".

[@msvonnegutpunch5384]

Oh my god, this was my exact thought. Now I’m even more delighted!

[@coolguy1127]

The lost episode of obsessive pop culture

[@mangos2888]

Who the hell is Dan O'Brien and is he single?

[@beemo6757]

@@mangos2888 watch Obsessive Pop Culture Disorder from Cracked and start lusting over his brain like the rest of us